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Overview
As visitors explore The Amazing Castle and its eight themed areas, they are introduced to seven storybook 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!

Size: 1,500 square feet

Venue Length: 3 months

Cost Per Venue: Contact us to discuss pricing options

Available: September 2007

Target Audience: Infants through children age 10, families and groups.

Languages: Text graphics are in English and Spanish.

Goals:
To strengthen awareness among museum visitors of the roles and interconnectedness of individuals in a community through playful, imaginative activities.
Objectives:
• To transform a gallery into a castle village where a related cast of characters involves children in concepts of community.
• To communicate and relate what it means to be a part of a community through developmentally appropriate, playful experiences.
• To engage visitors in activities supporting the concept that a community is made up of different people.
• To advance the idea that in a community, people help each other to solve problems and get things done.

Support:
Marketing, publicity and educational materials, installation guide and on–call site support are provided.

Previous Host Institutions:
Canadian Children’s Museum: Hull, Quebec Canada
Fort Worth Museum of Science and History: Fort Worth, TX
Bay Area Discovery Museum: Sausalito, CA
Papalote Museo del Nino: Mexico
Children’s Museum of Memphis: Memphis, TN
Brooklyn Children’s Museum: Brooklyn, NY
Lied Discovery Children’s Museum: Las Vegas, NV
Minnesota Children’s Museum: St. Paul, MN
Chicago Children’s Museum: Chicago, IL
The Children’s Museum: Boston, MA
Port Discovery Children’s Museum: Baltimore, MY

©2006 Minnesota Children’s Museum. All rights reserved. The Amazing Castle was created by Minnesota Children’s Museum with funding from Curtis & Marjorie Nelson and The Curtis L. Carlson Family Foundation.

Contact Us
E–mail: travelingexhibits@mcm.org
Phone: 651–225–6037 or 651–225–6053
Fax: 651–225–6006
Minnesota Children’s Museum
10 West Seventh Street
St. Paul, MN 55102

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