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| Title: |
Lego® Castle Adventure
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| Date
Posted: |
1/14/2011 |
| Producing
Museum/Organization: |
The Children's Museums
of Indianapolis |
| Price
of Exhibit Rental: |
$65,000
plus in-bound shipping |
| Size
(in square feet) : |
2,500
square feet |
| Type
of Exhibit: |
Interactive |
| Length
of Rental: |
3 months |
Exhibit
Schedule:
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Past Venues:
- The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN
- Arizona Science Center, Phoenix, AZ
- Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, MI
- Strong Museum of Play, Rochester, NY
- Mayborn Museum, Waco, TX
Call or email for availability...
Available through Fall 2013
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| Description: |
Builders of all ages are invited to explore, build and play
in LEGO® Castle Adventure! In this exhibit kids
and their families are transported to a LEGO kingdom where
they too can become master castle builders, using one of the
greatest building materials of all time - LEGO bricks.
- Build, Build, Build! - Builders of all ages and skill
levels can construct castles, learn about real-world castles
and their building secrets, and plan their ideal castle's
defenses. The Builders Guild is divided into three age-appropriate
build areas.
- Apprentice Builders (toddlers) can build using soft
foam LEGO bricks.
- Journeyman Builders (ages 3-6) build with LEGO Duplo
bricks.
- Master Builders (ages 7 and up) can create designs
with brick paper and then build using classic LEGO bricks.
- Explore a Giant Castle - Explore the inside of the royal
castle full of LEGO brick decorations, the king and queen's
thrones, and secret passageways.
- Aim a Catapult - Virtually build a fortress wall on screen
and test its strength with a LEGO catapult.
- Defend the Castle Walls - Climb into a lookout tower topped
with a mini figure guard and slide back down to the ground
or stroll along the castle's wheelchair accessible battlement
wall.
- See a LEGO dragon - In the dragon's cave, children and
adults can create and share their own fantastical stories
that feature castles as the setting.
- Design and Build Topiaries - Using a colorful array of
green bricks, children can plan and create their own outdoor
courtyard landscapes. Large LEGO brick topiary models are
on display to inspire young builders.
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| Special
Requirements: |
Minimum
ceiling height of 9 feet; standard electricity; gallery supervision |
| Contact
Name/Title: |
Sarah
Myers |
| Phone: |
317-334-4107 |
| Email: |
sarahm@childrensmuseum.org |
| Exhibit
Web site: |
http://www.childrensmuseum.org |
| Title: |
LEMURtron:
A Robotic/Musical/Visual Experience
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| Date Posted: |
2/12/2010 |
| Producing Museum/Organization: |
LEMUR |
| Price
of Exhibit Rental: |
$35,000 |
| Size (in square
feet) : |
1,500-2,500
sq. ft. |
| Type
of Exhibit: |
interactive
robotics, music and video |
| Length
of Rental: |
typically
3 months |
| Description: |
LEMURtron is a major interactive installation from LEMUR:
League of Electronic Musical Urban Robots. The LEMURtron installation
is comprised of approximately 20 robotic musical instruments
arrayed about an exhibit space; a floor-projected video interface
in the center of the space; and a motion tracking system which
enables participants to control and interact with the musical
robots. The musical robots are mechanical, acoustic musical
instruments controlled by and played from computer. They range
in complexity from simple percussion instruments to a robotic
slide guitar. The video projection consists of a rotating
set of interactive scenarios. Each scenario enables users
to interact with the musical robots in a different way. Users
move within the floor screen, interacting with objects in
the video projection. User movements are tracked by video
camera, allowing a computer to sense their motion and move
the video objects. In turn, the motion of the video objects
is translated into sound and music from the robots. LEMURtron
is an ever-changing environment, keeping children and adults
engaged by rotating through five or more different scenarios
and types of interaction.
Example scenarios include
- Billiard Balls: Users kick virtual billiard balls, causing
them to roll and collide. Collisions between balls trigger
corresponding percussion robots.
- Game Spinner: Users set a spinning arrow into motion,
causing motor-driven robots to sound by spinning, shaking
and oscillating.
- Melody Runner: A music generating machine where users
flip video tiles in a grid, creating musical beats and melodies
on the robots.
Participants may also view the robots up close, seeing and
learning how robotic mechanisms are used to create sound.
