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Nebraska 150 Celebration Children's Museum in Falls City

By John Nixon

09/27/2017

(KLZA)-- The Nebraska 150 Celebration’s: Truckin’ Through Nebraska: A Mobile Children’s Museum will be set up Thursday and Friday on Stone Street in front of the Falls City Library and Arts Center.

The Mobile Children’s Museum is on a 26-week, 42-community tour across Nebraska in celebration of the states 150th birthday.

Field trips for Fall City Public and Sacred Heart Schools have been scheduled. The museum will provide a fun, hands-on learning experience for children who may not normally be able to easily access a children’s museum. Children will be able to explore their heritage and envision their futures through play, interactivity and technology.

The museum is open Thursday 12:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

The museum is contained in a 53-foot, state-of-the-art, custom air-ride double-expandable trailer, specially designed and outfitted for traveling museum and exhibits.

Kids will be able to build shelters and test them in a wind chamber or earthquake simulator, design their own 10-acre homestead, and test their knowledge about Nebraska. In addition they can create a movie, explore toys from the past make postcards and also enjoy the exhibits that will surround the exterior of the trailer.

Admission is free. Audiences of all ages are welcome. All visitors 16 and under must be accompanied by an adult.

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