The insatiable curiosity of Curious George — the little monkey who has captured the imagination and hearts of millions of children and adults for over 65 years — comes to life Jan. 19 at The Children's Museum of Indianapolis.
The new exhibit, Curious George: Let's Get Curious!, will introduce young children to Curious George's world and lead visitors on a fun, meaningful interactive math, science and engineering-based adventure.
"A Curious George exhibit targeted to children ages 3 through 7 can augment learning in this critical time period," said Jeff Patchen, president and CEO of The Children's Museum of Indianapolis. "The science and math activities in the exhibit will provide a rich and meaningful context in which these skills can be learned and developed in a fun and engaging way."
Based on the familiar characters in H.A. and Margret Rey's classic stories published by Houghton Mifflin, the new Curious George exhibit inspires young children's natural curiosity as they explore early science, math and engineering through hands-on interactive play. The immersive exhibit environment takes place in the neighborhood where Curious George lives with his friend, The Man with the Yellow Hat. Visitors will recognize familiar characters and places featured in the classic stories and the new television series produced by Imagine Entertainment, WGBH Boston and Universal Studios Family Productions that launched last fall on PBS KIDS (check local listings) and recently received its first Daytime Emmy Award-nomination for Outstanding Children's Animated Program.
Curious George: Let's Get Curious! was designed, developed and built by Minnesota Children's Museum in partnership with Universal Studios Consumer Products Group. The exhibit's content is based on educational standards developed by the Minnesota Children's Museum and an expert advisory panel to the PBS KIDS series, as well as national science and math standards for young children.
Inside the Exhibit:
• Apartment Building
Operate wheels to move Curious George on pulleys from window to window. Climb the fire escape and climb inside to play with color, light and shadow.
• Sidewalk Produce Stand
Play customer or salesperson and explore shape, sorting, weighing and counting with fruit and vegetables.
• Construction Site
Climb into the construction trailer and design a building, then make use of a bounty of building materials and get to work constructing different structures while using machines to move materials.
• City Park
Enjoy the urban green space: rest or give a hug to a full-size Curious George and take a picture! Our youngest visitors will enjoy the busy-wall activities for babies and toddlers.
• Mini Golf
Use pipes, ramps, funnels, turntables, bumpers and force to experiment with physics and engineering as you putt through three holes of mini golf.
• Space Rocket
Climb into the rocket Curious George took on his space adventure! Catch a glimpse of George in his space suit then take a picture from the control station and e-mail it home.
• Farm
Take a vacation to the country and visit the farm. Experience cause and effect and use wind power to move yard art like whirligigs, windmills, windsocks and wind chimes. Build your own whirligig or windsock and care for the farm animals.
• Museum Within the Museum
Learn new things about Curious George when you visit the Museum within the Museum. Follow H.A. and Margret Rey's work, the escape from France to safety during World War II that saved the Curious George manuscript, and Curious George throughout the years. -- www.chichildrensmuseum.org
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