The Secret Life of Wood: Exploring Woodcraft with Small Studio Semi

Preview: written before the show opened

Yoo Hyemi taught herself woodworking after building a bunk bed for a shared studio, and in 2012 opened Small Studio Semi, a one-person workshop making plywood furniture joined without nails or glue. Her pieces here reverse the usual museum rule: children are meant to touch them, move them and play with their whole body. For once, the furniture is the thing your kid is supposed to move.

It's the new special exhibition in the Children's Museum, on the 3rd floor of the Education Building beside the net playground. The museum asks kids to compare woods: each has its own colour and grain, feels different under your hand, and some carry a faint scent. You take your shoes off before going in.

Entry is free but booked online, for children aged 3 to 9 with an adult, and covers the 2nd-floor Craft Village. Sessions run Tuesday to Sunday at 10:00, 13:10, 14:50 and 16:30, 80 minutes each; each week's slots open at 14:00 the Tuesday before, from 27 October.