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The Discovery Museums
encourages the wonderment of educational discovery
 Article and photos by Eric
H.
ACTON, MASS., New England USA
-- The Discovery Museums, of Acton, Mass., encourages little
minds to think big.
As a testimony to never setting
limits to childhood learning, the young crowds thrive on the
educational interactivity, as evidenced by the endless whirlwind
of energy, enthusiasm and spirit saturating the buildings. Given
the myriad exhibits and the time children spend at each one,
time does by quickly at the Discovery Museums (located a half
hour west of Boston, Mass.), so be sure to set the better part
of a day to ensure maximum fun and learning at this premier educational
New England tourist attraction.
A 120-year-old Victorian house
sets a charming tone for the Children's Discovery Museum, which
offers 10 hands-on exhibits for toddlers and preschool children.
The more modern Science Discovery Museum is the bigger draw with
three floors of seemingly endless interactive exhibits for school
age children. A tornado funnel simulator provides
lots of fun for children who generate the funnel by walking in
a circle. An inventor's workshop promotes the art and science
of carpentry. An arts and crafts room offers lots of paper, glue
and "doo-dads" for children to create their masterpieces.
The "Sea of Clouds," is a fog generator that allows
for creating disturbances that develop into complex convection
currents and flow systems. Perhaps the most fun is a small second
floor dark room where a child's shadow can be frozen by the click
of a flashlight.
With hundreds of more learning
possibilities through the exhibits and various events and programs,
the Discovery Museums go where very few tourist attractions have
gone before: by making learning fun and knowing that just one
memory from a visit to this wonderful museum could be the impetus
that creates the next great mind of the future.
Discovery
Museums, 177 Main St.,
Route 27, Acton, Mass. Tel. (978) 264-4200
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