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THE AMAZING CASTLE
Exhibit
Opens January 27, 2007
at Creative Discovery Museum
Chattanooga,
TN — The Amazing Castle, full of wonder
and amusement, will make its debut in Chattanooga at Creative
Discovery Museum. The Museum will host the exhibit
January 27 through May 13, 2007. Everyone is invited
to venture within the castle’s majestic stone walls
to experience life as part of a working community. Meet seven
different citizens who play very important roles in making
sure all duties are completed in the village by working together
and helping one another.
Visitors
to The Amazing Castle can become villagers when they
dress themselves in royal garb as lords and ladies, entertain
as jesters in the royal puppet theater, pick vegetables in
the garden and prepare a magnificent feast in the Great Hall.
The castle village also houses a carpenter’s workshop
where children can build and design tables and chairs or in
the blacksmith shop, help “Synge the Blacksmith”
repair an iron cauldron for “Kipper the Cook”.
No castle would be complete without a mighty, sleeping dragon.
The castle becomes a center of festivity with trumpets and
music when villagers awaken “Herald the Dragon”
from his slumber.
In
this world of fantasy, imagination finds inspiration in the
reality that the different roles and daily tasks are interdependent
in a community rich with creativity and progress. Everyone
is important as they present special skills and complete tasks
working as a group within the magical setting of The Amazing
Castle.
CDM
Background:
Creative Discovery Museum is recognized as one of the top
children’s museums in the nation. It is a non-profit
educational organization dedicated to educational enrichment
for children ages 4-months to 12-years-old through interactive,
hands-on experiences that foster creative and critical thinking.
CDM focuses on a broad range of areas encompassed by Visual
Arts, Performing Arts, Technology and the Sciences. In addition
to its exhibits, CDM provides local residents and visitors
with special events, educational programming, teacher resources
for the classroom, field trips, after school programming,
early childhood education classes, artist residencies, camps,
art lessons, science demonstrations, and a branch of the local
library. Creative Discovery Museum is a funded agency of Allied
Arts and Tennessee Arts Commission.
Exhibit
Background:
The Amazing Castle, created exclusively by Minnesota
Children's Museum, first appeared there in 1997. In 2001,
Minnesota Children's Museum conceptualized, developed and
designed a new, more in-depth version of The Amazing Castle
for a national audience of 2-to-12 year olds.
The
Amazing Castle was created by Minnesota Children's Museum
with funding from Curtis & Marjorie Nelson and The Curtis
L. Carlson Family Foundation. Graphic support provided by
3M. Promotional support provided by KARE 11, Star Tribune
and Yellow Book™.
This
exhibit is sponsored by
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Creative
Discovery Museum is a non-profit, educational organization
dedicated to the enrichment of children through interactive,
hands-on experiences that foster creative and critical thinking.
Creative Discovery Museum is a funded agency of Allied Arts.
?September through February, the Museum is closed on Wednesdays,
open Sundays from noon to 5 p.m., and opens 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
all other days. ? March through May, the Museum is open noon
to 5 p.m. on Sundays, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through
Saturday. Memorial Day through Labor Day, the Museum is open
from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. seven days each week. ?The Museum is
closed Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day.
Ticket prices are $7.95 for adults and $6.95 for children
ages 2 to 12. The last ticket is sold one hour prior to closing.
Family memberships with unlimited visitation are $70 annually.
Call 423-756-2738 for more information.
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