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Under 1,000 sq. ft.
1,000 - 1,500 sq. ft.
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1,501 - 2,500 sq. ft.
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| Title: |
Abracadabra! Every Day Magic
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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
& Science |
| Length
of Rental: |
3 months |
Exhibit
Schedule:
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Call or email for availability.
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| Description: |
Calling all magicians! During their magical
experience with Abracadabra Every Day Magic, children
of all ages can learn the secret of how many things in our
daily lives which appear to be mystical and magical can often
be explained through the principles of math and science. Whether
you are pulling a rabbit out of a hat, decoding secret messages
or creating a chemical reaction using your own body heat,
you'll want to rent Abracadabra before it disappears!
Perform magic tricks. Say the magic words
and disappear. Create amazing hand shadow puppets. Experiment
with magic. Experience how animals use camouflage to disappear.
Watch the lenticular to see the flower bloom. Use cards, dominoes
and a tangram wall to become a math magician. Move like a
magician. See your shape change in the distorted mirrors.
Watch your handprint disappear from the pin board. Use magnet
magic to create your own sculpture.
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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: |
The Amazing Castle |
| Date
Posted: |
11/24/2010 |
| Producing
Museum/Organization: |
Minnesota Children's
Museums |
| Price
of Exhibit Rental: |
Negotiable,
plus inbound shipping |
| Size
(in square feet) : |
1,500
sq. ft. |
| Type
of Exhibit: |
Imaginative
Play, Community Interconnectedness |
| Length
of Rental: |
3-4 months |
Exhibit
Schedule:
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Call or email for availability. |
Exhibit
Schedule:
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Venue Open: Fall 2011and beyond |
| Description: |
Come castle folk! Come dance and play! Visitors
playfully explore the interconnectedness of community members
in a setting inspired by fantasy and history. From becoming
a jester and putting on a show, to helping the cook prepare
a feast and constructing a bench in the carpenter's workshop,
children's play and learning are supported by the exhibit's
design, characters, narrative, interactives, costumes and
props. The exhibit is targeted toward children ages 10 and
younger, families, and school groups. Each component of the
exhibit invites the visitor to experience community life through
the perspective of one of nine characters working together
to throw a party in the castle.
Key areas include:
- Exhibit Entry and Big Book: Lord Ben and Lady Evolent
welcome visitors, who can begin their adventure by reading
the story of The Amazing Castle and its inhabitants.
- The Keep: Toddlers create a miniature community
in a castle-inspired dollhouse, build their own fortress
out of "stone" blocks, and play with a castle
busy wall.
- The Great Hall and Garden: Friends and family can
take a seat at the royal table while children prepare a
mouthwatering meal with "Kipper the Cook." They'll
select ingredients from a larder stocked with bread, vegetables
and fruits, and choose a main course to prepare and cook
in a cauldron at the fireplace. They can join "Posey
the Gardener" in the royal garden to pick and plant
vegetables and gather eggs from a hen in the garden shed.
- Royal Puppet Theatre: Children and adults become
castle entertainers when they visit "HiJinx the Jester"
in the Royal Puppet Theatre to present a puppet show. Children
can pick out a fancy robe, pull up a throne and become the
Lord or Lady, or don the jester's costume and entertain
the Lord and Lady.
- The Tailor's Workshop: Visitors try their hand
at repairing and making clothing for all of the castle citizens
with "Trim the Tailor." They can play a game,
design costumes, create their own outfits, and discover
how silly their costumes appear when they look at themselves
in a distorted mirror!
- The Carpenter's Workshop: Children and adults can
grab a work apron and help "Gable the Carpenter"
build a simple table or chair using mortise and tenon construction,
or put together something of their own design.
- The Blacksmith's Workshop: Families join "Synge
the Blacksmith" to help her affix a metal patch to
the hole in Kipper's big iron cauldron. Children and adults
can also pretend to repair iron tools using a stone forge
with "glowing" coals, a water bucket, and Synge's
anvil.
