Under Construction Feature Exhibit Opens February 16, 2008
This national traveling exhibit arrives at Hands On! from the Louisville Science Center and includes the Construction Zone, Transit Hub, and Tech Works. Families learn and work together to build a 7’ arch, design their own bicycle, and manipulate a movable crane. Exclusive to Hands On! is The World We Live In. Visitors can check out building materials from around the world, try on traditional outfits, and design their own house. Hands On! thanks these exhibit sponsors: BlueCrossBlueShield of Tennessee Foundation; Citigroup Foundation; Harris Fund of the East Tennessee Foundation; Mountain Empire Oil, Co.; Summers-Taylor, Inc.; Thomas Construction Co.; Tri-Cities Chapter Associated General Contractors; and Wal-Mart; with our media partners NewsChannel 11 and Bristol Herald Courier. The exhibit will close August 24th.

Under Construction contains: THE WORLD WE CREATE Traveling Exhibition based on a permanent exhibition developed by The Louisville Science Center in collaboration with Ralph Appelbaum Associates, Design Craftsman, Inc., New England Technology Group, Inc., Donna Lawrence Productions and the Institute for Learning Innovation. Major funding was provided by the National Science Foundation.

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