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
  

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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• Spring 2011
• Summer 2011
• Fall 2011
• Winter 2011

$25,000

Venue Confirmed:

• January 15, 2010 - May 21, 2010: Muncie Children's Museum (IN)
• June 14, 2010 - September 17, 2010: Atlanta Children's Museums (GA)
• September 31, 2010 - December 31, 2010: ECHO Lake Aquarium & Science Center (Burlington, VT)
• January 17, 2011 - July 15, 2011: Museum of York County (Rock Hill, SC)

Venue Open:

• Fall 2011
• Winter 2011
• Spring 2012
• Summer 2012
• Fall 2012

Call for Updated Schedule

Dinosaurs! features seven, half-sized roaring robotic dinosaurs including the king – Tyrannosaurus rex – Triceratops, Pachycephalosaurus, Dimetrodon, Stegosaurus and a mother Apatosaurus protecting her newly hatched babies. Take visitors beyond the bones through a primordial swamp to see how these prehistoric creatures may have looked, and sounded, when they roamed the earth millions of years ago. Exhibit includes seven animatronic units, air compressor, plus silk plants, trees, wooden stanchions and decorative mulch to create your own primordial swamp.

• Austin Children's Museum: September 24, 2011 - January 16, 2012
• Available Spring 2012 and after

Crossing the threshold of this exhibit means traveling back in time to explore the Age of the Dinosaurs! As visitors move through the exhibit, they encounter unfamiliar landscapes, touchable dinosaurs of all shapes and sizes, and opportunities to investigate clues about what the dinosaurs left behind. This exhibit builds on the popular fascination with dinosaurs and includes science activities to challenge all ages. The exhibit features three distinct sections: Land of Fire (a warm dinosaur habitat), Land of Ice (a cold dinosaur habitat), and a Field Research Station (complete with a Big Dig component). While the warm environment is based on content that is familiar to most visitors, the cold environment incorporates recent scientific research about dinosaurs that lived in cold climates like Alaska. Science inquiry skills are essential in the Field Research Station as visitors uncover dinosaur bones in a dig station and examine fossils to identify dinosaurs. Each section of the exhibit is divided by a series of low walls that give adults visual access to the entire exhibit while keeping each section distinct and autonomous. Extensive and detailed muraling throughout the exhibit ensures an immersive, environmental aesthetic.

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15,000 sq ft

• Cincinnati Museum Center (2009)
• St. Louis Science Center (2009 - 2010)
• Kansas City Union Station (2010)
• Detroit Science Center (2011)

6,000 sq ft

• Science North (2010)
• Bishop Museum (2011)

5,000 sq ft

• Witte Museum (2010)
• Museum of Nature & Science, Dallas (2010 - 2011)

3,000 sq ft

• Cincinnati Museum Center (2010)

Dinosaurs Unearthed is a traveling dinosaur exhibition company that offers a range of immersive experiences designed to engage and entertain audiences. With proven success across North America, our exhibitions have been known to generate great excitement and exceed attendance projections. Large or small, indoor or outdoor, we are passionate about creating comprehensive, story-driven exhibitions.

Dinosaurs Unearthed combines lifesized animatronic dinosaurs, full-scale skeletons, fossils, interpretive content and interactive activities in a naturalistic indoor setting. The customized approach we take to exhibition staging has earned praise from our clients and allowed us to consistently generate results that exceed expectations. From the pre-production site visit to our meticulous setup and strike, our people are driven to stage a product that meets the needs of your audience, your goals and your space. Our approach ensures your experience working with us is as seamless as your guests' experience visiting the exhibition.

In addition to custom design and exhibition production, we offer support materials in marketing, media relations and educational content to assist in program development. Combine this with an on-hand team of experts that includes exhibition designers, paleontologists, graphic and 3D designers, landscapers, lighting experts, technologists and troubleshooters, and you'll see how we've built an extraordinary product and a solid reputation. With a range of complete packages customized to suit any venue, we deliver the excitement and science behind dinosaur discoveries.

