Get up close with Curious George, the inquisitive monkey with an insatiable taste for adventure at Curious George: Let’s Get Curious!—a new exhibit at Strong National Museum of Play through January 4, 2009.
You’ll also be treated to an amazing soap bubble spectacular performance by bubbleologist Doug Rougeux (aka Curious Doug) who will satisfy your curiosity about the properties of bubbles (Why are they round? How big can they get? And why do they pop?). Monkey crafts and games will add to the opening festivities.
Based on the familiar characters in H.A. and Margret Rey’s classic stories published by Houghton Mifflin, the Curious George exhibit inspires young children’s natural curiosity as they explore early science, math, and engineering principles through hands-on interactive play.
Join Curious George and his friend The Man with the Yellow Hat, and experience the familiar places and characters featured in the classic stories and the PBS KIDS television series. Operate a pulley to move George from window to window in his Apartment Building; check out the elevator and open the tenants’ mailboxes in the Lobby; weigh, sort, and count fruit and vegetables at the Sidewalk Produce Stand; move materials and design a building at the Construction Site; give a hug to a full-size George and take a picture at the City Park; experiment with physics, engineering, and math as you putt through three holes of Mini Golf; climb into the Space Rocket Curious George took on his space adventure; and experiment with wind power on the Farm.
In the Museum Within the Museum, you can learn new things about George and H.A. and Margret Rey’s work and how an early Curious George manuscript was saved during the Reys’ escape from France during World War II. -- www.strongmuseum.org
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