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Venue: Spurlock Museum

Address: 600 S. Gregory St. , Urbana

Cost: Free

Entry Age: all

posted 6:37 am Aug 11
modified 9:49 am Oct 16

Children Just Like Me is an engaging, hands-on exhibit that invites young museum visitors to learn about the diversity of world cultures by meeting peers who live in different countries around the globe. In addition, this unique exhibit also reveals how many children, regardless of where they live, hold important aspects of life in common.

During Children Just Like Me, visitors exploring the Spurlock Museum’s galleries will encounter life-sized images of eleven children, each one welcoming other children to enter a three-dimensional representation of his or her home and surroundings. These hands-on learning environments and other interactive elements are designed to strengthen cross-cultural connections through a variety of learning styles. While engaged in multi-sensory activities, young learners will discover the languages, foods, music, clothing and more of the children represented.

This traveling exhibit was organized by the Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal and is based on DK Publishing’s award-winning book by the same title, Children Just Like Me™.