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Adventures with Clifford the Big Red Dog™

Adventures with Clifford The Big Red Dog™ transports visitors to the world of Clifford™, Emily Elizabeth™ and all of the resdients of Birdwell Island. Like tourists visiting Birdwell Island, visitors will start their journey to the exhibit aboard the Birdwell Island ferry, complete with seagull sounds and clanking ship bells. During the adventure, children and adults will discover Clifford's Big Ideas- 10 simple, tangible life lessons designed to help you children navigate their world.

All of the exhibit "sites" are environments based on locations found on the Clifford The Big Red Dog™ television series on PBS KIDS. The exhibit content and environments include the Birdwell Island Ferry, Samuel's Fish and Chips Snack, Musical Marina (2,500 sq ft only), T-Bone's Beach Fun, Clifford and his doughouse, Emily Elizabeth's Backyard Theater, Howard's Home, Cleo's Backyard, Birdwell Island Post Office and the Birdwell Island Library and Norman Bridwell Art Retrospective.

Goals:

  • Provide museum visitors with a greater understanding of the social and emotional challenges children face every day.
  • Create immersive exhibit environments where visitors become part of Clifford’s world.
  • Provide opportunities for museum visitors to practice developmentally appropriate challenges through playful exhibit interactives.
  • Foster positive social skills and feelings of success by creating open–ended and self–correcting activities throughout the exhibit.
  • Promote adult/child dialogue about Clifford’s 10 Big Ideas—simple life lessons to help young children navigate their world.

Clifford’s Big Ideas

  • Share
  • Play Fair
  • Be a Good Friend
  • Have Respect
  • Work Together
  • Believe in Yourself
  • Be Responsible
  • Be Truthful
  • Be Kind
  • Help Others

Content:
Social and emotional skill building

Target Audience:
Children ages two through eight, families and groups

Languages:
Text graphics are in English and Spanish

Development:
Developed by Minnesota Children's Museum and Scholastic Media.

Venue Length:
3-4 months

Support:
Marketing, publicity, educational materials and installation guide are provided. On-call Museum staff support available. Contact: Amber Stevenson, Traveling Exhibits Manager at 651-225-6053 or contact Traveling Exhibits online.

Photo of Clifford exhibit

Size2,500 square feet1,500 square feet
Downloads
Cost Per Venue $70,000 plus inbound shipping $45,000 plus inbound shipping
Open Venues
  • Summer 2014 and beyond
  • Fall 2013 and beyond
Tour Schedule

Past Hosts

  • Minnesota Children’s Museum
  • Chicago Children’s Museum
  • Strong National Museum of Play
    The Children’s Museum
  • The Magic House: St. Louis Children's Museum
  • Children's Museum of Manhattan
  • The Children's Museum, Seattle
  • The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
  • Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose
  • Discovery Science Center
  • Strong National Museum of Play
  • Cincinnati Science Center
  • Minnesota Children's Museum: St. Paul, MN
  • Miami Children's Museum
  • Portland Children's Museum
  • The Health Adventure
  • Omaha Children's Museum
  • The Children's Museum, Seattle
  • Children's Museum of La Crosse
  • Imagine It! The Children's
  • Museum of Atlanta

Current and Future Hosts

Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose
May 19 - September 9, 2012

Virginia Air Space Center
November 17, 2012 - April 21, 2013

Orlando Science Center
May 4, 2013 - September 8, 2013

Centro de Ciencias y Artes (Mexico)
September 28, 2013 - May 11, 2014

Available Summer 2014 and beyond

Past Hosts

  • Edventure Children's Museum
  • Betty Brinn Children's Museum
  • Young At Art of Broward, Inc.
  • Hawaii Children's Discovery Center
  • Canadian Museum of Civilization
  • Grand Rapids Children's Museum
  • Port Discovery
  • The Pittsburgh Children's Museum
  • Bay Area Discovery
  • Kohl Children's Museum
  • Creative Discovery Museum TN
    Children's Museum of Brownsville
    Lied Discovery Museum
    Minnesota Children's Museum
    Children's Museum of Winston-Salem
    The Building for Kids
    Crown Center Redevelopment Corporation
    COSI Columbus
    Children's Museum of South Carolina
    The Family Museum
    Glazer Children's Museum
    Port Discovery Children's Museum
    Bay Area Children's Museum

Current and Future Hosts

McWane Science Center
October 27, 2012 - February 17, 2013

Edventure Children's Museum
March 2, 2013 - May 5, 2013

Children's Museum of Pittsburgh
May 18, 2013 - September 2, 2013

Available Fall 2013 and beyond

 

Contact Traveling Exhibits for more information.

Adventures with Clifford The Big Red Dog™ was created by Minnesota Children’s Museum together with Scholastic Media. ©2006 Scholastic Media Inc. SCHOLASTIC and logos are trademarks of Scholastic Inc. CLIFFORD, EMILY ELIZABETH, CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG and logos are trademarks of Norman Bridwell. All rights reserved.

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