Get ready for the ultimate adventure with LEGO® Travel Adventure
and National Geographic Presents: Earth Explorers opening
at Discovery
Cube Orange County on January 17, 2015. Adventurers of all ages will
enjoy this interactive journey as they build a transportation vehicle
out of LEGOs and explore Earth’s most extreme eco-zones in Earth
Explorers.
Guests interact with a section of the new National Geographic Presents: Earth Explorers exhibit which opens at Discovery Cube OC on January 17, 2015. (Photo: Business Wire)
In LEGO Travel Adventure, young creators will create
vehicles of all shapes and sizes that will drive, fly, or float through
exotic terrains. Suit-up as a pilot, ship captain, or racecar driver to
find inspiration for your vehicle or check-out a display of vehicles
made from LEGO bricks, including: a spaceship, boat, motorcycle, and
more. Build a vehicle with pieces from popular LEGO sets, take a photo
with a kid-sized racecar made from LEGO® Duplo® blocks, and take the
“Travel Challenge” to build a virtual LEGO vehicle that will travel
through lava, swamps, rivers, and oceans.
LEGO Travel Adventure also features creations by LEGO Master
Builders including recreations of the driving of the Gold Spike in the
Transcontinental Railroad, the building of the first Model T, the Wright
Brothers flight at Kitty Hawk, and an ocean liner. The exhibit also
features a diorama of the Travel Adventure Vehicle (TAV) – a vehicle
designed to travel across land, water, and through the air.
Age-appropriate build tables featuring parts and pieces from popular
LEGO sets are available in the exhibit for children to create their own
vehicles. Visitors are also invited to take photos of their exhibit
creations to email to their friends.
The adventure continues as guests explore some of the wildest places on
the planet in National Geographic Presents: Earth Explorers.
Follow some of National Geographic’s explorers through this
family-friendly exhibit to research some of the most extreme eco-zones
on earth including polar regions, oceans, mountains and caves, rain
forests, and the African Savanna. Adventurers will discover new species,
study animal behavior, and learn how technology plays an important role
in the exciting discoveries.
Explorers will also test their ability to live in an ice-covered world
while exploring an arctic cabin, dive into the ocean with a 3-D
submersible to learn about life forms living deep beneath the surface,
and identify insects from the Amazon while trekking through the largest
rainforest in the world during this interactive exhibit.
Each of the six areas in Earth Explorers feature a unique
interactive digital experience that utilizes an advanced technology to
bring animals inside the exhibit to life.
Doors open to the public on January 17, 2015. LEGO Travel Adventure
and National Geographic Presents: Earth Explorers are both
included in general admission fees. Tickets can be purchased at
Discovery Cube OC or online at www.discoverycube.org/oc/.
General admissions prices are as follows: adult ($16.95), senior
($12.95), and children ages 3-14 ($12.95).
LEGO Travel Adventure is the second in a series of traveling exhibits to
be produced by The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis in conjunction with
LEGO Systems, Inc. The previous exhibit, LEGO® Castle Adventure debuted
at The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis in 2009, and will travel to
museums and science centers throughout the United States for a five year
period. Additional LEGO exhibits are planned for the future.
LEGO and the LEGO logo are trademarks of the LEGO Group. © 2015 The LEGO
Group.
All rights reserved.
About Discovery Science Foundation
The Discovery Science
Foundation serves as the program-development, marketing and fundraising
arm for hands-on science learning museums in Orange County and Los
Angeles. Established in 1989, the original non-profit Taco Bell
Discovery Science Center (DSC) in Santa Ana, now renamed Discovery Cube
Orange County, presented by Taco Bell, continues to inspire and educate
millions of young minds through engaging science based programs and
exhibits. In 2012, the Center was named one of the ten “Most Trusted
Brands” in Orange County and in 2013 was awarded the National Medal of
Service from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
In November 2014, Discovery Cube Los Angeles, a second museum offering
an exhibit and program mix unique to Los Angeles, opened in the Hansen
Dam Recreational Area of the San Fernando Valley. For more information,
call (866) 552-CUBE (2823) or visit www.discoverycube.org.
About The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis
The Children’s
Museum of Indianapolis is a nonprofit institution committed to creating
extraordinary family learning experiences across the arts, sciences, and
humanities that have the power to transform the lives of children and
families. For more information about The Children’s Museum of
Indianapolis, visit www.childrensmuseum.org,
follow us on Twitter @TCMIndy, Facebook.com/childrensmuseum, and
YouTube.com/IndyTCM.
About LEGO Systems, Inc.
The LEGO Group (www.LEGO.com)
is a privately held, family-owned company, based in Billund, Denmark.
Founded in 1932, it is today one of the world’s leading manufacturers of
play materials for children. The company is committed to the development
of children’s creative and imaginative abilities through its products,
which can be purchased in more than 130 countries.
About GES
Global Experience Specialists, Inc. (GES), a Viad
Corp (NYSE: VVI) company, is a leading marketing agency that produces
exhibitions, events, exhibits and retail environments. GES provides a
wide range of services, including turnkey official show services,
cutting-edge creative and design, marketing and measurement services—all
with an unrivaled global reach. GES partners with leading shows and
brands, including Spring Fair Birmingham, International Woodworking
Fair, CONEXPO-CON/AGG and IFPE, Bell Helicopter, L’Oreal, Warner Bros.,
and Simon Property Group. GES’ National Servicenter® has been recognized
with certification under the J.D. Power and Associates Certified Call
Center Program℠ for the past five years, and for the fourth year in a
row Ad Age has named GES as one of the “World’s 50 Largest Agency
Companies.” For more information, visit ges.com
or the GES blog at defyingconvention.ges.com.
About National Geographic Traveling Exhibitions
Founded in
1888, the National Geographic Society is one of the world’s largest
nonprofit scientific and educational organizations. With a mission to
inspire people to care about the planet, the member-supported Society
offers a community for members to get closer to explorers, connect with
other members and help make a difference. The Society reaches more than
500 million people worldwide each month through its media platforms,
products and events. It is one of the world’s leading organizers of
large-scale, traveling exhibitions. Since it launched “Tutankhamun and
the Golden Age of the Pharaohs” in 2004, National Geographic has
organized two more Egyptian-themed exhibitions, “Tutankhamun: The Golden
King and the Great Pharaohs” and “Cleopatra: The Search for the Last
Queen of Egypt.” Other traveling exhibitions include “Indiana Jones and
the Adventure of Archaeology,” “Birds of Paradise: Amazing Avian
Evolution,” “Women of Vision: National Geographic Photographers on
Assignment” and “Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum,
Kabul.” Since 2009, National Geographic traveling exhibitions have been
seen by more than 20 million visitors.
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