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Curious GeorgeTM: Let’s Get Curious! invites young children into the world of Curious George. The exhibit leads visitors on a fun, interactive math, science and engineering-based adventure while emphasizing the central role that parents and caregivers play in children’s learning. Based on H. A. and Margret Rey’s classic stories and the PBS KIDS® television series, the exhibit encourages children’s natural curiosity as they explore early science, math and engineering through hands-on play. The exhibit immerses visitors in the neighborhood where Curious George and the Man with the Yellow Hat live. Children find themselves surrounded by familiar places and faces, while encountering new challenges, materials, and ideas that invite them to learn like Curious George—through direct experience and 
problem solving! Exhibit Features Apartment Building Operate wheels to move George on pulleys from window to window and then step into the apartment to play with color, light and shadow. Sidewalk Produce Stand Play customer or salesperson and explore shape, sorting, weighing and counting with fruit and vegetables. Construction Site Design a structure at the drawing table, then get to work making use of a bounty of building materials to load onto the conveyor belt and construct a building. City Park Enjoy the urban green space: take a seat, explore the tree and toddler activities and hug a full-size Curious George! Mini Golf Use pipes, ramps, funnels, turntables and bumpers to experiment with physics, engineering and math as you putt through three holes of mini golf. Space Rocket Step up to the rocket Curious George took on his space adventure! Pose for a picture with George in his space suit and e-mail it home. Farm Take a vacation to the country and visit the farm. Harness the power of wind to move whirligigs, a windmill and wind chimes. Build your own whirligig and care for the farm animals. Museum Within the Museum Learn Curious George’s fascinating history in the Museum within the Museum. Follow the story of the Reys’ works, the escape from France during World War II that saved the Curious George manuscript, and more than 60 years of Curious George in our lives. Good Reading For Curious Kids Borden, Louise The Journey That Saved Curious George Cole, Henry Jack’s Garden Harper, Charise Imaginative Inventions Hutchins, Pat The Wind Blew Rey, H. A. and Margret Curious George Rey, H. A. and Margret Curious George Takes a Job Rey, H. A. and Margret Curious George Gets a Medal Rey, H. A. and Margret Curious George Flies a Kite Rosinsky, Natalie Light: Shadows, Mirrors, and Rainbows Sweeney, Joan Me and My Place in Space |
