Traveling Exhibits

Included with museum admission.

Explore "Japan & Nature: Spirits of the Seasons"

July 3-September 12

Celebrate nature with the children of Japan and see how nature fits into their everyday lives – picnic under cherry blossoms, go camping and hunt for bugs, help get ready for New Year’s, and try your hand at Japanese calligraphy! The exhibit invites children and families to explore through hands-on activities, dramatic play and multi-media experiences how nature is reflected and celebrated in the everyday lives of Japanese children. Filled with stories, artifacts, drawings, photographs and documentary videos from Japan, children travel to four areas of Japan during the four seasons.

The exhibit is designed around universal aspects of childhood – family, school, play and holiday celebrations – and is divided into four fun-filled interactive zones. Each zone is representative of a different season and a specific geographical region, allowing children to experience year round living in Japan. Kids can enjoy the spring time cherry blossom festival with a picnic in Fukuoka; summer vacation fishing in Japan’s largest lake, Lake Biwa; visit a sacred Shinto shrine on a beautiful fall day in Kyoto while attending the rice harvest festival; then finish the year abroad with winter in Sapporo, celebrating New Year’s inside a cozy Japanese winter home by playing a traditional New Year’s game and trying special winter foods. Children also learn how to write calligraphy and try on kimonos and getas.

In “Japan & Nature: Spirits of the Seasons,” children explore how people and their ways of life are shaped by where they live. By experiencing how their counterparts in Japan celebrate the seasons and their natural environment, children discover the commonalties they share. This exhibition meets national curriculum standards for social studies, behavioral studies, geography, and visual arts.

The exhibit was created by the Brooklyn Children’s Museum.

“Harry’s Big Adventure: My Bug World!” - Don't Miss It...

Closing August 22

Get up close and personal with insects! The exhibit features many live species: matises, butterflies, ladybugs, Emperor scorpion, tarantula, cockroaches, millipedes, crawfish, aphids, water striders, water beetles, click beetles, bess beetles, dung beetles and ants. Bugs infest all eight interactive modules with 20 hands-on activities: Zoom Room, Water Habitat, Forest Habitat, Meadow Habitat, Croplands, House Habitat, Under the Bug Top (activities include Cricket Spitting, Roach Races, Bug Chef and Bug Petting Zoo and Bug Art (activities include Rub-a-Bug, Draw-a-Bug, Build-a-Bug and Digital Design-a-Bug).

The exhibit was created by Terminix. To learn more about Harry, please visit Harry's Website.

Upcoming Traveling Exhibition Schedule*

Come to Gullah: September 2010-January 2011
Shipwrecks: TBA
Balance: September 2011-January 2012

*(Exhibits and dates are subject to change without notice.)