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Step Right Up!

The Bone Zone Carnival of Healthy Choices
June 12 - September 6

Step right up to explore and learn how diet and exercise keep your bones healthy. The Bone Zone Carnival of Healthy Choices features nine informative, interactive displays that engage children and adults, and help them develop lifelong, healthy habits.

• Step Into The Bone Zone: Discover two sideshows “Your Bones Are Alive,” and the “Incredible Bone Crusher,” which challenges you to test your strength against healthy bones that receive plenty of exercise and calcium and weak bones affected by osteoporosis.
• Bone Up On Calcium: Play along to learn how much you’d have to eat to get the calcium equivalent of three cups of milk a day.
• The Amazing Bone Builder: This animated video shows you how your bodies use calcium to form new bones
• What’s On The Inside Counts: A simulated X-ray machine lets you see if you can tell how strong your bones are just by looking at them. A great photo opportunity too.  
• Femur Frenzy: This computer game of smarts and brute force invites you to make the best food and activity choices. 
• The Mysterious Madame Ulna: This skeletal seer predicts the future of your bones from the activity choices you make today. 
• Astonishing Feats of Strength: How large would a leg bone made of pine, or concrete, or glass, need to be to be as strong as your bones? 
• The Hip Joint: Shake those bones by getting out on the floor to dance or tap out a tune with your feet. 
• Picture Your Future: Gaze into the funhouse mirror and imagine a life with healthy bones that receive plenty of calcium and exercise.

The exhibit was created by the Purdue Agriculture Exhibit Design Center with support from the Indiana Dairy and Nutrition Council.

Congratulations to the Explorium for its 2010 Family Favorites Nomination!

The survey hosted by Lexington Family Magazine can be found here and is open to readers until August 22. Winners of the Family Favorites will be announced in the October issue of Lexington Family.

So, click on the link above and vote for the Explorium of Lexington as your favorite museum! (Question #7)

Extended Summer Hours

Beginning Monday, May 31 through Labor Day, September 6, the Explorium will be open Monday - Saturday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. and Sundays 1 - 5 p.m.  In addition, hours are extended on Friday evenings until 8 p.m. and admission is half-priced on Fridays after 4 p.m.

The Explorium of Lexington is a not-for-profit organization, 501(c)3 and is funded in part by:
             
This site is made possible with help from the Kentucky Department of Tourism and its Bluegrass Regional Office.
The Kentucky Arts Council, the state arts agency, supports the Explorium with state tax dollars and federal funding
from the National Endowment for the Arts.

The Explorium of Lexington is a proud member
of the Association of Children's Museums