TOP SECRET: Mission Toy is an exhibition that invites the experts — children – to use their investigative and playtime skills to explore, examine and learn about intriguing toys from around the world. The exhibition is designed as a humorous international investigation site known as Toy Central – International Headquarters. The environment plays off the familiar and imagined elements of a secret research and experimentation facility. The space is lively and colourful, contrasting professional research activities with witty twists on intrigue and investigation. The overall exhibition approach creates an exaggerated tone that is inspired from and in part spoofs the language and style of the popular genre of spy films, books and television programs.
Content :
12 exhibit modules with 14 related activities, as well as artifacts and props, video and audio productions and touch-screen computer stations.
Loan Fees :
Starting at $9,000.
Availability
2011 – 2013
Itinerary :
• Minnesota Children’s Museum, St-Paul, Minnesota 24/11/2007 – 27/01/2008
• Bay Area Discovery Museum, Sausalito, California 09/02/2008 – 04/05/2008
• Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose, San Jose ,California 21/06/2008 – 07/09/2008
• Fort Worth Museum of Science & History, Fort Worth, Texas 08/11/2008 – 04/01/2009
• Children’s Museum of Houston, Houston, Texas 31/01/2009 – 17/05/2009
• Memphis Children’s Museum Memphis, Tennessee 13/06/2009 – 13/09/2009
• Brooklyn Children’s Museum, Brooklyn, New York 03/10/2009 – 03/01/2010
• Boston Children’s Museum, Boston, Massachusetts 16/01/2010 – 04/06/2010
• Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery, Red Deer, AB 18/10/2010 – 09/01/2011
• St. Catharines Museum, St. Catharines, ON 29/01/2011 – 08/05/2011
• Société d’art et d’histoire de Beauport, Québec 17/06/2012 – 19/08/2012
• The Exploration Place, Prince George, BC 7/11/2011 – 29/01/2012
• Simcoe County Museum, Minesing 14/01/2013 – 07/04/2013
• Musée minéralogique et minier de Thetford Mines, T. Mines, QC 10/06/2013 – 01/09/2013
