Seeing the world's largest children's museum

The young scientists are carefully examining a CAT scan, in an attempt to determine exactly who is buried in the ancient Egyptian tomb – the longest, deepest and most ornate in the famous Valley of the Kings.

Another group to examine a pile of "guns" found in the wreck of the ship Captain Kidd is the Cara Merchant, sunk off the coast of the Dominican Republic – the only pirate shipwreck ever discovered in the Caribbean. A third group is working to reconstruct broken life-size warriors – like the terra cotta army in order of the first emperor of China to his grave, where he was buried more than 2,000 years ago to guard.

Did I mention that these scientists usually under the age of 10? Welcome to the new "Treasures of the Earth" exhibition here at the Children's Museum of Indianapolis, launched in collaboration with the National Geographic Society and world-renowned archaeologists, the largest Children's Museum in the country, representing attracts more than one million visitors a years.

The museum emphasizes using science, history and artifacts to encourage families to learn and provides innovative hands-on activities, by all accounts, is excellent.

Virtual tour "We're not in the middle of Indiana," said 12-year-old Rose Gilbert, a visit with her family in Louisville. "It's like a trip to these places is like a child designed it;. It's so perfect I love it and my sister loves it and my dad loves it .."

"I am so much as the kids learn," adds Angela Newberry, the Chinese terracotta warriors painting on a computer with her children.

That's exactly the idea, says Jeffrey Patchen, president and CEO of the sprawling museum, which approximately 120,000 objects in its collection – one of only three children's museums, in fact, that collects artifacts. "We are the translators of the research for the families," he explains.

Sure that the mummy of the children to examine the CAT scan is not real, nor the great warriors, the mounting or the pile of "underwater" guns, they climb over. But the lessons they learn about archeology and what we learn about studying ancient cultures are certainly real – just like the archaeologists working here who are ready to answer questions.

It is also important to note that each of these important archaeological sites – in China, Egypt and the Caribbean – still actively excavated, says Susan Norton, director of the National Geographic Museum in Washington, DC She added that she Here in Indianapolis hopes visitors feel like they not only take an active role in examining the finds, but also embark on an international adventure.

Real artefacts What struck me – besides seeing children and parents have so much fun learning something new together – the number of real artifacts in the museum – the cup of Pharaoh Seti I (this is his grave), the gun of Captain Kidd's Cara Merchant are carefully preserved in liquid and clean – the only gun to the surface of a Caribbean pirate ship, the Spanish coins and a Lintel, a beautiful limestone piece dates from the 13th century, where children can print on a replica of the glyphs for a description of what each picture means.

There are also the young dinosaurs in the Dino Sphere, classic outfits Barbie in the "Barbie Fashion Experience," an imitation of bedroom Ryan White in "The Power of Children" exhibit and a rare copy of the diary of Anne Frank. This powerful exhibition, focused on three children who fought discrimination and prejudice in their own way, telling the stories of Anne Frank, Ruby Bridges, one of the first African-American children to an all-white school in the South to live in 1960 , and Ryan White, who fought to go to school in Kokomo, Indiana, after his diagnosis, AIDS was the public in 1984.

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Downstairs, families sitting on a bench looking up at running "Fireworks of Glass," the largest permanent installation artist Dale Chihuly's – 43 meters high. Nearby, children make their own sculptures of glass-like shapes, while parents and children to blow glass art virtual touch-screen computers.

As if the artifacts and hands-on areas (design your own Barbie outfit, dressed as a dinosaur and "protect" your nest, "dig" for the old finds, including a special "wall digging" area for children in wheelchairs) are not enough to involve children, there are also professional theater for the media to interpret. We decline as Miep Gies, the woman who risked her life to Anne Frank, her family and some friends of the family the help of the Nazis to hide during World War II, warn them to stay away from sight and silent at all times. The young actress in costume apologizes for not bringing better nutrition and asks: "Can you help a friend, what happens?"

Fun learning "That makes what my son learns at school really," said Heather Wilson, here with her 8-year-old son, Ryan, a beeline for such live performances where he is visiting. "This is more fun than other museums," he explains.

Hopefully, parents get as much from a visit from their children Jeffrey Patchen says. You look less computer stations and more opportunities to share an experience – or designing Barbie clothes or deciphering the meaning of the symbols drawn on the wall of the Egyptian tomb. "We are whole families to understand how the world was like in the 17th century, and what that tells us about life today," said Charles Becker, the underwater archaeologist, including Indiana University team found the Cara Merchant . He has been with the museum on this exhibition.

Unfortunately, museums just one minute and 45 seconds to young children's attention will have traveled Barbara Wolf, who oversees family learning in the museum, which explores what works and what does not.

Longer children remain interested and learn more when parents are involved. "Parents should realize that they are an integral role in making the experience all that it can be," said Wolf.

But that does not mean rushing to the exhibition to be exhibited – even in a museum for children. "Pick two or three things that your kids really busy," said Dr. Wolf. "And then relax. You do not have to see everything."

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