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Contact:
Dan Carpenter
(325) 673-4587
Marketing@thegracemuseum.org
Kidsville temporary exhibits open at The Grace
Abilene,
TX (January 9, 2007) - The Grace Museum has opened
a special group of temporary exhibits in their Children's
Museum space on second floor.
"Kidsville"
is a collection of 12 exhibits The Grace has opened as part
of a temporary partnership with children's museums in Midland
and Austin .
"We're moving
forward with plans to open our new Children's Museum in the
Spring, but decided to temporarily open Kidsville as a way
to give our young (and young at heart) visitors some unique
educational and interactive experiences until the new exhibits
arrive," said Dennis Kois, the Museum's executive director.
Air Fair, from
the Austin Children's Museum, includes a sailboat race that
teaches about the properties of wind; a "Vortex Tame
a Twister" exhibit that simulates a real tornado; and
"Tube Tunes" which teaches kids about sound using
different sizes and lengths of PVC tubing.
From the Museum of
the Southwest's Fredda Turner Durham Children's Museum in
Midland , The Grace has temporarily installed two exhibits.
Global Golf: Just Puttin' A Round, which features
five holes of miniature golf from around the world, including
the South American Amazon, North American National Parks,
the African Plains, the Aztec/Mayan Ruins of Mexico, and the
Great Barrier Reef in Australia. Splash, Bang, Boom! Exploring
the Properties of Matter and Energy includes "Sink
or Float" which teaches about why certain things float
in water and certain things sink; "Thick of Things"
which explores the science of viscosity through the use of
colored (and different thickness) liquids; and "It Matters"
which challenges visitors to learn about atoms and molecules.
Also included in Kidsville
are The Grace's popular Gravity Well, Recollections, and the
Bernoulli Blower. The Gravity Well and Recollections will
be part of the new permanent Children's Museum when it re-opens,
along with A is for Animal, A is for Art.
The Grace Museum
is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday; and
from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. every Thursday. Admission is free Thursday
evening after 5 p.m.
For more information,
please call Dan Carpenter at 325-673-4587.
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