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Adventures with Clifford the Big Red Dog™

Explore "Paws on" Adventures and Tangible Life Lessons

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

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 Coordinator at 651-225-6053 or contact Traveling Exhibits online.

Size	2,500 square feet	1,500 square feet
Downloads	Download an informational PDF (1.6 MB) Download a PowerPoint presentation (7.3 MB)	Download an informational PDF (1.4 MB) Download a PowerPoint presentation. (9.5 MB)
Cost Per Venue	$70,000 plus inbound shipping	$45,000 plus inbound shipping
Open Venues	Fall 2009 Spring 2010 Summer 2010 Fall 2010 Spring 2011 Summer 2011 Fall 2011 Spring 2012 Summer 2012 Fall 2012	Fall 2009 Spring 2010 Summer 2010 Fall 2010 Spring 2011 Summer 2011 Fall 2011 Spring 2012 Summer 2012 Fall 2012
Tour Schedule	Minnesota Children’s Museum February 14, 2004 - September 25, 2004 Chicago Children’s Museum October 16, 2004 - January 16, 2005 Strong National Museum of Play January 29, 2005 - May 1, 2005 The Children’s Museum May 14, 2005 - January 8, 2006 The Magic House: St. Louis Children's Museum January 21, 2006 - May 14, 2006 Children's Museum of Manhattan May 27, 2006 - September 5, 2006 The Children's Museum, Seattle September 16, 2006 - January 7, 2007 The Children's Museum of Indianapolis January 20, 2007 - April 22, 2007 Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose May 5, 2007 - January 6, 2008 Discovery Science Center January 19, 2008 - May 26, 2008 Strong National Museum of Play June 7, 2008 - September 1, 2008 Cincinnati Science Center October 3, 2008 - January 11, 2009 Minnesota Children's Museum: St. Paul, MN February 14, 2009 - June 14, 2009 Miami Children's Museum June 27, 2009 - October 11, 2009 Open venues: Fall 2009 and after	Edventure Children's Museum September 25, 2004 - January 9, 2005 Betty Brinn Children's Museum January 22, 2005 - May 30, 2005 Young At Art of Broward, Inc. June 11, 2005 - September 11, 2005 Hawaii Children's Discovery Center October 8, 2005 - January 8, 2006 Canadian Museum of Civilization February 18, 2006 - May 7, 2006 Grand Rapids Children's Museum May 27, 2006 - September 17, 2006 Port Discovery September 30, 2006 - May 13, 2007 The Pittsburgh Children's Museum May 26, 2007 - September 23, 2007 Bay Area Discovery October 6, 2007 - January 6, 2008 Kohl Children's Museum January 19, 2008 - May 11, 2008 Creative Discovery Museum TN May 17, 2008 - September 28, 2008 Children's Museum of Brownsville October 11, 2008 - January 4, 2009 Lied Discovery Museum January 17, 2009 - May 31, 2009 Minnesota Children's Museum June 15, 2009 - September 7, 2009 Open venues: Fall 2009 and after

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.