- The Dragon Tower: The Dragon Tower is home to "Herald
the Dragon," who announces important information to
the citizens of The Amazing Castle. But Herald keeps falling
asleep and needs to be awakened frequently. Visitors can
wake Herald by matching each of the six electronic castle
character puzzle pieces with his or her appropriate tool
or symbol.
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| Contact
Name/Title: |
Amber
Stevenson, Traveling Exhibits and Project Manager |
| Phone: |
651-225-6053 |
| Email: |
travelingexhibits@mcm.org |
| Exhibit
Web site: |
http://www.mcm.org/about-the-museum/exhibit-rentals/the-amazing-castle/ |
| Title: |
The Big Adventure
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| Date
Posted: |
7/7/2009 |
| Producing
Museum/Organization: |
The Children's Museum
of Houston |
| Price
of Exhibit Rental: |
$17,000 |
| Size
(in square feet) : |
1,200
sq. ft. |
| Type
of Exhibit: |
Problem
Solving |
| Length
of Rental: |
3 months |
Exhibit
Schedule:
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Call
for additional information. |
| Description: |
The Big Adventure traveling exhibit will put your
visitors into the middle of a physically and mentally challenging
3-dimensional game board. Each adventure encourages children's
natural desires to explore and investigate as well as challenge
their physical abilities in fun activities like a climbing
wall, crawling tunnels, and a balance beam.
Components: In The Big Adventure, visitors will choose
their adventures and, using their own imagination, creativity,
and physical ability along with found materials, work their
way through each of the fun, hands-on challenges.
- The Big Picture - Plan ahead and map out your entire adventure
in a large scaled road map of the game board.
- The Main Drag - Cross 3 different textured surfaces on
your selected mode of transportation, including scooters
and wagons.
- Mt. Adventure - Traverse the face of the "mountainside"
with the aid of handholds and footholds.
- Out on a Ledge - Keep your balance as you cross between
buildings on beams that appear to be three stories in the
air.
- River Crossing: Bridge Out! - Cross the river without
getting "wet" by building your own bridge using
wooden planks, lily pads, and cargo boxes.
- Tunnels of Fun - Navigate the tunnels following a trail
of textures and symbols such as dinosaur tracks and shoeprints,
leading you to a "crow's nest" where you can look
out over The Big Adventure.
- Virtual Flyer - During this virtual air adventure, use
your body to tilt the plane, navigating around obstacles
such as flocks of birds, balloons, and kites.
- Who's Like You? - Learn about adventure "pioneers,"
contemporary role models, and everyday adventurers that
are just like you!
Rental Includes:
- Target Audience is children 5 to 12 years old, their parents
and teachers
- Exhibit and programs are in English and Spanish
- Promotional Marketing Materials
- Education Manual
- Maintenance Support
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| Contact
Name/Title: |
Sharon
Smallwood |
| Phone: |
713-535-7236 |
| Email: |
ssmallwood@cmhouston.org |
| Exhibit
Web site: |
www.cmhouston.org/bigadventure |
| Title: |
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| Date
Posted: |
8/31/2010 |
| Producing
Museum/Organization: |
Brooklyn Children's
Museum |
| Price
of Exhibit Rental: |
$35,000 |
| Size
(in square feet) : |
1,200
- 1,400 sq. ft. |
| Type
of Exhibit: |
Architecture
& the Built Enviornment |
| Length
of Rental: |
14 weeks |
Exhibit
Schedule:
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Please
contact for schedule/availability. |
| Description: |
Building Brainstorm, which was developed with the Center
for Architecture Foundation, creates a fantasy architecture
studio in which children ages 5-12 & their families research
& explore a range of building design challenges. Kids
& adults experiment with building materials, explore engineering
problems & investigate how their choices about light,
form, structure and organization can impact a building's design.
