museum of natural curiosity.

In case you haven't heard, Thanksgiving Point is opening a brand new children's museum this spring called the Museum of Natural Curiosity. Through some high-profile connections (thanks Dad!) the Erdmann clan was able to get a private sneak peek/tour of the museum at the beginning of March. Folks, this is no simple children's museum. This is an all-hands-on interactive family playground museum. It was a BLAST. And not just for the littles. David and I were laughing and running and exploring just as much as the rest of them. We were so busy having fun, I took hardly any pictures, but here are a few:

David squeezed himself into the cockpit of this little airplane perched high in the trees of the jungle-themed room. The room included several treetop rope bridges, lots of climbing structures, and slides.

Sandbox? Topographical map? Or both? Don't worry. The topography changes as you move the sand around. As if that's not cool enough, you can make it rain and see where the water falls.

One of our favorite areas in Kidopolis: the automatic orchestra. Just tap the screen when you want an instrument to play and conduct an orchestra, right in front of you.

Waterworks is a room focused on weather and water. Major splash zone. But our favorite was this wind tunnel that imitates wind forces up to 95 mph. Because you've always wondered what that felt like.

The museum is very kid friendly, right down to the doors on your way it. It's adorable.

While we didn't take a lot of pictures, we took plenty of videos. If you're not convinced of the joy of this place yet, let that fact be evidence. I've narrowed it down to two for sharing. The first (sorry it's sideways) is David goofing off on the rope bridges. The second is possibly my favorite activity in the building. It's fine.

 

 

So... there it is. You should go.