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What my six year old hopes to be when she grows up is constantly evolving. One day Lily wants to work with horses, the next she is definitely going to be on TV, and the next she is going to be a doctor. How does one encourage such a curious child? Take her to Discovery Gateway Children’s Museum where she can spend an hour on the farm, practice being a TV anchor, and then run to the patio and become a doctor at the brand new Saving Lives exhibit, sponsored by Intermountain Healthcare.
Our family spent Saturday morning previewing the brand new exhibit that is the first of its kind! My children have always been fascinated by the Life Flight helicopter and they were so excited to see the child-sized Primary Children’s emergency department. The hands-on exhibit allows children to coordinate a Life Flight Launch in the Command Center, transport patients from the helicopter to Primary Children’s emergency department, and then join the surgical team to perform one of three surgeries via iPad apps.
Lily especially loved dressing up in doctor’s scrubs and taking x-rays of a patient. My two year old spent most of his time sitting at the front desk taking phone calls and pushing light-up buttons – doing his part to direct patients in the emergency department. Like any four-year-old boy, Cortland was on cloud nine pretending to fly the helicopter. As a mom, I loved how realistic it was and that my children could role play and become familiar with a hospital environment.
After checking out the new exhibit, we spent two more hours in the rest of the museum, including taking an art class at the new Studio 444. Lily and Cortland learned about screen printing and created their own screen-printed Life Flight helicopter on canvas. In my opinion, the classes offered at Discovery Gateway are a hidden gem and we always sign up for one at the front desk when we arrive. The classes are for children ages 18 months – 8 months and they are a great way to enrich your experience at the museum!
Discovery Gateway is located in the Gateway Mall at 444 West 100 South in downtown Salt Lake.
7 Comments
Stacie @ The Divine Miss Mommy · September 23, 2013 at 1:42 pm
What a great exhibit! My children would love this!!!
Coralie · September 23, 2013 at 1:48 pm
This looks like a lot of fun! I will have to take my kids to see this. Thanks 🙂
Shanna · September 23, 2013 at 2:09 pm
Cool exhibit! Looks like fun!
Growing Up Madison · September 23, 2013 at 4:45 pm
What a fun exhibit! My son is constantly changing what he wants to be when he grows up as well, I know that he would enjoy something like this. I wish there was something like this around here as well. Thank you for sharing.
aprila · September 23, 2013 at 4:55 pm
sounds like so much fun. My kids would have so much fun
Giveaways 4 Mom · September 23, 2013 at 7:10 pm
This is so cool. Where was all of this stuff when we were kids?
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