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Let's Get Curious! at the Bay Area Discovery Museum

Curious GeorgeThe curious little monkey whose adventures have captivated children and adults for 65 years is at the Bay Area Discovery Museum! Curious George: Let's Get Curious opens Saturday, June 18 and runs through September 11, 2011. The exhibition introduces children to the world of Curious George and leads them on a fun, interactive math, science, and engineering-based adventure.

Explore the neighborhood where George and the Man with the Yellow Hat live, and meet familiar characters from the classic books by Margret and H.A. Rey and the PBS KIDS animated series. Different areas to visit include:

  • The apartment building, where you can operate wheels to move George on pulleys from window to window, climb the fire escape, and play with color, light, and shadow.
  • The sidewalk produce stand, where kids can pretend to sell and shop and us fruits and vegetables to explore shapes, sorting, weighing, and counting.
  • The construction site, where you can design a building and get to work with building materials and machines.
  • Take a break at the city park, where you can hug a full-size Curious George, take a picture, and enjoy wall activities especially for babies and toddlers.
  • A three-hole mini golf course, where you can experiment with physics and engineering as you putt your way through pipes, funnels, turntables, and bumpers.
  • The space rocket, where you can pose with George in his space suit and email it home.
  • The farm, where you can use wind power to move yard art like whirligigs, wind chimes, and windmills, build your own whirligig, and care for the farm animals.

You'll also find a museum within the museum, where you can learn about the work of H.A. and Margret Rey, their escape from Nazi-occupied France during World War II, and Curious George throughout the years.

Curious George: Let's Get Curious! was designed, developed and built by Minnesota Children's Museum in partnership with Universal Studios Consumer Products Group. Minnesota Children's Museum is a national leader in interactive learning and educational programming for children's museums. The Curious George: Let's Get Curious! exhibition is sponsored by 3M.

Entry to Curious George: Let's Get Curious is included with the general admission to the Bay Area Discovery Museum. Museum admission is $11 for ages 6 months and up; infants 6 months and under and museum members are free. The Bay Area Discovery Museum is open Tuesday–Friday from 9 am–4 pm and Saturday–Sunday from 10 am–5 pm. The museum is closed Mondays, including Monday, July 4 (Independence Day). The Bay Area Discovery Museum is located at 557 McReynolds Road in Sausalito's Fort Baker, at the foot of the Golden Gate Bridge. For more information on the Bay Area Discovery Museum and Curious George: Let's Get Curious!, visit www.baykidsmuseum.org or call (415) 339-3900.