• Exhibits Proposed: (not limited to)

    • Welcome center – with a soothing, colorful and kid friendly check-in area, all visitors are welcome! Kids in Motion Logo will be displayed along with a dedication and sponsor wall of actual handprints (Sponsors of the Museum) Exciting exhibits will lead into the main museum: 
           Head on a Platter Illusion 
           Magic Mirrors 
           Power Pump Seats 
           Laser Harp 
           Bed of Nails
    • Gear up for Fun! –by turning a crank visitors can move large and small inter-meshed colorful gears. Made of durable foam and safe for the smallest of fingers, this exhibit allows our guests to experience the movement of gears in a cause and effect fashion. This also provides a connection with every day gears like clocks, bikes, engines and more. Includes Gear Table for more interaction.
    • Walls of Art – Get those creative juices flowing! Visitors will be able to draw upon wall murals with Plexiglas covering, and other media to foster artistic skills, coordination and imagination. A mural will depict regions of the United States in a fun game of “I Spy” with magnetized wall and pieces. Small art stands would be available to create paintings, drawings, and doodles.
    • Trains, vehicles, and things that go! -visitors can "be" the tractor driver, see how things operate, learn about agriculture, farming, and become immersed in the world of vehicles. Children would be able to ride, fix, role-play and interact with a talking vehicle that can guide them to fixing simple mechanical problems. Children would also be able to learn about tractor parts, machinery, and how things work.
    • Lets Get Cooking at K.I.M’s – at our Asian Cooking studio kids will be immersed in the local Japanese culture with colors, art, and a small Sushi kitchen with real kitchen sounds and lights. A fun way to express creativity by pretending to cook, measure, create recipes and serve while talking to the “audience” for their live performance wearing an authentic Chef hat and coat. This will be a revolving exhibit to show many Cultures through Cooking. Examples: African American Heritage Cooking, Italian Cooking, Cajun Cooking, Australia’s Down Under, etc.
    • TV/Weather Studio (WDSU or local TV) –
    At KIMTV, visitors act as TV show host, a news anchor, meteorologist, or sports reporter. A magnetic wall or large interactive screen (computer) of the United States map would allow kids to create and report the weather forecast, give the game result, biggest plays of the game, or even report the late night news. Visitors many also pretend to be the camera operator/director to learn about working behind the scenes. An automated camera will take a picture of visitors as they sit in the station seat and a snapshot of the host of the show “your visitor” will print immediately for them to take home.
    • Victorian Playhouse  -Featuring bright colors, a wrap-around porch, round and arched windows and a pretend kitchen, the Victorian Playhouse inspires young imaginations, sparking creativity. The imaginative role-playing and fantasy play offered by the Victorian Playhouse not only offers whimsical fun for children, but also serves to enhance social skills and expand cognitive development in children, further supporting the museum's mission to ignite a lifelong passion for learning in children through play.
    • Pirate Ship and Navigational Experiments- Ahoy me mateys! Visitors can explore the pirate ship and pretend to be a sailor; cross over the bridge and be a lookout on the upper deck, peep through a telescope, ring the bell, navigate the wheel, cook in the galley; make a block city – or just make believe. Interactive displays about the exploration of the Mississippi River and explorers too.
    • Think Tank of logical thinking games- Think Tank challenges minds both young and old with brain games of all sizes, shapes and levels of difficulty. Visitors don their thinking caps and test their mental dexterity as they explore Think Tank’s interactive, hands on challenges through brainteasers, mind-bending puzzles, optical illusions and discrepant events. 
          Roller Coaster Ball Fall 
          Pattern Matching 
          Velcro Ball Fall
    • The Gazeebo- Designed for children ages 6 months to 6 years, this space provides a variety of play environments that encourage children to learn through multi-sensory, pretend, constructive and physical play. Information for parents about how children learn and develop during their early years is also an important part of the experience. This exhibit will be a place where young children can get down to the business of play and where caregivers can relax and play with their children, find up-to-date parenting resources, and meet other caregivers. 
