Train car exhibit reopens at MCM-Meridian
Published 7:00 am Thursday, June 30, 2022
- In this file photo, supporters gather to reopen the Mississippi Children’s Museum–Meridian’s Missi the Traveler Train Car exhibit at the museum. The Missisippi Children’s Museum, which includes the Meridian satellite museum, was recently recognized as the third best children’s museum in the country by USA Today.
The Mississippi Children’s Museum – Meridian reopened its Missi the Traveler Train Car exhibit after a ceremonial ribbon-cutting on Wednesday.
The Missi the Travel train car is a geography-themed exhibit that encourages children to discover cultures and languages spoken around the world. MCM-Meridian leadership, Advisory Committee members, and summer camp children cut the ribbon on Wednesday and welcomed guests to explore the train car’s new hands-on interactives.
The exhibit features an interactive world map, a coin rubbing station with international currencies, a trunk full of cultural ensembles, and audio prompts that teach children how to say common phrases in different languages.
Enhancements now allow guests to “travel the world by train” and share their journey with friends through a digital postcard. The exhibit now includes a photo booth station with a built-in camera, a magnetic backdrop to add national landmarks to your window scene, and a touchscreen device that lets you add stickers to your digital postcard and email them to a friend.
Exhibit remediations were completed by Heartland Scenic Studio, an exhibit design and fabrication studio based in Omaha, Nebraska.
The exhibit is now open to the public. General admission is $10 and free for museum members. To learn more, visit mcmmeridian.org.