Venues Open:

• Summer 2012
• Fall 2012
• Winter/Spring 2013
• Summer 2013
• Fall 2013
  

Venue Confirmed:

• June - September 2011: Springs Preserve (Las Vegas, NV)
• October 2011 - April 2012: Sawmill Museum (Clinton, IA)

Exploring Trees Inside and Out will help children discover nature through multiple perspectives and will inspire them to get outdoors, explore the wonders, and develop connections with the natural world. While visiting the exhibit children can experience a glimpse of the wonders that await them outside their own backyards and neighborhoods. These interactive exhibits provide an innovative visual-spatial experience designed for whole body, open ended participation to raise the awareness and understanding of trees.

While visiting the exhibit children will be able to:

• Explore the heart of a tree trunk
• Jump into a giant bird's nest
• Crawl through a giant tree structure
• Hear the sounds of animals that live in the forest
• Soar over the tree tops like a giant bird with the blue screen experience (Complete with costumes!)

Visitors will be given the opportunity to explore and discover many aspects of trees from the inside out, from roots to leaves, as a habitat for other living things and as a resource for people. The exhibit serves as an "experience" about trees that visitors will be able to transfer to the out-of-doors at home, at school, in the park or on a hike in the woods.

Some exhibit elements include:

• Climbing Tree -- Larger than life, the trunk invites children and adults to enter and discover that a tree is an amazing, living thing.

• Sensation stations -- Throughout the exhibit are a myriad of activity opportunities, including Scents and Sounds of Nature, and Art in Nature, that will help advance the messages about trees that permeate the exhibit and to sharpen observation skills to look at trees in new ways.

• Giant Leaf, Leaf and Slide Pile -- From the canopy, visitors will discover they can actually climb inside a giant leaf. From here, they will be able to hear, see and feel a leaf as if they were a very small bug.

• Giant Acorn -- Children can enter a larger than life and discover the baby oak with a ready packed "lunch" all ready to grow. Children can help the little acorn germinate and begin its growth to a mighty oak.

• Dancing with Trees -- Guests can wear animal costumes including a butterfly and a squirrel. The backgrounds represent several difference habitats where trees grow and animals live. Children can soar over a meandering stream or climb to the tree tops in a forest.

• Wood Works -- A construction area work station with many different pieces of wood in various sizes and shapes. Families can work together to build unique structures, bird houses or other buildings, fanciful or realistic.

Children and families will leave with a more defined understanding of the importance of trees and an elevated appreciation of trees and forests in their neighborhood and throughout the world. Most of all, the exhibit will be a dynamic springboard for visitors to take their experience outside. Leaving the exhibit, guests see the calls to action - Extend your adventure outside. Explore the wonder of trees.

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Predators offers a hands-on insight into the lives of some of the most dangerous animals on the planet, both past and present. What do house cats and saber-toothed tigers have in common? Visitors can sharpen their wits through a variety of interactive activities that illustrate the similarities and differences between predators from around the globe and throughout history. Visitors learn how different predators are equipped to fulfill their specific roles in the natural world. Your audience can hone their senses and experience how each predator tracks, captures and kills their prey and how their environment influences their abilities. Visitors can dive in and see how a shark senses its prey under water and compare that with how a hawk hunts from the sky. Then, reverse roles and jump in the shark cage and see what it is like to be the prey of a 15 foot Great White Shark!

Predators examines a wide range of both contemporary and prehistoric animals. Visitors can learn about different predators from a huge orca to a tiny praying mantis. They can study a T-Rex skull and see how it stacks up against modern predators. And they can learn how wolves play charades, what masks and Bengal Tigers have in common and also why "playing possum" can be so important. Predators explores how popular culture has influenced our views of these animals. Everyone knows about JAWS but now visitors can learn about the various benefits that predators provide. These animals may be scary but they also play a key role in our world.

Experience the Museum of Discovery's Predators and find out why we are so fascinated by them - if you dare!