LEMURtron is designed to run for months at a time, requiring
minimal intervention and maintenance by museum staff. LEMUR
monitors installations remotely via the Internet and streaming
video cameras. LEMURtron is available as a traveling rental
exhibit. Also, permanent, site-specific versions of LEMURtron
can be commissioned. LEMUR also offers additional programming
in conjunction with an installation, such as lectures for
all ages on LEMUR's instruments and technology, and concerts
featuring renown musicians playing live with LEMUR's robots.
Contact Christopher Davis for more information, references,
technical specifications and with any other questions you
may have.
We hope to bring the LEMURtron installation to your museum
in the near future!
About Our Group: LEMUR is a group of artists and technologists
who create robotic musical instruments and installations.
Founded in 2000, we create unique, exotic, sculptural musical
instruments which integrate robotic technology. LEMUR's instruments
are designed to look very different from traditional instruments
and animatronics and include GuitarBots, ModBots (percussion
robots), XyloBots and many others.
We incorporate our musical robots into high-tech interactive
installations which engage, entertain and educate children
and adults alike. Our work has enjoyed long term runs at the
Children's Museum of Pittsburgh, the National Gallery of Art,
the Schenectady Museum, Snug Harbor and the Beall Center,
among other institutions.
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| Contact Name/Title: |
Eric Singer |
| Phone: |
718-576-1066 |
| Email: |
booking@lemurbots.org |
| Exhibit Web site: |
http://lemurbots.org/lemurtron_large.mov |
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| Title: |
Mother Goose Math: Rhyme &
Arithmetic
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| Date Posted: |
10/26/2010 |
| Producing Museum/Organization: |
The Children's Museum
of Cleveland |
| Price
of Exhibit Rental: |
$15,000 |
| Size (in square
feet) : |
1,500
sq. ft. |
| Type
of Exhibit: |
Math
& Literacy |
| Length
of Rental: |
3 months |
Exhibit
Schedule:
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Call or email for availability.
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| Description: |
Mother Goose Math: Rhyme & Arithmetic
is a hands-on, interactive exhibit that brings to life scenes
and images from popular nursery rhymes. In this exhibit, children
will use rhymes to explore mathematics. Mother Goose Math
provides an excellent tool through which complex topics can
be simplified and taught to children of all ages.
The King's Counting House is the centerpiece
of the exhibit where you can count and sort money, learn about
fractions using blackbird pies and count bread and honey.
Fit stones of various shapes and sizes to build, knock down
and build again the famous London Bridge. Count peppers in
Peter Piper's Picking Patch. Explore time in Hickory Dickory
Dock clock. Arrange magnetic flowers in the garden or sort
matching cards in Mary's Garden.
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| Contact Name/Title: |
Maria
Campanelli |
| Phone: |
216-533-6107
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| Email: |
4MariaC@gmail.com
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| Exhibit Web site: |
www.clevelandchildrensmuseum.org
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| Title: |
Mystery of the Mayan
Medallion |
| Date Posted: |
8/31/2010 |
| Producing Museum/Organization: |
Arkansas Discovery
Network, Museum of Discovery |
| Price
of Exhibit Rental: |
$35,000 |
| Size (in square
feet) : |
1,500
- 2,500 sq. ft. |
| Type
of Exhibit: |
Thinking/Inquiry,
Archeology, Pre-Columbian Culture |
| Length
of Rental: |
3 months |
Exhibit
Schedule:
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Please
contact us for availability. |
| Description: |
Deep in the forests of Palenque, Mexico an archaeological
team has mysteriously disappeared. What happened to them?
Is it related to their search for the jade medallion, thought
to be buried in the temple? In their haste to escape, they
left behind their equipment and a word of warning to all who
come after.As members of the next archeological field crew
your student archaeologists must investigate the dig site
and hopefully solve the Mystery of the Mayan Medallion.
It is their job now to sort through what information the original
team left behind in their Field Stations and further investigate
the Mayan ruins.
While exploring the various areas of the exhibit your visitors
will learn about the culture of the Mayans and the science
behind Archaeology.
- Within the Tomb Area they can explore a recreated archaeological
dig.
- The Sarcophagus teaches them about the forensics of Archaeology.
- Inside the Observatory Area they can discover the role
that Astronomy played in the Mayan culture and also about
the different gods that played important roles in the lives
of the Mayans.
- Underneath the Archaeology Tent they can further investigate
their finds and learn how to translate Mayan glyphs.
- Within the Astromathematics Tent they will learn about
the Mayan counting system, and how the Mayans built temples
to line up with the sun's rays.
