Building tables invite children to construct their own rovers. Kids' imaginations are challenged to create and display their own creatures of the deep. Ocean Adventure is a traveling exhibit designed and produced by The Children's Museum of Indianapolis. 30-October 21 Slip on reindeer boots from Finland, rice straw sandals from Korea and embroidered mules from Morocco in the Van Vleet Gallery during the Global Shoes exhibition. Featuring shoes from more than 40 countries, this exhibit explores shoes to introduce children and families to people and places around the world.
Visitors use clues to match shoes to their climate and culture of origin.
For example, children will be able to select shoes that are cool, such as palm-fiber sandals from Tonga or thong sandals from Niger. For shoes that are warm, kids would choose sheepskin boots from Afghanistan or reindeer fur boots from Finland. Visitors also try on shoes including Dutch klompen, Korean rice straw jipshin and Peruvian tire sandals to learn about the people who wear them and the countries where they are worn. Activities invite kids to read stories and view artwork, photographs and shoes collected from children in 16 countries who describe their lives from their shoes' point of view. In the homes of three families from Kiribati, Mongolia and Iceland, children experience everyday life through shoes, music and photo albums.