Thanksgiving PointMuseums Welcome New, Traveling Exhibits

- Museum of Natural Curiosity & Museum of Ancient Life will house separate exhibits, exclusively for summer-

LEHI, Utah (June 23, 2017)–Each year Thanksgiving Point( traveling exhibits to the Museum of Natural Curiosity and the Museum of Ancient Life. These traveling exhibits are temporary and guests are encouraged to come and play early and often.

“From Here to There” is an interactive exhibit where guests can explore the science of how things move by land, sea, and air that will reside inside the Museum of Ancient Life in the Legend Solar Building. Some of the activities include:

  • Earthmovers where guests can discover how simple machines help move bigger things in this bead-pit construction site.
  • Hovercraft for everyone to sit down, strap in, and fly! Come ride on a cushion of air that twists, turns, and travels with ease across the floor.
  • Start Your Engines explores the inside of various important machines we use in our daily lives, like cars, airplanes and lawnmowers.

Amazing things are also happening at the nanoscale inside “It’s a Nano World” at the Museum of Natural Curiosity. Zoom into your own skin and hair! Measure your height in nanometers. Separate cells in the giant Cell Sorters! Play giant DNA, dust and germ pinball or jump into the Giant Blood Drop and find the white blood cells! Some of the other activities include:

  • Cells in Motion and Tiny Tools puts guest amidst the world of living cells and shows how scientist study them.
  • How Big Am I? is a fun feature that shows children just how they compare in size to something so small as a strand of DNA or something gigantic, like an elephant.
  • The Giant Magnifying Glass is exactly what you’d think. Come look through two different oversized magnifying glasses to see amazing details across the room

“From Here to There” and “It’s a Nano World” are now open through September 2017.

For more information, please visit thanksgivingpoint.org.

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About Thanksgiving Point

Thanksgiving Point is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization comprised of a farm, garden, and museum that are collectively dedicated to providing opportunities for transformative family learning and fostering an environment where positive, meaningful experiences naturally happen. Created in 1996 by Alan and Karen Ashton, Thanksgiving Point has become a center of community engagement for more than 1.6 million annual visitors from all 50 states and around the world. Thanksgiving Point is located at 3003 North Thanksgiving Way in Lehi. For more information, call 801-768-2300 or visit thanksgivingpoint.org.

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