    Unique features include a trained physical education instructor to assist parents in learning stages of development. (Mommie & Me Play Hour, Daddies Day Out)
    • Lights! Camera! Action! –Get your tickets, check in and put on a show. An authentic theatre with plenty of costumes to help young thespians pretend. Kids can put on skits using props and sound effects to enhance the performance on the real stage. (Closed when performances are scheduled)
    • Puppet Theatre - Not a place to watch performances... a place to invent them. Simple camera controls are at kids' fingertips, and there is a changing assortment of costumes and puppets.
    • Crawl up and Read! –Adjacent to the Puppet Theatre, visitors can find their favorite books here, from the newest titles for babies to the classics that grandparents will remember. A great place to curl up and read, in a room that's decorated like a scene from Eric Carle’s Hungry Caterpillar book.
    • SHADOW, Shadow, on the Wall! – a closed in area with phosphorescent background and light to capture shadows on the wall. Illustrations of shadow puppets to make and do and projects. Glow in the dark constellations will adorn the ceiling of the structure to educate students on the different stars in the hemisphere. Drawings of the constellations will depict the different constellations as a guide.
    • Kids In Motion Multi-purpose room– visitors will be able to attend classes on computers, scrapbooking, and sign-language for kids, mentoring, craft activities, and other community projects. The playhouse will offer education room for such activities and Birthday parties.
    • K.I.M.’s Toybox – specializing in educational toys and products for kids, local crafts, and seasonal items, K.I.M’s Toybox will interest young and old in the arts and sciences and entice your child to learn in new ways. A wide range of fun and educational toys, books, jewelry, stationary and seasonal items will be available in the store. 
    • Playhouse Pizzeria - At our Pizzeria, visitors would be able to try on cooks’ aprons and hats, and then make pizza creations using model ingredients such as pizza dough, green peppers, pineapple and pepperoni, etc. Using real pizza pans and peels, they can then place their creations in a brick “oven” lighted to appear hot. Other participants can take orders from customers seated at small café tables or ring up purchases on a cash register and make change. Using real Pepper’s menus and other realistic items, this experience encourages creativity and cooperation while building essential math and life skills.
    • Kids In Motion Marketplace- Shop and check out groceries in our pint-sized grocery store. Children can fill child-size shopping carts with a variety of food items, pretend to scan their groceries, check out at the register and bag the groceries. Even be a store clerk and re-shelve items to their proper places. Parents and teachers can teach children how to pick out healthy foods. This exhibit lets the child practice their social skills by being the check out clerk or the customer with this interactive experience.
    • “Kids In Motion: A Healthier World!” - visitors can "be" the doctor or nurse, dentist or dental assistant, learn about Human anatomy, structure, and functions that come alive for children through computers and games. They can learn about our teeth, structure, and functions of our teeth and how they work. This station allows children to learn about the human body. After entering a life-like doctor’s waiting room, children can sign in at a typical doctor’s reception desk and enter a doctor’s office. They can weigh themselves, check their height, read an eye chart, learn about nutrition and look through a microscope at representative human cells. The exhibit contains professional models of the human skeleton and heart, among others. Children and adults will be amazed at what happens inside our bodies when we’re not looking. Models of the Five Senses would be present throughout. Visitors can "be" the dentist or dental assistant, 
         K.I.M.'s Sibling Care Unit -Pre-natal unit for children and families to pretend to take care of siblings & care for others. Children can learn basic care and the best practices for being a big brother or big sister.
    • Outdoor jungle gym play area and garden (depending upon which building or site chosen) will include musical play equipment such as swing, teeter totter, and echo-benches by WonderWorxs.
    • Special Exhibits – traveling exhibits from time to time; these are exhibits which are passed around between museums and are typically too large or too expensive for a smaller individual museum to house. Use of traveling exhibits is more economical than buying a complete new exhibits every six months and also allow visitors to see unique exhibits, such as Mr. Potato Head or Sesame Street, that are show throughout the country. Room will be allotted for new exhibits and for changing or seasonal exhibits and many of the walls will have interactive displays or computer kiosks for learning and artistic development.