aMuse'um hosts
“The Amazing Castle”
June 11 – September 4, 2010

As our young visitors explore The Amazing Castle and its eight themed areas, they are introduced to seven story book characters who are part of the castle community. From entertaining to sewing, each character has a special role. As they move through the castle, village visitors playfully explore the interconnectedness of community members in a setting inspired by fantasy and history. Children don costumes and role-play lords and ladies or castle villagers. Visitors can work in the Royal Workshops with “Trim the Tailor” or “Gable the Carpenter.” They pick vegetables in the garden, tote them to the Great Hall to cook up a royal meal and visit the tower to wake “Herald,” the sleeping dragon!

 
Click here to learn more, and to see photos of the Castle in our Amazing Castle Gallery.
 

Educational Goals

  • Strengthen awareness among museum visitors of the roles and interconnectedness of individuals in a community through playful, imaginative activities.
  • Transform a gallery into a castle village where a related cast of characters involves children in concepts of community.
  • Communicate and relate what it means to be a part of a community through developmentally relevant, playful experiences.
  • Engage visitors in activities supporting the concept that a community is made up of different people.
  • Advance the idea that in a community, people help each other to solve problems and get things done.