Visitors:
- Build 3-D models with architectural blocks
- Create 3-D crawl-through structures using geometric frames
& fabric
- Design their own layouts for a family apartment or house
- Transform a home's interior using a computer design game
- Match 2-D geometric magnetic shapes to Shanghai's dramatic
skyline
- Experiment with light & space at a window research
station Building Brainstorm is trilingual (English, Spanish,
French), meets national curriculum standards in design,
problem-solving, social studies & the visual arts.
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| Contact
Name/Title: |
Sandra
Vanderwarf |
| Phone: |
718-735-4400
ext.152 |
| Email: |
travelingexhibits@brooklynkids.org |
| Exhibit
Web site: |
http://www.brooklynkids.org/index.php/pastexhibits/buildingbrainstorm |
| Title: |
Chagall
for Children |
| Date Posted: |
9/30/2010 |
| Producing
Museum/Organization: |
Kohl Children's Museum
of Greater Chicago |
| Price
of Exhibit Rental: |
$30,000
(special pricing of $20,000 for 2011 venues) |
| Size (in square
feet) : |
1,000-1,300 sq. ft. |
| Type
of Exhibit: |
Art, Creativity |
| Length
of Rental: |
3 months |
Exhibit
Schedule:
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Venue Confirmed:
- September - December 2010: Shalom Street (West Bloomfield,
MI)
- January - April 2011: DuPage Children's Museum (Naperville,
IL)
- September - December 2011: Treehouse Museum (Ogden, UT)
- September - December 2012: Portland Children's Museum
(Portland, OR)
Venue Open: Contact
museum to confirm venue availability.
- May - August 2011
- January - April 2012
- May - August 2012
- Please inquire about 2013 and beyond
Past Venue:
- January - April 2009: Children's Museum of Acadiana (LaFayette,
LA)
- May - August 2009: Port Discovery Museum (Baltimore, MD)
- February - August 2010: Youth Museum of Southern West
Virginia (Beckley, WV)
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| Description: |
Chagall for Children focuses on
the works of Marc Chagall. This pioneering exhibit is a unique
approach to introducing children to art through the life and
work of a master artist, helping children and adults alike
develop a greater understanding and appreciation of all forms
of artistic expression. The exhibit is designed to engage
visitors in the exploration of both art and the artist through
15 interactive, multi-sensory components. Each component features
one of Chagall’s works with an accompanying hands-on
activity in a variety of media that encourages the visitor
to explore and work with specific art principals such as color,
composition, light and texture. Many stations are accompanied
with audio descriptions, highlighting information about the
artwork upon which the interactive is based. An extensive
selection of books about the artist is provided to encourage
further exploration and to stimulate literacy learning. Each
venue receives educational and marketing materials.
Chagall for Children was developed
by the Kohl Children’s Museum and premiered in July 1996
in Wilmette, IL. In 1998 the exhibit was adapted to travel
and has since visited ten other institutions across the country.
Responding to continuous requests and interest, the exhibit
has been completely rebuilt and upgraded. The tour beginning
January 2006 features a completely rebuilt exhibit.
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| Contact Name/Title: |
Tim Mayse-Lilig |
| Phone: |
847-832-6882 |
| Email: |
tmayselillig@kohlchildrensmuseum.org
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| Exhibit Web
site: |
www.kohlchildrensmuseum.org/chagall
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| Title: |
Charlie and Kiwi's Evolutionary Adventure
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| Date
Posted: |
9/30/2010 |
| Producing
Museum/Organization: |
New York Hall of Science |
| Price
of Exhibit Rental: |
$25,000,
plus inbound shipping |
| Size
(in square feet) : |
1,500
sq. ft. |
| Type
of Exhibit: |
Natural
History |
| Length
of Rental: |
3 months |
Exhibit
Schedule:
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Venue Confirmed:
- Summer 2009: New York Hall of Science (Queens,NY)
- Fall 2009: Miami Science Museum (FL)
- Winter/Spring 2010: North Museum of Natural History &
Science (Lancaster,PA)
- Fall 2010: Orlando Science Center (Orlando, FL)
- Winter/Spring 2011: Minnetrista (Muncie, IN)
- Summer 2011: Museum of Nature and Science (Dallas,TX)
- Summer 2012: Nebraska State Museum (Lincoln, NE)
- Fall 2012 and Winter/Spring 2013: Carnegie Museum of Natural
History
Venue Open:
- Fall 2011
- Winter/Spring, 2012
- Summer & Fall 2013
- Winter/Spring, Summer & Fall 2014
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| Description: |
Charlie and Kiwi's Evolutionary Adventure is an original,
focused experience that invites visitors to:
- see evidence of evolutionary connections between dinosaurs
and birds
- enjoy the story of Charlie, whose curiosity leads to
his understanding of how evolution works
- engage in activities about variation, inheritance, selection,
time and adaptation (VISTA), key evolutionary concepts.
