In an age of slick computerization and digital entertainment, the museum's laid-back presentation is a welcome alternative. Kids explore here at their own pace. They're not graded. You shouldn't diminish your self esteem in this learning environment. The museum's lower level celebrates the global child through music, art, history, culture and geography.
Dinosaurs lurk, volcanoes rumble and earthquakes topple kid-built structures.
In the Toddle Farm, children ages infant through 4, accompanied by an adult, can climb a hayloft, slide down a silo or play in the duck pond. Adams said the museum exhibits are designed by and for kids. Whether pumping blood through a model heart, being a human battery, reaching for holograms that aren't there or playing with pulleys, magnets and gears, plan to spend some time upstairs. Two exhibits are especially unexpected. Another exhibit examines the loss of physical senses and losing the ability to walk.