“Follow the Yellow Brick Road” to the Mayborn Museum Complex in Waco, which will host the traveling Wizard of Oz Educational Exhibit from Saturday, Jan. 28, until Sunday, May 7.
The exhibit will be in the Thomas E. and Emilyne Weed Anding Traveling Exhibition Gallery at the museum, 1300 S. University Parks Drive.
The Wizard of Oz Educational Exhibit was created by the Miami Children’s Museum in partnership with Warner Bros. Consumer Products. After its Miami debut, the exhibit traveled to Boston, New York, Minneapolis and Pittsburgh.
“This whimsical exhibit is the perfect blend of imagination and education that encourages children to be life-long learners,” said Charles Walter, director of the Mayborn Museum Complex. “We love to provide opportunities to combine open-ended play and directed learning.”
The exhibit, primarily intended for children between the ages of 2 and 12, features settings, characters and props from the film.
Guests can travel from Gale Farm to Munchkinland, the Witch’s Castle and the Emerald City. They can meet Dorothy and her friends — Scarecrow, Cowardly Lion and Tin Man — while exploring the educational activities the exhibit has to offer, such as creating a “tornado” or playing at the kaleidoscope and prism stations. Visitors are encouraged to click their heels three times while reciting “There’s no place like home” as they depart the Land of Oz.
According to Rebecca Tucker Nall, assistant director of exhibits, communication and visitor services at the Mayborn, “There are physical challenges, mental challenges. We want people to know you have what it takes to make it.”
Regular admission, which includes all of the museum and the Wizard of Oz Educational Exhibit, is $8 for adults, $7 for senior citizens and $6 for children. The exhibition is free to all Mayborn Museum members and Baylor students.
Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursdays; and 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays.
Visit the Mayborn Museum website for more information or call (254) 710-1104.
By Kalli Damschen, student newswriter.