The exhibition is organized into three parts:
Story Theater
Charlie and Kiwi's adventure unfolds in an intimate theater
on a giant digital storybook screen. Audiences travel back
in time during the 13minute video, Charlie and Kiwi's Evolutionary
Adventure, joining Charlie and his great, great, great,
great grandfather as they discover how and why the flightless
kiwi is still a bird. Through the charming drawings by Peter
Reynolds, award- winning illustrator of Judy Moody
and other children's books, visitors see how Charlie comes
to understand the origins of birds and why they are all so
different from each other.
Exhbits
- Intro Panel - See how life changes over time. Flamingos!
Penguins! Robins! Eagles! They're all birds but they look
so different. Travel back in time and join Charlie and Kiwi
on their Evolutionary Adventure.
- Charlie's World Vignette - Find where kiwis are from
on the map of New Zealand and see a real, modern-day kiwi
(stuffed) and a fossil replica of Archaeopteryx (a prehistoric
bird).
- Which is a Bird? Which is a Dinosaur? The Bones Show It
- See evidence that dinosaurs are the ancestors of modern
birds by viewing the homologous bones of a bambiraptor (a
dinosaur), an archaeopteryx (one of the first birds) and
a modern crow.
- The Clue of the Matching Bones Puzzle - Find where the
matching bones go in this puzzle: a meat-eating dinosaur,
early bird and modern bird. Three special bones (the wishbone,
toes and hip bone) show scientists that birds evolved from
dinosaurs.
- Why is a kiwi like a kiwi? Or How Evolution Works - Did
birds really come from BIG dinosaurs like this? How could
a dinosaur evolve into a bird? Is evolution like tadpoles
changing into frogs?
- Dino to Bird - A computer-based interactive allows visitors
to speed up time so they can see the evolution of birds
happen with their own eyes.
- Finches Puzzle - This puzzle shows how finches have adapted
to a variety of environments. Put the finches in the forest
where they can find a meal.
- Natural Selection of Ground Finches - A computer-based
interactive allows visitors to measure the beaks of finches
that lived on the Galapagos Islands. See why the finches
with larger beaks, that enabled them to open large tough
seeds during hot, dry weather conditions, went on to reproduce.
- Meet the Budgies - Observe differences in live birds
of the same species by examining the colors, shapes and
sizes of their beaks, legs, and feet.
- Moa Bird Bone Dig - Use the tools (brush and wooden sculpting
tool) to find fossils (half-skull and femurs of Moa birds)
hidden inside the rock.
Discovery Box Area
Twelve discovery boxes enhance understanding of evolutionary
concepts with activities, puzzles, fossil bird bones and skulls.
