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Exhibits
The Children’s Museum provides rich learning experiences in science and nature for all ages. Exploration of our multi-level museum captures imaginations and develops a sense of curiosity about the natural world.
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Conny the Whale
Conny meets you out front before you enter The Children’s Museum. Climb inside this 60-foot long sperm whale replica, hear whale sounds, and get sprayed by water from his blow hole when he spouts during the summer months.
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Kids’ Corner
Kids’ Corner is an exploration of light, sound, touch, and bubble science through interactive experiences and role playing. This area is engaging for children of all ages.
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Pendulum Staircase
The Foucault Pendulum, a classic museum exhibit, hangs 45 feet from the tip of our glass spire to the lowest level of The Children’s Museum. As you descend the Pendulum Staircase, you can view breathtaking astronomy photographs.
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Critter Crossing
Critter Crossing, a whimsical play space, is where our youngest explorers and their caregivers can make big discoveries. This area provides a toddler-friendly setting for adventure and creativity in a nature-themed environment.
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Excavation Station
Excavation Station has been unearthed in the upper exhibit hall. This earth science exhibit includes three dig pits, a mining sluice, live alligator, rock and mineral samples, and life-size Dinosaur models. There is a small Dino Café with tables and vending machines.
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United Technologies Wildlife Sanctuary
The United Technologies Wildlife Sanctuary is host to nearly 80 species of live animals from around the world. Get an up-close look at our exotic residents as you walk past their enclosures. Enjoy informative animal demonstrations and a special feeding time scheduled daily.
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Turtle Town
Turtle Town is home to our resident turtles and tortoises. Admire the incredible diversity of the different turtle species, learn about their bodies, or crawl underneath a turtle shell to see them from a different perspective.
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Travelers Science Dome Lobby
The Travelers Science Dome Lobby is the gateway to the Travelers Science Dome Theatre. Step into the future and learn about living and working aboard the International Space Station. Be amazed by the latest astronomy images and discoveries on the View Space monitor.
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Travelers Science Dome
Travelers Science Dome at the Gengras Planetarium will nourish your imagination and sense of wonder of the Universe around you. Visit our new digital planetarium for breathtaking space and science shows. The immersive nature of these shows will leave you wanting to return again and again. Tickets can be purchased daily at our Admissions Desk.
Galactic Art - Astronomy Paintings
The Children’s Museum is proud to feature the space art of Rick Costello in The Travelers Science Dome. A resident of Manchester, Rick is an amateur astronomer and artist specializing in astronomically accurate paintings of the heavens. Rick is also a planetarium performer and telescope specialist here at The Children's Museum.
Every star is put on the canvas one at a time and where it should be in relation to the spiral arms of the galaxy. The larger stars are the constellation stars and the stars get smaller and smaller the further they are from us and the closer they get to the center of our galaxy.
“My paintings are an extension of my telescope. They are another way for me to show others our place within the Milky Way galaxy. In each painting I try to show the galaxy as it really would look if we could be out in space beyond the Earth and Moon and see all the stars, the hundreds of billions of stars that are in our galaxy, “states Rick Costello.
Rick’s artwork and passion for astronomy has been featured in the Hartford Courant. One of his paintings was recently purchased by NASA and will hang with about 100 others on display in a permanent exhibit at the Kennedy Space Center.
Learn more about Rick at www.costellospaceart.com.
Explore our current program listings and learn more...
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Idea Zone
Idea Zone is a science playground for your mind. Race gravity-powered cars, practice forecasting weather advisories at the World Weather Window, and blast giant soap bubbles. These are a few of the crowd-pleasing, exciting activities that await you.
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