Northwoods Children's Museum

Around The World sponsored by the MacLean Foundation
March thru April and December 2007

During the school year the theme and its displays will be available for loan to schools
within a three hour radius of Eagle River. The theme’s displays will expose northern
Wisconsin families to unique aspects of other cultures. Multiple stations are planned.

The displays include;
• Three dimensional continent cutouts for the youngest visitors to explore the peoples, animals, boats, planes and trains in African deserts, South American rain forests, North American
mountains and more.
• A magnetic map for placing famous sites and landmarks on the seven continents.
• A cloth USA map to place velcro landmarks, states and capitals.
• Magnetic board for matching coins & countries and for matching countries to their capitals.
• An interactive "dictionary" with common languages and phrases
• Dress up area with clothes from around the world.
• A table with place settings from different countries.
• Art table painted with countries and their flags stocked with a flag making craft.
• A featured workshop craft offered as part of the theme where children paint a diorama of their
favorite continent and its animals.

While the “Around the World” theme’s primary focus is on understanding other cultures,
the theme will be supported with music, crafts and art from other countries which gives
this project a multi-dimensional appeal.