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| Contact
Name/Title: |
Marcia
Rudy |
| Phone: |
718-699-0005,
ext. 312 |
| Email: |
mrudy@nysci.org |
| Exhibit
Web site: |
www.nysci.org |
| 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: |
LEMURtron:
A Robotic/Musical/Visual Experience |
| 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. |
| Contact Name/Title: |
Eric Singer |
| Phone: |
718-576-1066 |
| Email: |
booking@lemurbots.org |
| Exhibit Web site: |
http://lemurbots.org/lemurtron_large.mov |
| 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:
|
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: |
Pattern Wizardry
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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) : |
1,400
sq. ft. |
| Type
of Exhibit: |
Earth
Science/Geology, Mathematics, Social Customs |
| Length
of Rental: |
14 weeks |
Exhibit
Schedule:
|
Call
or email for schedule |
| Description: |
Pattern Wizardry encourages children's
inquiry into how patterns organize and enrich our lives. With
playful, open-ended activities focusing on spiral, branch,
tessellation, and linear patterns, Pattern Wizardry incorporates
beautiful and evocative artifacts and natural specimens from
the museum's collection that underscore the links between
the cultural and scientific contexts of patterns. In Pattern
Wizardry, visitors become "apprentice wizards"
and explore and play with the power of patterns.
In Pattern Wizardry, visitors:
- Create glowing tessellations from tiles
on a light box
- Use blocks to explore the complicated
pattern of a beaded apron from Cameroon
- Use wands to play rhythmic beats and
compose musical patterns
- Stamp a giant Magnadoodle with designs
based on Javanese and Indian fabrics
- Walk inside a giant 60-degree mirror
- Examine branching objects such as deer
antlers, coral and microscopic organisms
- Create electronic borders, quilts, and
kaleidoscopes
Winner! AAM Best Practices
in Museum Exhibition Writing Competition, 2004
Pattern Wizardry is a hands-on, interactive, object-based
fantasy environment introducing children ages 5-12 to the
fundamental patterns that are the building blocks of our natural
and man-made world. This trilingual (English, Spanish, French)
exhibition supports national and elementary curriculum standards
by exploring the cultural meanings and mathematical and scientific
concepts that underlie patterns.
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| Contact Name/Title: |
|
| 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: |
Pattern Wizardry
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| Date
Posted: |
1/14/2009 |
| Producing
Museum/Organization: |
Brooklyn Children's
Museum |
| Price
of Exhibit Rental: |
$30,000
plus shipping |
| Size
(in square feet) : |
1,400
sq. ft. |
| Type
of Exhibit: |
Earth
Science/Geology, Mathematics, Social Customs |
| Length
of Rental: |
14 weeks |
Exhibit
Schedule:
|
Call
or email for schedule |
| Description: |
Pattern Wizardry encourages children's
inquiry into how patterns organize and enrich our lives. With
playful, open-ended activities focusing on spiral, branch,
tessellation, and linear patterns, Pattern Wizardry incorporates
beautiful and evocative artifacts and natural specimens from
the museum's collection that underscore the links between
the cultural and scientific contexts of patterns. In Pattern
Wizardry, visitors become "apprentice wizards"
and explore and play with the power of patterns.
In Pattern Wizardry, visitors:
- Create glowing tessellations from tiles
on a light box
- Use blocks to explore the complicated
pattern of a beaded apron from Cameroon
- Use wands to play rhythmic beats and
compose musical patterns
- Stamp a giant Magnadoodle with designs
based on Javanese and Indian fabrics
- Walk inside a giant 60-degree mirror
- Examine branching objects such as deer
antlers, coral and microscopic organisms
- Create electronic borders, quilts, and
kaleidoscopes
Winner! AAM Best Practices
in Museum Exhibition Writing Competition, 2004
Pattern Wizardry is a hands-on, interactive, object-based
fantasy environment introducing children ages 5-12 to the
fundamental patterns that are the building blocks of our natural
and man-made world. This trilingual (English, Spanish, French)
exhibition supports national and elementary curriculum standards
by exploring the cultural meanings and mathematical and scientific
concepts that underlie patterns.
