Toys: The Inside Story

June 9 - September 2, 2012

Get ready… get set… GO PLAY!

Ever wonder what's inside an Etch A Sketch®? Or what makes Hungry Hungry Hippos® eat? Toys takes a peek inside some of today's and yesterday's most popular toys to explore the gadgets and gizmos that make them work.

Kid-friendly games and challenges make the exhibit fun for families and young children. Try the circuit challenge and add a new spark to the old favorite, Operation®. Then step up to the gigantic Etch A Sketch® and try to trace patterns on the larger-than-life drawing board

The exhibit includes 12 different hands-on stations that illustrate the simple mechanisms commonly found in toys. From Jack-in-the-Box to Hokey Pokey Elmo®, explore the basics of pulleys, cams, gears, linkages and circuits. Then, become a master toymaker as you experiment with the many different mechanical and electrical doodads that make toys so fun!

Toys is sponsored by generous donations from Museum members and supporters.

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Toys is a traveling exhibit developed by the Montshire Museum of Science in Vermont, with funding from a National Science Foundation grant.