Electricity without the Shock
You can create static electricity when you turn the Whimhurst wheel, make an electromagnet and see for yourself what materials conduct electricity and why. Generate electricity with our wind or solar power exhibits. See how electricity gets into your house, works behind your walls and powers everyday machines.
Nancy's Lake House
This unique and interactive toddler area provides a safe space for our youngest visitors to explore and have fun. Sponsored and built in memory of Nancy Chontow by her friends and colleagues, it is fashioned after her adored lake house.
There is a front porch where children can sit and pretend to drink lemonade, plant flowers, watch bugs and play house. There is a make-believe lake with fish for fishing and a raft to climb into, as well as a live fish tank.
Studio Art
The first pictures toddlers draw are generally of heads – their own heads, the heads of people in their families. As the toddlers get older the heads they draw become more detailed and acquire legs and a body.
With this in mind, what better place for the Art Studio to begin than with the Portrait? In the Portrait Studio children have many options. They can make portraits from clay using professional sculptor's armatures, draw self-portrait or trace portraits of friends on plexi-glass, or trace their own faces on a huge mirror.
While they're doing all this, they're getting acquainted with many famous artists and their work, which hang on the walls. There is a large soft sculpture of a head with removable and interchangeable parts to create a "funny head".
John Glenn's Space Capsule
Come travel with us back in time and space to February 20th 1962 and board Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr.'s Project Mercury Spacecraft, "Friendship 7", the first United States space ship to orbit the Earth! Our replica resembles the actual Mercury capsule in size and dimensions. Children can sit in the "astronaut's couch" on board our ship and travel the Universe.
Thanks to a generous grant from Bayer Consumer Care Division, we will be upgrading the exhibit by adding a Control Center where children will be able to simulate a real mission and be the astronaut talking to the new mission control center.
Van Gogh's Bedroom
How often are you encouraged to touch a famous work of art? At this exhibit, they don't just touch the painting, they actually step inside it the painting introducing visitors to the 1880's and artist, Vincent Van Gogh – his life, times and work.
You can feel the texture of the walls, sit on Van Gogh's bed and open the drawer in the artist's dressing table. They will learn about the artwork while experiencing the difference between two-dimensional art and three-dimensional space.
Homes Around the World
The Homes Around the World Exhibit features sections of homes from Colombia, India and Switzerland. Each of these countries has been selected from a different climate region in the world. All over the world people have the same basics needs of food, shelter, clothing and community but live in very different natural environments.
Climate and geography have played a major role in shaping peoples lives; from how they build their homes to the festivals they celebrate to how they dress and what their art looks like. By looking at the differences we can come to know our similarities and foster a better understanding of other people's cultures and daily lives.
Theater Area
Children can dress-up and act on a real stage with a curtain and spot lights to create a play, be an actor or singer and see themselves on TV at the same time. This space allows for group or individual creativity to flow. They can be anything they want.
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Electricity without the Shock
You can create static electricity when you turn the Whimhurst wheel, make an electromagnet and see for yourself what materials conduct electricity and why. Generate electricity with our wind or solar power exhibits. See how electricity gets into your house, works behind your walls and powers everyday machines.
Nancy's Lake House
This unique and interactive toddler area provides a safe space for our youngest visitors to explore and have fun. Sponsored and built in memory of Nancy Chontow by her friends and colleagues, it is fashioned after her adored lake house.
There is a front porch where children can sit and pretend to drink lemonade, plant flowers, watch bugs and play house. There is a make-believe lake with fish for fishing and a raft to climb into, as well as a live fish tank.
Studio Art
The first pictures toddlers draw are generally of heads – their own heads, the heads of people in their families. As the toddlers get older the heads they draw become more detailed and acquire legs and a body.
With this in mind, what better place for the Art Studio to begin than with the Portrait? In the Portrait Studio children have many options. They can make portraits from clay using professional sculptor's armatures, draw self-portrait or trace portraits of friends on plexi-glass, or trace their own faces on a huge mirror.
While they're doing all this, they're getting acquainted with many famous artists and their work, which hang on the walls. There is a large soft sculpture of a head with removable and interchangeable parts to create a "funny head".
John Glenn's Space Capsule
Come travel with us back in time and space to February 20th 1962 and board Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr.'s Project Mercury Spacecraft, "Friendship 7", the first United States space ship to orbit the Earth! Our replica resembles the actual Mercury capsule in size and dimensions. Children can sit in the "astronaut's couch" on board our ship and travel the Universe.
Thanks to a generous grant from Bayer Consumer Care Division, we will be upgrading the exhibit by adding a Control Center where children will be able to simulate a real mission and be the astronaut talking to the new mission control center.
Van Gogh's Bedroom
How often are you encouraged to touch a famous work of art? At this exhibit, they don't just touch the painting, they actually step inside it the painting introducing visitors to the 1880's and artist, Vincent Van Gogh – his life, times and work.
You can feel the texture of the walls, sit on Van Gogh's bed and open the drawer in the artist's dressing table. They will learn about the artwork while experiencing the difference between two-dimensional art and three-dimensional space.
Homes Around the World
The Homes Around the World Exhibit features sections of homes from Colombia, India and Switzerland. Each of these countries has been selected from a different climate region in the world. All over the world people have the same basics needs of food, shelter, clothing and community but live in very different natural environments.
Climate and geography have played a major role in shaping peoples lives; from how they build their homes to the festivals they celebrate to how they dress and what their art looks like. By looking at the differences we can come to know our similarities and foster a better understanding of other people's cultures and daily lives.
Theater Area
Children can dress-up and act on a real stage with a curtain and spot lights to create a play, be an actor or singer and see themselves on TV at the same time. This space allows for group or individual creativity to flow. They can be anything they want.
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