The new Terre Haute Children's Museum will open as 35,000 square feet of pure exploration. Experiential learning will take place in immersive museum galleries. Visitors will be transported for a brief period of time into a space station, a dinosaur archeological dig site, a tree house high in the canopy, and even an earth station. The Children's Museum's focus on math, science and technology will support the quality classroom experiences. At the Museum, complex science and math concepts become full physical interactive experiences designed to capture our children's imagination and ignite their senses to draw connections about their world.

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The new museum will feature three immersive galleries with countless opportunities for exploration, play and learning. Some of these experiences include:

Dinosaur Dig:
A large excavation site where kids unearth full-scale dinosaur skeletons and learn about paleontology, anatomy and geology.

Secret Tree House:
A two-story tree house with numerous hidden slides, tunnels and climbing activities as well as special observation and communication devises.

Animal Hospital:
A working veterinary hospital where kids become the doctors and learn about life sciences, comparative anatomy and the diverse animal kingdom.

Toddler space:
A protected area for toddlers and caregivers featuring a variety of physical and cognitive activities geared specifically to the developmental needs of young children.

Construction zone:
An open-ended building and engineering space where visitors learn about and construct their own bridges, vehicles and sculptures.

Sailing Ship:
A large ship anchored on a winding waterway where kids can build sailboats, create a fountain, construct dams, learn about navigation or climb the ship's rigging to peer through telescopes in the crow's nest.

The Reef:
A tropical reef with exotic fish, colorful corals and hundreds of see creatures to investigate and observe.

Technology Station:
A collection of interactive exhibits featuring lasers, optics, electrical circuits, robots, video and computer technology.

Learning Labs:
Three flexible workshop spaces that support special programs and demonstrations like papermaking, a butterfly workshop or chemistry show. The labs also serve as a special event facilities for birthdays and other parties.