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Today I am in the Hanover/Lebanon NH area for a function at
Dartmouth College. Actually, we attended a barbecue there last night, and this afternoon
we will be attending a cocktail reception. But all day today my husband has
meetings for the Alumni Volunteer Corporation of his fraternity, Sigma Phi
Epsilon, so the kids and I are on our own for entertainment for a few hours. I
decided that the best way to spend a few hours with small children in that area
is the Montshire Museum.
The Montshire Museum is a marvelous science center that is
geared for children of all ages. Their displays range from a special play area
for under-fives with lots of tactile displays, narrow padded stairs with tubes
for watching balls roll down chutes, a beach ball that floats on a column of
air, tunnels to climb into, a corner full of wooden blocks, and lots of other
toys and displays to keep littler ones happy while the older kids explore the
other exhibits.
And even the more complex exhibits are designed in such a
way as to keep all ages entertained. The bubble tanks, for example, have
various sizes and shapes of bubble wands made of strings and straw or hula
hoops. Toddlers can happily blow bubbles; older children can compare the
different sizes, shapes, and colors of bubbles that the various wands make; and
teens and adults can read about and experiment with the physics behind each
type of bubble. There are tanks of fish, frogs, and turtles. There are chains
you can spin and an air cannon you can shoot. There are balls and tubes and a
fog machine and a stuffed moose and an ant farm. And that’s only the inside
part! Outside there’s a water park with fountains and canals and musical tubes
and acoustical sculptures and planets and all kinds of other wonderful things.
Needless to say, my son had a wonderful time exploring.
It’s fun to go out and about!
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