Open now through January 4, 2009
Learning comes alive with DinO!saurs: A Prehistoric Expedition. This exhibition brings a whole new herd of 13 robotic dinosaurs sure to entertain and educate young and old alike. Exhibit highlights include a 22-foot-long Tyrannosaurus Rex, plus other favorites including Triceratops, Stegosaurus and a Corythosaurus protecting her nest of eggs and hatchlings.
Against a realistic backdrop of lush scenery, the 10,000 square foot exhibit will include much more than dinosaurs: two rubbing stations, a Dinosaur Dig where guests can uncover fossils and a Duckbill Dinosaur robot that visitors can operate. No skin is attached to its robotic frame.
Additional components of the exhibit include Paleo Camp, where educational activities with museum staff will be offered throughout the day, as well as Jurassic Playground where kids can get physical with a climbing and play structure that features a climbing wall, two slides and binoculars in a lookout tower that provide a great view of T-Rex! Jurassic Playground is sponsored by Backyard Adventures.
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Creatures featured: |
Apatosaurus
Tyrannosaurus Rex
Tenontosaurus
Deinonychus
Corythosaurus
Elasmosaurus
Mosasaurus
Pachycephalosaurus
Stegosaurus
Triceratops
Two Young Triceratops
Duckbill Dinosaur (Hands-on)
Pteranodon |
* Regular museum admission applies.
Non-members - $2
Museum members - Free
light PLAY: A Celebration of Holiday Magic
November 29-December 4
A delightful holiday light show playing several times each day features lights and shapes that dance to memorable music. This year’s show features favorite holiday tunes in an original arrangement by the museum’s Artist-in-Residence Joey Gulizia.
Daily Shows: Tuesday – Saturday 10:30 am, 11:30 am, 1:30 pm, 2:30 pm & 3:30 pm (show for early member Tuesdays at 9:30 am). Additional shows on Thursdays: 5:30 & 6:30 pm Sundays: 1:30, 2:30 & 3:30 pm
January 10 - March 22, 2009
On January 12, 1888, a catastrophic blizzard caught the people of the Midwest by surprise. The Schoolchildren’s Blizzard exhibit ties poetry of The Blizzard Voices, written by former United States Poet Laureate Ted Kooser, to the blizzard of 1888 through art and history.
January 17-April 11, 2009
Students and families will have the opportunity to connect with the excitement, pageantry, and importance of presidential elections with the new exhibition, Headed to the White House, developed by the National Constitution Center. The 3,000 square foot exhibition will debut on January 17 to coincide with the January 20 inauguration of a new American president.
Visitors will be engaged in the sights, sounds, and excitement of presidential elections from the moment they cross the gallery threshold. Once visitors enter the exhibition, they are introduced to the electoral process with three audio-visual zones highlighting the historic elections of 1840 (Martin Van Buren vs. William H. Harrison), 1932 (Herbert Hoover vs. Franklin Delano Roosevelt), and 2008, before walking through a large, graphic image of the White House and onto the campaign trail.
January 31 - April 19, 2009
It's the fastest exhibit ever at Omaha Children's Museum!
With our society going ever faster these days, Speed chronicles our cultural and technological fascination with a 6,000 square-foot experience that transports guests into the world of high performance, barrier smashing motion.
Racing cars, planes boats and eccentric custom vehicles, are featured in the exhibit which engages guests of all backgrounds and ages. The experiences focus on the science and technology of pushing the envelope to achieve record setting speed while explaining the limits of getting there.
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