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| Contact
Name/Title: |
|
| Phone: |
718-735-4400
ext. 152 |
| Email: |
travelingexhibits@brooklynkids.org
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| Exhibit
Web site: |
www.brooklynkids.org
|
| Title: |
Pizza: Any Way You Slice It!
|
| Date
Posted: |
6/10/2009 |
| Producing
Museum/Organization: |
Omaha Children's Museum |
| Price
of Exhibit Rental: |
$10,000/month |
| Size
(in square feet) : |
2,000
sq. ft. |
| Type
of Exhibit: |
Interactive,
Math |
| Length
of Rental: |
Usually
3 months |
Exhibit
Schedule:
|
Discount
Available! Fall 2009 & Summer-Fall of 2010.
Call for additional information. |
| Description: |
Learn the basics of math with an incredibly popular food...pizza!
Pizza: Any Way You Slice It! encourages playful, open-ended
exploration by focusing on three areas: making, delivering
and eating pizza. Children are instantly drawn to this exhibit
that informally teaches counting, sorting, measuring, gathering,
matching, patterning, sequencing, role-playing and sharing.
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| Contact
Name/Title: |
Tom Simons |
| Phone: |
402-930-2341 |
| Email: |
tsimons@ocm.org
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| Exhibit
Web site: |
www.ocm.org
|
| Title: |
POP ART! The Andy Warhol Studio
|
| Date
Posted: |
9/30/2010 |
| Producing
Museum/Organization: |
Children's Museum
of Pittsburgh |
| Price
of Exhibit Rental: |
$10,000-$20,000
plus shipping |
| Size
(in square feet) : |
1,000-1,500
sq. ft. |
| Type
of Exhibit: |
Interactive
Art, Hands-on, Imaginative Play |
| Length
of Rental: |
2-3 months |
Exhibit
Schedule:
|
Call
or email for availability.
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| Description: |
In POP ART!, visitors create art in the whimsical spirit
of Andy Warhol and the Pop Art movement . The exhibit is divided
into 3 four sections: the Studio, the Factory and the Gallery,
and celebrates the imagination and creativity of Warhol.
In the Studio, visitors can try a variety of art-making techniques
used by pop artists, including silkscreen printing, stamping
to make repeat patterns, and making objects using die-cutters
like Warhol's famous Brillo Boxes. In the Factory, visitors
can dress up like the characters they see in some of the Warhol
paintings, play with toys like those collected by Warhol,
and learn more about art and Andy Warhol through books and
videos. The Gallery is a space for artwork created by visitors
and the kids from local community, and examples of the icon
prints by Warhol.
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| Contact
Name/Title: |
Anne
Fullenkamp |
| Phone: |
412-322-5058
ext.222 |
| Email: |
afullenkamp@pittsburghkids.org
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| Exhibit
Web site: |
www.pittsburghkids.org
|
| Title: |
TINKERTOY!
Build Your Imagination |
| Date
Posted: |
9/30/2010 |
| Producing
Museum/Organization: |
Betty Brinn Children's
Museum |
| Price
of Exhibit Rental: |
$35,000
plus inbound shipping |
| Size
(in square feet) : |
1,500
sq. ft. minimum. May be installed in an expanded configuration
that requires additional space. |
| Type
of Exhibit: |
A hands-on
traveling exhibit based on the classic building toy. |
| Length
of Rental: |
3 months |
Exhibit
Schedule:
|
Venue Confirmed:
- October 2010 - January 2011: Portland Children's Museum
(OR)
- June - September 2011: Port Discovery Children's Museum
(Baltimore, MD)
- February - May 2012: Betty Brinn Children's Museum (Milwaukee,
WI)
- May - September 2013: Creative Discovery Museum (Chattanooga,
TN)
Venue Open:
- October 2011 - January 2012
- June - September 2012
- September 2012 - January 2013
- January - May 2013
- October 2013 - January 2014
Past Venues:
- November 2009 - January 2010: Betty Brinn Children's Museum
(Milwaukee, WI)
- February - May 2010: Children's Museum, Seattle (WA)
- June - September 2010: Discovery Science Center (Santa
Ana, CA
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| Description: |
TINKERTOY®: Build Your Imagination™ is a
new educational exhibit that combines the open-ended and inventive
play qualities of the timeless TINKERTOY® construction
set with GE's innovative technologies that enrich our lives
and our global community. Giant TINKERTOY® building pieces
create a fantastic framework for all of the exhibit's activities,
and real TINKERTOY® construction sets take center stage
in an awe-inspiring collection of TINKERTOY® pieces featured
in a creative play area. A special welcome gallery and nine
unique activity stations invite children and families to explore
contemporary topics like renewable energy and clean water
technology, to experiment with ideas and create their own
inventions, and to work as collaborators in the exhibit's
hands-on environment. Each activity promotes important developmental
skills and reflects the high standards of our exhibit partners.
