Chicago IL - Beloved characters Dora and Diego from Nickelodeon’s hit preschool series Dora the Explorer and Go, Diego, Go!, along with their friends Boots, Map, Backpack, Isa, Tico, and of course Swiper, are now in their own interactive exhibit at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum in Chicago, Illinois for your family to explore, learn, and play along!
Run, jump, crawl, and climb on an exciting adventure through Dora and Diego’s worlds. There’s so much to discover! Set sail on the Pirate Piggies Ship, ride a rocket to the Purple Planet, find your way through the Rainforest Maze, and more. Go on adventures with your favorite characters while learning how to solve problems, be a good friend, and care for animals and the environment. And don’t forget to take a photo with Dora and Boots and Diego and Baby Jaguar!
Be sure to bring your little explorer to play along with Dora, Diego, and their friends so they too can say “We did it!” Ready? ¡Vámonos!
Highlights include:
The Purple Planet
Visit the Purple Planet with Dora and Boots! Climb inside an out-of-this-world Purple Planet home and slide down on the surface of the Purple Planet.
Rocket Ship
Dora’s outer-space friends want to go back to the Purple Planet and need help getting there. Grab a spacesuit, pilot the ship, and test your memory with images of colorful planets as you help Dora and Boots take their outer-space friends home.
Constellations
On the way to the Purple Planet, Dora and Boots encounter some interesting star groupings. Help them identify the patterns made out of stars by inserting star shapes to light up a constellation.
Isa’s Flowery Garden
Dora’s friend Isa the Iguana knows how to take care of flowers, plants, and animals. Tour Isa’s Garden to pick flowers, interact with bird, butterfly, and insect puppets, and pretend-fly with bird and butterfly wings. Even your littlest explorer will enjoy smelling the flowery scents and picking soft-fabric posies.
Tico’s Tree and Car
Dora is a good friend to Tico the squirrel and you can be a good friend to Tico too! He needs help picking nuts from the tree for a family picnic. Play along with Swiper to swipe the nuts and watch as they shoot up and over to fill Tico’s basket. Then, help Tico fill up his car with nuts so he can begin his journey.
Pirate Ship
Join the Pirate Piggies crew in the Pirate Ship and dress like a pirate to pretend-play along sailing the ship and divvying up the treasure. Raise and lower the Pirate Piggies’ flag, look through the telescopes to spot the treasure chest, and then divvy up the coins into the Pirate Piggies’ banks to help them share the treasure.
Animal Rescue Center
You can be an animal rescuer, just like Diego! Help diagnose and address the rainforest animals' problems from the Scanner bed, bandage and apply cold packs at the First-Aid Station, and bathe stuffed animals at the Care Station.
Rainforest Maze
Explore the rainforest to locate cool, elusive rainforest animals. Swing across the Bobo Brothers’ monkey bars, crawl through a fallen tree, climb across Jaguar Mountain, and jump or hop across the River Rocks.
Dora and Diego—Let’s Explore! opened at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum on Saturday 22nd September 2018 and will run through Sunday 27th January 2019.
Produced by The Children's Museum of Indianapolis in cooperation with Nickelodeon, the Dora and Diego — Let's Explore! exhibit is presented by the Anthem Foundation, and is locally sponsored by Rose Pest Solutions.
For more information about the exhibit, please visit http://www.naturemuseum.org/the-museum/exhibits/dora-and-diego-lets-explore.
More exploration at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
And this fall, exploration doesn’t end with Dora and Diego. From September 22 through January 17, the Nature Museum’s live animal exhibit, the Animal House will be home to seven species that have become so rare within Illinois that many may never get the chance to see them in the wild. Find out how these endangered animals became Nature Museum residents and how scientists are working to protect and raise awareness about them.
The species featured in the Animal House include:
Alligator snapping turtle (endangered)
Blanding’s turtle (endangered)
Ornate box turtle (threatened)
Hognose snake (threatened)
Spotted turtle (endangered)
Massasauga snake (endangered)
Mudpuppy (threatened)
Additionally, discover how students of all ages are exploring the urban nature found all around us in Chicago at the Marquee Gallery exhibit: Chicago’s Youth Explorers.
More Nick: 'PAW Patrol' Exhibit to Open at The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis on February 23, 2019!
H/T: ABC7 Chicago News; Additional sources: Toddling Around Chicagoland, Metromix Chicago.
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