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Tuesday, April 10, 2012
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Buggin' Out| Chicago |
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Make a bug friend, design bug bling, complete bug challenges, take part in a bug flash mob, learn fun facts about bugs or maybe even snack on one.
Where: Chicago Children's Museum
Ages: Family/All Ages
Cost: Free with admission
Circus Zirkus| Chicago |
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Children can immerse themselves in backstage preparation, perform routines in center ring or manage the behind-the-scenes action of lights and sound. Plus, try making a circus balance toy or dress up like a clown.
Where: Chicago Children's Museum
Ages: Family/All Ages
Cost: Free with admission
Scouting in America| Joliet |
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Exhibit tells the story of Girl Scouting and Boy Scouting in America.
Where: Joliet Area Historical Museum
Ages: Family/All Ages
Cost: Free with admission
Undiscovered Worlds| Chicago |
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Through the discovery of exoplanets, we have learned our solar system is not alone in the universe. IN this new space show, learn how, with new instruments like the Kepler Telescope and rapidly improving technologies, the discovery of exoplanets puts us one step closer to finding an Earth-like world.
Where: Adler Planetarium
Ages: Family/All Ages
Cost: Free with admission.
Opening the Vault: Mummies| Chicago |
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View more than 20 mummified humans and animals from Egypt and Peru. The Field Museum obtained most of these remains from the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893, and many have not been on display since. The mummies are shown along with detailed scan images, allowing visitors to see pointers to the methods used for mummification, signs of serious injuries and illnesses, and offerings and jewelry placed inside the wrappings.
Where: Field Museum
Ages: Family/All Ages
Cost: Free with admission
Robot Revolution Block Party| Chicago |
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Celebrate National Robotics Week with a display more than a dozen robots from around the world. A series of presentations takes place on Saturday, April 14, to give guests the chance to hear from the inventors.
Where: Museum of Science and Industry
Ages: Family/All Ages
Cost: Free with admission
Bikes! The Green Revolution| Chicago |
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Learn about the American bicycle and Chicago's bike culture. The exhibition details the roots of America's most democratic and sustainable form of transportation and considers why human-powered locomotion could be the way of the future for our rapidly evolving urban environment.
Where: Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
Ages: Family/All Ages
Cost: Free with admission
Household Jades of Qing Dynasty China| Elmhurst |
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Features a selection of jades used at the table, in the studio and as personal adornment. Qing Dynasty China produced exceptional carving for a growing jade market.
Where: Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art
Ages: Family/All Ages
Cost: Free with admission
Gods, Myths and Mortals| Chicago |
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Visitors go on an interactive journey through the world of ancient Greece, where they can meet the gods, experience ancient Greek daily life and interact with the epic poem The Odyssey through more than 25 engaging interactive components, including climbing into a 13-foot tall Trojan Horse. Kids play and learn as they navigate rocky caves and open seas on "The Odyssey: A Hero's Journey" and e-mail home their Hero Record, belt tunes in the Sirens Karaoke Cave, discover which Greek god they are most like, match wits with Aristotle in a game of 20 questions, test their arm wrestling prowess in the Gymnasium and marvel at a working replica of the Antikythera Mechanism, believed to be the world's oldest computer.
Where: National Hellenic Museum
Ages: Family/All Ages
Cost: Free with admission
Home Run! Reggie Jackson and the Original 500 Club| Kenosha |
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Exhibit includes bats, uniforms, contracts, team traveling suitcases and much more from Reggie Jackson. Items in the exhibit are presented in collaboration with the Mr. October Foundation for Kids, a non-profit organization to benefit at-risk children.
Where: Kenosha Public Museum
Ages: Family/All Ages
Cost: Free with admission
















