"Exhibits to Explore"

**EXHIBITS TO EXPLORE**
**Exhibits are currently not set up due to relocation.**

*Bienvenue a Saint-Louis, Senegal* Click here to view a Senegal slideshow in Shockwave Player. Visitors may now experience everyday life in our sister city, Saint-Louis, Senegal. Enter a Senegalese classroom to learn a bit of French or Wolof (national language). Gather round the baobab tree and more. Courtesy of a striking mural by Timothy Ufuoma-Efe Orikri, visitors may embark on a visual stroll through the city, crossing the bridge past colorful fishing boats (pirogues) and horse drawn carts. Visit a Senegalese home, learn about hair braiding, visit a tailor shop, and simulate stitching on a foot-pedaled machine. This Sister City exhibit will challenge many stereotypes children seem to have about Africans and allow visitors to experience contemporary river city life in West Africa. Links to know more
	*Gateway to Chinese Culture* Climb through our "Great Tunnel" and slide into a Chinese village where you can dress up in traditional clothes and role-play daily activities. Have fun using chopsticks, counting on an abacus, solving tangram puzzles, or playing Chinese hopscotch. Learn to write Chinese characters or investigate herbal medicines in the Chinese pharmacy. Discover your Chinese zodiac sign and personality traits. Links to know more
*Pagdiriwang: Celebrating the Philippine Island Life* This hands-on exhibit for children includes several pieces that will impress adults, like the peinetas- -hair accessories made of wood, silver or gold filigree. Did you know the moon buggy was a product of Filipino ingenuity? The new, permanent Philippine exhibit features another ingenious invention, the "jeepney," a 1943 Wily's jeep converted into a passenger minibus and cultural icon. The Philippine Arts Foundation is collaborating with Worldways to introduce visitors to life in the "islands" through dancing the tinikling and playing games with a yoyo or sipa. View a beautifully embroidered barong and learn to speakTagalog. Uncover shells hidden in the sand or cross the Pacific Ocean. Links to know more
	*Mexico* Drive a jeep to our Mexican village of Oaxaca (Wa-ha-ca) where every day is a fiesta! Climb the slippery pole, palo encebado, or grind corn to make tortillas. Shop in a "miscelanea" store or in the open-air market. Learn some Mexican crafts, such as embroidery and weaving, or just enjoy dressing up in costume and dancing to mariachi music. Links to know more

EXHIBITS TO EXPLORE

Exhibits are currently not set up due to relocation.

Bienvenue a Saint-Louis, Senegal

Click here to view a Senegal slideshow in Shockwave Player.

Visitors may now experience everyday life in our sister city, Saint-Louis, Senegal. Enter a Senegalese classroom to learn a bit of French or Wolof (national language). Gather round the baobab tree and more.
Courtesy of a striking mural by Timothy Ufuoma-Efe Orikri, visitors may embark on a visual stroll through the city, crossing the bridge past colorful fishing boats (pirogues) and horse drawn carts. Visit a Senegalese home, learn about hair braiding, visit a tailor shop, and simulate stitching on a foot-pedaled machine. This Sister City exhibit will challenge many stereotypes children seem to have about Africans and allow visitors to experience contemporary river city life in West Africa.

Links to know more

Gateway to Chinese Culture

Climb through our "Great Tunnel" and slide into a Chinese village where you can dress up in traditional clothes and role-play daily activities. Have fun using chopsticks, counting on an abacus, solving tangram puzzles, or playing Chinese hopscotch. Learn to write Chinese characters or investigate herbal medicines in the Chinese pharmacy. Discover your Chinese zodiac sign and personality traits.

Links to know more

Pagdiriwang: Celebrating the Philippine Island Life

This hands-on exhibit for children includes several pieces that will impress adults, like the peinetas- -hair accessories made of wood, silver or gold filigree. Did you know the moon buggy was a product of Filipino ingenuity? The new, permanent Philippine exhibit features another ingenious invention, the "jeepney," a 1943 Wily's jeep converted into a passenger minibus and cultural icon.
The Philippine Arts Foundation is collaborating with Worldways to introduce visitors to life in the "islands" through dancing the tinikling and playing games with a yoyo or sipa. View a beautifully embroidered barong and learn to speakTagalog. Uncover shells hidden in the sand or cross the Pacific Ocean.

Links to know more

Mexico

Drive a jeep to our Mexican village of Oaxaca (Wa-ha-ca) where every day is a fiesta! Climb the slippery pole, palo encebado, or grind corn to make tortillas. Shop in a "miscelanea" store or in the open-air market. Learn some Mexican crafts, such as embroidery and weaving, or just enjoy dressing up in costume and dancing to mariachi music.

Links to know more

Port St. Louis:

This exhibit will introduce visitors to international commerce, particularly the exporting of products from St. Louis. Children will have the opportunity to actually load simulated cargoes onto a scaled-down version of a barge. They can then pilot the tow boat and barge by computer simulation down the Mississippi River to New Orleans, where they may off-load their cargo by computer to different freighters bound for ports around the world. Hands-on components provide experiences in decoding nautical
flags, tying nautical knots, and more.