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October 1, 2009 - Grand Opening of How People Make Things (New Traveling Exhibit) at Greensboro Children's Museum
How People Make Things tells the story of how everyday objects in our world are made. It tells this story by linking familiar childhood objects to a process of manufacturing that combines people, ideas, technology, science and math in a fun way for kids. Inspired by the factory tour segments from the Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood television series, How People Make Things offers hands-on activities using real factory tools and machines to create objects by cutting, molding, deforming, and assembly. Activities the children can do in the exhibit include assembling a wooden trolley, deforming a penny, molding a spoon, using a die cutter to create a paper horse and much more!
WHEN: Saturday, October 3, 2009, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
WHERE: Greensboro Children’s Museum, 220 N Church Street, Greensboro, NC
For directions go to: http://www.gcmuseum.com/about/directions.html
Grand Opening Event Schedule
*9:00 am – 5:00 pm: Exhibit will be open for children to play and learn about all the fun areas of the manufacturing process – cutting, molding, deforming and assembly
9:00 am – 12:00 pm: “Meet the Makers” Series featuring local NC artisans, Karen Lewit and Susan O’Leary, who will be demonstrating the glass fusing process and pottery in the Creation Stations
12:00 pm – 3:00 pm: “Meet the Makers” – Kat Siladi will be doing pottery activities in the Creation Station
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm: Music by Austin Taylor
Additional Information:
How People Make Things will be at Greensboro Children’s Museum from October 3 – December 31, 2009 and is targeted to children ages 3 to 11 years old.
Every Saturday through December, GCM will offer a “Meet the Makers” Series that will feature local NC artisans who will demonstrate how they make their products such as wool from llamas, t-shirts from plastic, drums, model trains, pottery and more.
More information about the Greensboro Children’s Museum’s new Traveling Exhibit How People Make Things can be found on http://www.gcmuseum.com/HowPeopleMakeThings.html
Exhibit photos are available from Steffany Reeve –sreeve@gcmuusem.com, 336-574-2898 x306
The exhibit is sponsored nationally by The National Science Foundation and The Grable Foundation and locally by NewBridge Bank and The Cemala Foundation.
Greensboro Children’s Museum – 220 N. Church St, Greensboro NC 27401 – 336-574-2898- www.gcmuseum.com
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