Today I took Peyton to the Children's Museum of Indianapolis. I have not visited the museum since Nick was in 1st grade, 9 years ago, and it has changed tremendously. While we were walking through the museum and looking at the commercialization that has taken place I was remembering the exhibits of old. The Carousel is still there, can't go wrong with a 90 year old timeless ride. Next we traveled down the ramp to level 3. We visited the section called The Power of Children. This is a great exhibit but more for children older than 5, it has information about things that children are doing to make a difference or children in the past that have made a difference. Great information is available!
On down the ramp to level 2...BARBIE was our next stop. Peyton was not nearly as excited as I thought she would be. She looked at some of the old dolls and played hair stylist but would not dress up and walk the runway. After the visit with Barbie we had a lunch break. From here we headed to pre-historic times. This was a great display of dinosaurs and activities for kids to do. She really perked up down here with the dinosaurs. After the trip to pre-historic times we went to make-believe time with Dora and Diego. This exhibit was just about too young for Peyton. We did not spend too much time here.
We ended our day at the Incredible Costume exhibit. This was interesting but not too much for Peyton to get into. She did like seeing Wonder Woman's costume.
As we left and drove home I contemplated exhibits of old. Where was the electric ball which caused your hair to stand up, the velcro wall, and all the other fun science activities. I understand that things change but why do we invade museums with new technology like Dora and Diego and take away the things that really teach kids? Maybe I am just becoming lost in the remembrance of days gone by but I really missed those exhibits and I think we could have had more fun without Dora, costumes and Barbie.
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