- Housed in the Biology Tent is the key to survival within
the Mayan jungle. They will learn what foods the Mayans
cultivated and ate. More importantly they will find out
about the different dangerous animals that inhabit the jungle.
- Finally, after all their intrepid exploration, the mystery
will be revealed to your visitors in the Treasure Revealed
area.
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| Contact Name/Title: |
Stephen
Ast |
| Phone: |
501-396-7050,
ext.103 |
| Email: |
sast@amod.org |
| Exhibit Web site: |
http://discoverytravelingexhibits.org/ |
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| Title: |
National Geographic MAPS: Tools for
Adventure
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| Date
Posted: |
1/14/2011 |
| Producing
Museum/Organization: |
The Children's Museums
of Indianapolis |
| Price
of Exhibit Rental: |
$90,000
plus in-bound shipping |
| Size
(in square feet) : |
5,000
to 7,00 square feet (customizable) |
| Type
of Exhibit: |
Interactive |
| Length
of Rental: |
3-4 months |
Exhibit
Schedule:
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Past Venues:
- National Geographic Museum, Washington, D.C.
- Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL
- Public Museum of Western Michigan, Grand Rapids, MI
- Mayborn Museum Complex, Waco, TX
- Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, GA
Call or email for availability...
Available Spring 2011 and beyond
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| Description: |
Living true to its mission to create extraordinary learning
experiences, The Children's Museum of Indianapolis has partnered
with the world's foremost map expert, The National Geographic
Society, and the most advanced producer of new mapping technology,
the Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI), to create
a compelling international traveling exhibit, National Geographic
MAPS: Tools for Adventure. This extraordinary exhibit will
provide children and families with an exciting opportunity
to immerse themselves in the thrilling world of maps!
In National Geographic MAPS: Tools for Adventure,
the adventure begins in Explorers School. A new explorer
has to learn the basics! Here, children and families manipulate
and study amazing maps to learn how they are used as tools
for adventure. They can use symbols to place landmarks on
Adventure Island, create a map of their neighborhood in Make
It, Map It, and learn how to find their way when North is
not at the top of the map.
After completing map skill-building activities, children
and families move on to Exploration areas grouped by land,
sea, air and space. In Explorations on Land, kids and
adults can explore the pyramids like National Geographic Explorer
Zahi Hawass and play together in a life-size Congo Trek tent
similar to the one that Michael Fay used in the jungles of
Africa. In Explorations at Sea, children and families
can pilot a canoe toward the North Star like Nainoa Thompson
as well as learn how to be a shipwreck explorer like Phil
Masters by layering old maps and new maps of the harbor to
find the Queen Anne's Revenge. In Explorations in Air and
Space, families can use sextants to find their location
in the world like Amelia Earhart, predict the weather using
data from the aqua satellite like NASA scientist Claire Parkinson,
and map the surface of Mars like NASA scientist Nathalie Cabrol.
Throughout the exhibition, there are opportunities for kids
and parents to dress like explorers, go on simulated computer
game adventures, map their expedition through your gallery,
and chart their past, present and future explorations.
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| Special
Requirements: |
Minimum
ceiling height of 9 feet; standard electricity; gallery supervision |
| Contact
Name/Title: |
Sarah
Myers |
| Phone: |
317-334-4107 |
| Email: |
sarahm@childrensmuseum.org |
| Exhibit
Web site: |
http://www.childrensmuseum.org/traveling_exhibits/maps/index.htm |
| Title: |
Night Journeys
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| Date
Posted: |
9/30/2010 |
| Producing
Museum/Organization: |
Brooklyn Children's
Museum |
| Price
of Exhibit Rental: |
$30,000
Now $25,000 plus shipping |
| Size
(in square feet) : |
1,400
sq. ft. |
| Type
of Exhibit: |
Social
Customs, Ceremonies/Rituals, Human Body/Anatomy |
| Length
of Rental: |
14 weeks |
Exhibit
Schedule:
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Call
or email for schedule |
| Description: |
Night Journeys provides a cozy and
fun environment in which children ages 5-12 explore the science
and culture of sleep, including their own compelling bedtime
slumber time rituals, fears and curiosities. With hands-on
activities, cultural artifacts, story-telling areas, video
displays and role-play stations, Night Journeys encourages
meaningful dialogue and shared learning for children and families.
