Getting Interactive

When planning the Spurlock Museum, our hopes included interactive gallery areas. Unfortunately, our budget didn't. We knew that our rented temporary exhibit Children Just Like Me (2008-09) had been a great success, so as part of our centennial discussions, we talked about how we could get active in becoming interactive. At the moment, we have an interactive space in our European Gallery, where visitors can see themselves as a noble child of the Renaissance, and the recently added area in our Asian Gallery where you can "See Yourself in a Sari." Currently, we are planning the creation of a market area for our African Gallery where visitors can wrap themselves in mud cloth and play music. We have some great pictures of African markets that will adorn the walls.

Take a look at the tour and program pages on our website (www.spurlock.illinois.edu), and you will see we are building hands-on programs that are a lot of fun as well. And don't forget Open Hours in our Learning Center many Saturdays from 1-4 PM. Open Hours will be announced on our Facebook page. Tomorrow (1/7/12), we are making kites!