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Collections |
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1,000 - 1,500 sq. ft.
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1,501 - 2,500 sq. ft.
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| Title: |
Global Shoes
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| Date Posted: |
9/30/2010 |
| Producing Museum/Organization: |
Brooklyn Children's
Museum |
| Price
of Exhibit Rental: |
$30,000
plus shipping |
| Size (in square
feet) : |
1,200
sq. ft. |
| Type
of Exhibit: |
Adornment/Clothing/Fashion,
Social Customs, Geography |
| Length
of Rental: |
14 weeks |
Exhibit
Schedule:
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Call
or email for schedule |
| Description: |
Global Shoes encourages children
and their families to explore global cultures within the context
of a fantasy shoe store and factory. The exhibition incorporates
intriguing cultural artifacts from the museum's collection
and a variety of hands-on, feet-in activities.
In Global Shoes, visitors:
- Study and try
on shoes from a variety of cultures and places
- Step into the shoes of families in Kiribati,
Mongolia and Iceland to learn about their lives
- Follow a shoe
timeline charting a child's growth from ages 1-12
- Measure their
feet
- Weave, make a
moccasin, and assemble a Chuck Taylor Converse sneaker
- Order sneaker
parts from real international shoe suppliers
- Touch and test
different shoe materials and explore different shoemaking
processes
- Engage with children's
stories and artwork from 16 countries around the world
Global Shoes, a bilingual exhibit
for ages 5-12, features an interactive shoe store and a factory
complex that "manufactures" shoes from around the
world. Through try-on, role play and investigative activities,
visitors explore how shoes are clues to people and places.
Global Shoes meets national curriculum standards for
social studies, geography, and visual art.
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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: |
How People Make Things, Inspired by
the Mister Rogers' Factory Tours
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| Date Posted: |
9/30/2010 |
| Producing Museum/Organization: |
The Children's
Museum of Pittsburgh |
| Price
of Exhibit Rental: |
Call
for pricing. |
| Size (in square
feet) : |
1,500
- 2,500 sq. ft. |
| Type
of Exhibit: |
Hands-on,
manufacturing, informal learning |
| Length
of Rental: |
3 months |
Exhibit
Schedule:
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Tour
extended through 2012 |
| Description: |
Every
object in our world has a story of how it is made. How People
Make Things tells that story by linking familiar childhood objects
to a process of manufacturing that depends on people, ideas
and technology to transform raw materials into finished products.
This exhibit explores four manufacturing processes: cut, mold,
deform and assemble. Visitors learn about each process through
hands-on activities, Mister Rogers' Factory Tour videos, artifact
representations of these processes and take-home projects that
extend learning and conversations beyond the museum visit. Everyday
products featured in the exhibit include 10,000 Crayola crayons
in 90 colors, 10,000 springs, traffic lights, cooking pans,
sneakers, baseball bats, baseball gloves and matchbox cars.
Visitors move through the four different factory areas to see
how everyday products are manufactured. Visitors will make a
die cut box and a vacuum formed bowl, and watch a plastic spoon
being made by an injection molder. They can also try operating
a 3-axis mill, assemble a golf cart and see a robotic arm in
action. This exhibit provides the opportunity to try new things,
to think in new ways and to foster on-going curiosity. |
| Contact Name/Title: |
Anne
Fullenkamp |
| Phone: |
412-322-5058
ext 222 |
| Email: |
afullenkamp@pittsburghkids.org
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| Exhibit Web site: |
http://www.pittsburghkids.org/hpmt/ |
| Title: |
Japan and Nature: Spirits of the
Season
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| Date Posted: |
9/30/2010 |
| Producing Museum/Organization: |
Brooklyn Children's
Museum |
| Price
of Exhibit Rental: |
$30,000
plus shipping |
| Size (in square
feet) : |
1,000
sq. ft. |
| Type
of Exhibit: |
Ceremonies/Rituals,
Social Customs, Holidays/Seasonal |
| Length
of Rental: |
14 weeks |
Exhibit
Schedule:
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Call
or email for availability |
| Description: |
Japan and Nature: Spirits of the Season
invites children and families to explore through hands-on
activities, dramatic play and multi-media experiences how
nature is reflected and celebrated in the everyday lives of
Japanese children. Filled with stories, artifacts, drawings,
photographs, and documentary videos from Japan, Japan and
Nature: Spirits of the Seasons invites children to travel
to four areas of Japan during the four seasons.
In Japan and Nature: Spirits of the Seasons,
visitors:
- Celebrate the arrival of Spring in Fukuoka
with a picnic under the bright pink cherry blossoms
- Go fishing and hunt bug in Lake Biwa
during the Summer
- Make their own portable shrine, called
a mikoshi, and dance and drum to the beat of the rice harvest
festival
- Slip out of their shoes and step into
the warmth of a traditional tatami living area during the
Winter in Sapporo
- Learn how to write calligraphy
- Try on kimonos and getas
In Japan and Nature: Spirits of the Seasons,
children ages 5-12 explore how people and their ways of life
are shaped by where they live. By experiencing how their counterparts
in Japan celebrate the seasons and their natural environment,
children discover the commonalties they share. This exhibition
meets national curriculum standards for social studies, behavioral
studies, geography, and visual arts.
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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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