Galapagos Sands

 

On Display Through April 15. 2012

Calling all adventurous families…The Children’s Museum of Cleveland’s annual sand exhibit has returned! This truly immersive exhibit, comprised of over 70 tons of sand inside the Museum, will allow you and your children to explore the unique and amazing environment of the Galapagos Islands. Uncover tortoise eggs, sail a pirate ship, and search for artifacts from the past.

Major exhibit components include:

• Darwin’s Research Station ~ How many animals you can find inside the tent? Dress up as a research biologist as you sort and classify Iguana and Tortoises.
• Ships ~ How many different ships, and their associated occupations, traveled through the Galapagos Islands? Discover and learn about the different types of ships used in the Galapagos Islands throughout the centuries.
• Tortoise Nest ~ Dress as a Tortoise and experience how it must feel to have a shell on your back! Then crawl through “Tortoise Tunnel” and learn how Tortoises lay eggs in their nest.
• Dig Site ~ Can you find a pirate sword, an explorer’s map or Darwin’s magnifying glass? Explore and see if you can locate buried objects, both treasure and trash, left behind by humans throughout the centuries!
• Sand Sculpture ~ Cleveland’s own Carl Jara, one of the nation’s top sand artists, returns to create another of his one-of-a-kind masterpieces.

While the main focus of Galapagos Sands: Exploring the Centuries is to provide young visitors with a unique, hands-on learning experience, the many “extras” help provide a dramatic, immersive environment in which important skills and concepts can be taught to children of all ages and abilities through creative play.

Galapagos Sands is proudly sponsored by Fairmount Minerals/Best Sand Corporation, Arms Trucking Co. and Oscar Brugmann Sand & Gravel Inc.