In Night Journeys, visitors:
- Lie on an ancient Egyptian bed
- Try out headrests from Japan and Somalia
- Explore cultural and personal pre-bedtime
routines from around the world
- Listen to international lullabies
- Solve the mystery of nighttime noises
by seeing the sources behind the scary sounds
- Compare average sleep times for elephants,
babies, cats, bats and chimpanzees
- Draw pictures of and interpret dreams
- Learn how different cultures deal with
nightmares
Night Journeys, incorporating the
fields of psychology, physiology, folklore, literature and
art, provides an environment in which young people can explore
their most comforting bedtime habits, persistent nighttime
fears, and curiosities about dreams can be explored in a playful
and supportive way.
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| Contact
Name/Title: |
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| Phone: |
718-735-4400
ext. 152 |
| Email: |
travelingexhibits@brooklynkids.org
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| Exhibit
Web site: |
www.brooklynkids.org
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| Title: |
Once
Upon A Time…Exploring the World of Fairy Tales |
| Date Posted: |
9/30/2010 |
| Producing
Museum/Organization: |
The Magic House,
St. Louis Children's Museum |
| Price
of Exhibit Rental: |
$30,000-$45,000 |
| Size (in square
feet) : |
1,500-2,500 sq. ft.
(Flexible set-up) |
| Type
of Exhibit: |
Imaginative Play,
Hands-on, Multicultural Fairy and Folk Tales |
| Length
of Rental: |
3 months |
Exhibit
Schedule:
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Venue Open:
- Fall 2010 - December 2016. Rental includes Magic House
technician to assist with installation and take-down.
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| Description: |
Step into the enchanted world of favorite
fairy and folk-tales from around the world. This exhibit transports
visitors into immersive, interactive environments for seven
beloved stories. Ride in Cinderella's coach, hoist a wicked
wolf up in a basket, climb a beanstalk; and from monkeys and
elephants to princesses and cobblers, there are imaginative
play costumes for every story. Created for children under
10, their families and school groups, all text is in English
and Spanish. The exhibit celebrates the cultural significance
of fairy and folktales, shows reproductions of rare illustrations;
and explores the universal messages of these timeless tales.
Exhibit includes:
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Anansi and the Talking Melon - explore a jungle
environment; sit on the Monkey King's throne; balance
on a jungle log; try on various animal costumes including
a monkey, elephant, ostrich and warthog; and hunt for
Anansi hidden in a melon patch.
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Beauty and the Beast - stand on Beauty's balcony;
set the Beast's banquet table; compose a minuet on a harpsichord;
enjoy sensory experiences, such as feeling the textured
fabrics in Beauty's dresser; and look at a magical mirror
to see the Beast transform into a prince, and dress up
as beauty or the prince.
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Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper - ride
in Cinderella's coach, activate the sound of horse hooves
on cobblestones and watch scenery pass by en route to
the ball; sweep, mop and cook like Cinderella in front
of her kitchen hearth; activate images of Cinderella through
the ages with a magic wand; dress up as the prince or
Cinderella in rags or in her ball-gown; and, of course,
try on the glass slipper.
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Jack and the Beanstalk - scramble up a vine; slide
down into the ogres lair; listen to the music of the ogre's
harp and activate it's cry for help; hunt for the magic
hen's golden egg; count gold coins; climb onto the ogre's
massive stool; and hide from the ogre in a kid-sized cubby
hole.
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Lon Po Po - explore the English and Chinese versions
of the story; hoist the wolf to his doom pulling a basket
on a pulley system; try on traditional Asian costumes;
open the window to discover the wolf looking for the children;
and roll the translator from English to Chinese writing.
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Thumbelina, or Little Tiny - crawl through the
mole's eight-foot tunnel and see tiny Thumbelina on her
travels; change the seasons and see the differences; search
the sky for Thumbelina as she is carried away by a bird
and a beetle; and wear fairy wings for pretend play.
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The Shoemaker and the Elves - use hammers to pound
nails at the shoemaker's bench; assemble pairs of boots
and shoes; animate a scene with the elves; transform the
workshop from night to day; measure your own feet for
new shoes; dress as an elf or a shoemaker; and turn large-scale
pages to discover other tales by the Brothers Grimm
- Fairy Tale Author - two
computer consoles where children can create and print their
own fairy tales.
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| Contact Name/Title: |
Mary Price |
| Phone: |
314-822-8900 ext.
39 |
| Email: |
travelingexhibits@magichouse.org
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| Exhibit Web
site: |
N/A
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