Venue Confirmed:

• May – September, 2011: Crown Center (Kansas City, MO)
• September 2011 – January 2012: Minnesota Children’s Museum (St. Paul, MN)

Help Save the Rainforests!

Rainforest Adventure is a multisensory expedition that introduces children to tropical rainforests around the world, challenges facing these unique ecological wonders and ways that people can make a difference. Visitors are introduced to scientists and the ways they study rainforests. Children role-play as research assistants on a series of problem-solving adventures.

Featuring over 40 interactive components, two computer games, a distance learning kiosk and plenty of expedition props - vests, flashlights, binoculars and more!

• Climb a 9' kapok tree
• Explore a gorilla's nest
• Study plant and animal life in the different layers of the rainforest
• Learn about the web of life
• Visit a village, weave on a loom and learn about local customs and traditions

Venue Confirmed:

• October 2010 - January 2011: Bay Area Discovery Museum (Sausalito, CA)
  
• February - May 2011: Betty Brinn Children's Museum (Milwaukee, WI)
  
• February - April 2012: Virginia Living Museum (Newport News)
  
• June - September 2012: High Desert Museum (Bend, OR)
  
  

Venue Open:

• June - September 2011
  
• October 2011 - January 2012
  
• October 2012 - January 2013
  

Past Venue:

• June - October 2009: Discovery Science Center (Santa Ana, CA)
• October 2009 - January 2010: Discovery Center at Murfree Spring (Murfreesboro, TN)
• February - May 2010: Mississippi Museum of Natural Science (Jackson, MS)
• June - September 2010: Kohl Children's Museum of Greater Chicago (Glenview, IL

Smokey Bear and Woodsy Owl: Home Sweet Home, a new hands-on exhibit for children ages 2 to 8, developed in collaboration with the US Forest Service, will premiere at the Betty Brinn Children's Museum in the summer of 2009 and will then embark on a national tour.

This new traveling exhibit, featuring two classic American icons, will inspire children and families to discover and care for the natural resources that sustain our world – our home sweet home. Smokey Bear, Woodsy Owl and their forest friends share important messages as they lead visitors into pretend woodland and urban settings that encourage families to spend time together outdoors and teach young children to be active explorers and stewards of the land. The exhibit’s hands-on activities and related programming underscore the importance of protecting forest ecosystems and highlight ways to reduce, reuse and recycle valuable resources.

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Venue Open:

• January - April 2011
• May - August 2011
• September - December 2011
• January - April 2012
• May - August 2012
• September - December 2012
• January - April 2013
• May - August 2013
• September - December 2013

It's saving electricity with a single flip of a light switch, turning an old tablecloth into a super hero cape and repairing something instead of throwing it away. It's fighting pollution and saving the world one aluminum can at a time. It's ordinary kids making a difference. It's Super Kids Save the World!

Super Kids Save the World gives kids (and their parents) the power to go green! Designed with "green" materials and practices, this super exhibit gives kids real super hero training starting with the four R's: Reduce, Reuse, Repair, Recycle!

The exhibit is developed by The Magic House and based on the British children's book, George Saves the World by Lunchtime commissioned by the Eden Project, an educational charity dedicated to showing the importance of taking care of our world. In this book, written by Jo Readman and illustrated by Ley Honor Roberts, George, Flora and Grandpa demonstrate that by taking simple steps, families can become eco-friendly superheroes in their own communities.

The exhibit includes more than 30 activities in seven environments:

House

• Take the Super Kid pledge to take care of our world.
• Don a super hero cape made from a recycled tablecloth.
• Dress a life sized cut-out figure to decide which children's clothes go to the Re-Use Charity Shop.
• Repair a broken toy car so it can be played with again.
• Prepare and pack a healthy lunch with re-usable containers.
  

Garden

• Pick fresh vegetables in the garden to take to the market.
  
• Turn the compost pile with a garden rake.
  
• Create bedding for the bunny cage from torn newspaper.
• Save energy by hanging clothes on a clothesline.
  

Re-Use Charity Shop

• Try on funky clothes and see the result in the many mirrors.
  
