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NEWS &
PHOTOGRAPHY ALERT |
NEW! MATH EXHIBIT FLOOR OPENS
MARCH 10 AT DUPAGE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM
Release date:
February 27, 2008
For
additional information, please contact:
Phone: (630) 637-8000 ext. 2600
ljele@dupagechildrensmuseum.org
New Exhibit Neighborhood Will Help Kids Learn to
Succeed in Math
Visitors will experience activities
specially created to help children understand math fundamentals in new
ways. Children up to 10 years old will
enjoy playing with an array of new hands-on exhibits, from a full-body
crawl-through kaleidoscope to a big jumping mat and a huge balance. It all adds up to fun! This exhibit, made possible by the Tellabs
Foundation, is free to Museum members or free with general admission.
WHO: DuPage
Children's Museum, a top Chicago area
cultural attraction located in Naperville, Illinois, is the place where learning comes in to play™! The Museum is a nationally-known non-profit
organization that helps kids learn how to succeed, through skill development in
math, science and the arts.
WHAT: This new Math Connections
exhibit neighborhood will allow children to have fun with math, making it
easier for them to develop fundamental skills that will help them succeed in
the future. New math programming is also
being introduced, to complement the exhibits and benefit children up to 10
years old. Programs are listed in the
monthly calendar releases, located in the What’s New section of the Museum web
site, at http://www.dupagechildrensmuseum.org/welcome_news.html.
WHEN: Monday,
March 10, 2008 from 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. (Museum closes at 1:00 p.m.)
WHERE: DuPage
Children's Museum
Additional
location information is available online at: http://www.dupagechildrensmuseum.org/GeneralInfo.html
Media
visitors and photographers must bring their official ID and sign in at Visitor
Services to obtain photo releases and a visitor’s badge.
VISUALS: Children up to 10 years old will be playing with an
array of new hands-on exhibits, from a full-body crawl-through kaleidoscope to
a big jumping mat and a huge balance. The
brand new exhibit neighborhood will be located on the upper level of the Museum—a
colorful area naturally lit by a sky light.
DUPAGE CHILDREN’S MUSEUM:
DuPage
Children's Museum helps kids learn how to succeed. Throughout any given day, hundreds of visitors
come through the Big Red Door of the Museum to engage in three floors of fun, hands-on
activities. It is a playful environment where children 6 months to 10 years old
and the important adults in their lives learn and play together in thoughtfully
planned “neighborhoods” with exhibits and programs designed to promote skill
development in math, science and the arts.
It helps prepare them for a future where curiosity, creative thinking,
imaginative problem solving and learning skills will be needed to interact with
technology that is yet to be invented, to solve problems we can’t imagine and
work in new kinds of jobs that don’t exist today.
DuPage
Children’s Museum, a top
Location:
Phone: 630-637-8000
Hours*
Monday: 9 am - 1 pm
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday: 9 am
- 5 pm
Thursday: 9 am - 8 pm
Sunday: 12 - 5 pm
*Call for special seasonal hours.
General Admission: $7.50 per
person, ages one through 59.
$6.50 per person, ages 60 and over.
Admission
is never charged to shop the Explorer Store.
Free Parking. Wheelchair
Accessible. Quick walk from
Annual Memberships: Several types
of memberships and gift memberships are available. Please visit www.dupagechildrensmuseum.org or call 630-637-8000
for more information.
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