Target Audience: Educational activities are designed for
children ages 4 - 10
Rental Includes:
- Comprehensive marketing and publicity materials
- An Education Guide featuring lesson plans to enhance family
and group visits
- A detailed installation manual
- Bilingual signage (English/Spanish) that helps adults
understand how children learn through play
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| Contact
Name/Title: |
Jennifer
Sarnowski |
| Phone: |
414-390-KIDS
(5437), ext. 239 |
| Email: |
exhibits@bbcmkids.org |
| Exhibit
Web site: |
http://www.bbcmkids.org/salesrentals/tinkertoy.php |
| Title: |
Silly Faces
|
| Date
Posted: |
1/28/2011 |
| Producing
Museum/Organization: |
Children's Museum
of Pittsburgh |
| Price
of Exhibit Rental: |
$10,000
plus shipping |
| Size
(in square feet) : |
500 sq.
ft. |
| Type
of Exhibit: |
Interactive
Art |
| Length
of Rental: |
3 months |
Exhibit
Schedule:
|
Beginning 2011. Call or email for availability.
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| Description: |
The Children's Museum of Pittsburgh partners artist Amanda
Long to create Silly Faces, a unique, interactive video installation
that asks the audience to become a part of the exhibit. In
this humorous piece, museum visitors instantly upload a 5-second
video of themselves making a silly face into a 'photo booth'
style kiosk. Then, the most recent video is added to the constantly
changing grid of faces projected onto the gallery wall. Each
video is bumped to the left when a new video is created, resulting
in an animated and evolving mosaic.
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| Contact
Name/Title: |
Anne
Fullenkamp |
| Phone: |
412-322-5058
ext.222 |
| Email: |
afullenkamp@pittsburghkids.org |
| Exhibit
Web site: |
www.pittsburghkids.org;
HTTP://VIMEO.COM/18509081 |
| Title: |
Storyland: A Trip Through Childhood Favorites |
| Date
Posted: |
4/13/2011 |
| Producing
Museum/Organization: |
Minnesota
Children's Museum |
| Price
of Exhibit Rental: |
$40,000 |
| Size
(in square feet) : |
1,500
sq. ft. |
| Type
of Exhibit: |
Early literacy |
| Length
of Rental: |
3-4 months |
Exhibit
Schedule:
|
Venue Confirmed:
- September 10, 2011 - February 4, 2012: Minnesota Children's Museum
Venue Open:
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| Description: |
From the gardens of The Tale of Peter Rabbit to the urban snowscape of The Snowy Day and the tropical island of Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, Storyland draws visitors into 3-D early literacy adventures in environments based on seven beloved books. Storyland guides visitors to the discovery that it is never too early to begin the love of reading, and provides adults with tools for cultivating literacy through everyday activities. Featured books are The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault, The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats, Abuela by Arthur Dorros, Tuesday by David Wiesner, and Where's Spot? by Eric Hill. |
| Contact Name/Title: |
Amber Stevenson, Traveling
Exhibits Manager |
| Phone: |
651-225-6053 |
| Email: |
astevenson@mcm.org |
| Exhibit Web
site: |
http://www.mcm.org/about-the-museum/exhibit-rentals/storyland2/ |
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