• Produce greeting cards from a wide variety of recycled materials.
• Play music on record players, radios and cassette recorders.
• Create a missing puzzle piece so the puzzle can be sold.
  
• Make new clothes for a paper doll.
  

Research Lab

• Play a virtual algae game to speed up bio-fuel production.
  
• Pump algae water through a photo-reactor.
  
• Use a microscope to identify algae from other microorganisms.
  
• Turn a hand crank generator to experience the difference between incandescent and compact fluorescent light bulbs.
  
• Operate the levers to learn about solar power.
  
• Wear a lab coat just like a real scientist.
  

Recycle Center

• Take on the role of workers in a recycle center.
  
• Wear a hard hat and safety vest.
  
• Drive a recycling truck.
  
• Sort trash onto a conveyor belt system.
  
• Play a rapid-paced computer game to see who can sort recycled materials the fastest.
  

Reduce Fuel Service Center

• Explore the red convertible Smart Car.
  
• Fill the tank with biofuel.
  
• Clean the windshield with a safe, homemade cleaning product.
  
• Climb through a tire tunnel made from tires ready to be recycled.
  

Farmers Market

• Sell fruits and vegetables in a local outdoor market.
  
• Pick apples from a special tree.
  
• Arrange baked goods, cheese and bread for sale under a colorful awning
  
• Ride a bike to generate energy to power a streetlight.
  

Wild About Plants is a botanical adventure that engages children and families in an exploration of plants in everyday life. Visitors explore the home of a fictional character Flora Wild to touch, smell, magnify, build, watch and listen to plants, uncovering what they do for people and what people can do for them.

• Decide what's for dinner by transforming raw plants into finished meals.
• Follow the story of how plants become household helps.
• Watch videos of Ms. Wild's neighbors discussing their plant-related hobbies.
• Grow like a plant in an interactive time-lapse video.
• Put on a puppet theater show and more!

Wild About Plants conveys the importance of plants to humanity. Visitors uncover their personal connections to nature and discover extraordinary plant stories in familiar objects such as food, medicine and clothing. These discoveries aim toward opening children's minds to thinking about plants as a part of everyday life.

Venue Open:

• 2011-2013, contact for availability

Past Venue:

• June 8, 2007-November 25, 2007: Adler Planetarium (Chicago, IL)
• December 4, 2007-January 4, 2008: Aerospace Education Center (Little Rock, AR)
• January 11, 2008-March 2, 2008: Buffalo Museum of Science (Buffalo, NY)
• March 8, 2008-May 26, 2008: COSI (Columbus, OH)
• June 7, 2008-June 21, 2009: EcoTarium (Worcester, MA)
• June 22, 2009-August 30, 2009: Exhibit Refurbishment
• September 12, 2009-August 29, 2010: COSI (Columbus, OH)
• September 18, 2010-January 9, 2011: Boonshoft Museum of Discovery (Dayton, OH)

The Zula Patrol, those colorful and energetic Galactic fact gatherers have been planet hopping across the Solar System on their never ending quest for knowledge. They've finally landed on Earth to study the weather on our home planet. We can experiment right along with them and learn what weather is, how it works, what affects it, and how it affects us.

This compact exhibition is anchored by five freestanding installations that combine to create the colorful cartoon world of Zula. Captain Bula, Professor Multo, Space Pilot Zeeter, flying wonders Wizzy and Wigg, and Space Pet Gorga invite you to apply the scientific method. Learn all about clouds, precipitation, wind, temperature, and other weather phenomenon.

The exhibit addresses the developmental needs of children by increasing scientific knowledge and habits of mind, addressing National Science Education Standards meeting National Association for the Education of Young Children Curriculum Guidelines, providing different types of play opportunities, and providing opportunities for children to exercise Multiple Intelligences.

The Zula Patrol is a multifaceted brand of learning tools including an animated television series, outreach program, classroom activities, permanent and traveling museum exhibitions, and digital dome theater show aimed to provide early science and reading literacy for children in preschool through 2nd grade.