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The year also ended a three-year process to develop,
fund and construct National Geographic MAPS: Tools
for Adventure. Generously funded by Lilly Endowment,
Inc., with support from the Institute of Museum and
Library Services, the exhibit received local support from
FedEx. A partnership with the National Geographic
Society, this new traveling exhibit featured the adventures
of real modern day explorers and their use of maps
to navigate their way across the globe. Visitors were
introduced to land, sea, air and space explorers such as
Zahi Hawass, Phil Masters, Amelia Earhart and Nainoa
Thompson. At the October 2006 opening, visitors were
treated to lectures by Dr. Zahi Hawass, a world famous
archaeologist and Egyptologist featured in the exhibit.
Shipwreck explorer Phil Masters and underwater archaeologist
David Moore met with families and shared their
experiences using maps to locate Blackbeard’s pirate
ship, the Queen Anne’s Revenge. Through artifacts and
interactive experiences relating to the work of each
explorer, children and adults learned how maps are tools
for adventure. After ending its debut run in early 2007,
the exhibit was scheduled to travel to The National
Geographic Museum at Explorer’s Hall in Washington,
D.C., followed by a visit to Chicago’s Museum of Science
and Industry in late 2007.
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VENUES
Bob The Builder — Project: Build It
Exhibit I
● The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis
June 16 – Sept. 11, 2006
● Manhattan Children’s Museum,
New York
Sept. 30, 2006 – Jan. 1, 2007
Bob The Builder — Project: Build It
Exhibit II
● Royal Alberta Museum,
Edmonton, AB Canada
Oct. 28, 2006 – Jan. 28, 2007
National Geographic MAPS:
Tool for Adventure
● The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis
Oct. 14, 2006 – Feb. 7, 2007
Bones: An Exhibit Inside You
● Moody Gardens, Galveston, Texas
Jan. 21 – May 7, 2006
● Academy of Natural Sciences, Pa.
May 29 – Sept. 20, 2006
● National Maritime Center, Norfolk, Va.
Oct. 7, 2006 – Jan. 21, 2007
LEGO: Ocean Adventure
● Virginia Living Museum, Norfolk, Va.
Jan. 28 – May 7, 2006
● Georgia Southern University,
Statesboro, Ga.
May 15 – Sept. 11, 2006
● Royal Alberta Museum,
Edmonton, AB Canada
Oct. 28, 2006 – Jan. 28, 2007
Visitors to National Geographic MAPS: Tools for
Adventure take part in a weather presentation.
Children and adults learned how scientists and
explorers use maps as tools for adventure.
ANNUAL REPORT 2006 THE CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF INDIANAPOLIS
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