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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (January 23, 2023) – All aboard the Dinosaur Train! Beginning January 28, 2023, families can make a beeline to The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis to experience the Museum’s newest exhibit, Dinosaur Train: The Traveling Exhibit! The exhibit is based on The Jim Henson Company’s popular PBS KIDS TV series, Dinosaur Train. Families can expect to travel back in time with their imagination to the Age of Dinosaurs. Kids can join Buddy, the star of the show, on his quest to learn more about dinosaurs as they hop aboard the Dinosaur Train to learn more about paleontology, natural history and so much more.
“Dinosaur Train: The Traveling Exhibit was designed to bring Dinosaur Train to life so kids can be curious learners just like their friends Buddy and Tiny,” said Nicole Goldman, Executive Vice President of Marketing/PR and Education Initiatives for The Jim Henson Company. “Dinosaur Train continues to be beloved by future paleontologists and naturalists who will now have the opportunity to more deeply experience and connect to the show’s adventures. All aboard!”
“We are so excited to bring this traveling exhibit to The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis,” said Erica Lacey, senior exhibits project manager for The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis. “It is designed specifically to celebrate the fascination kids have with both dinosaurs and trains, while encouraging basic scientific thinking skills.”
The exhibit will be at The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis from Jan. 28 – July 30, 2023 and is free with Museum admission. Visitors are encouraged to purchase tickets at childrensmuseum.org.
Dinosaur Train: The Traveling Exhibit was created by The Magic House, St. Louis Children’s
Museum in collaboration with The Jim Henson Company. The exhibit is made possible thanks to generous support from Bill and Sally Canfield, the Graybar Foundation, Monsanto Fund,
PNC Foundation, and Tim and Elizabeth Swank. Local sponsorship provided by presenting sponsor Riley Children’s Health and supporting sponsor CollegeChoice 529.
About The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis is a nonprofit institution committed to creating extraordinary learning experiences across the arts, sciences, and humanities that have the power to transform the lives of children and families. For more information about The Children's Museum, visit childrensmuseum.org, follow us on Twitter @TCMIndy, Instagram@childrensmuseum, YouTube.com/IndyTCM, and Facebook.
About The Jim Henson Company
The Jim Henson Company has remained an established leader in family entertainment for
over 60 years and is recognized worldwide as an innovator in puppetry, animatronics and
digital animation. Best known as creators of the world-famous Muppets, Henson has received
over 50 Emmy Awards and nine Grammy Awards. Recent credits include Julie’s Greenroom
(Netflix), Dot. (Sprout/Hulu), Splash and Bubbles (PBS), Word Party (Netflix), Doozers (Hulu/
Sprout), and the Emmy®-nominated Sid the Science Kid (PBS), Dinosaur Train (PBS), and
Pajanimals (Sprout). Television productions include Fraggle Rock, The Storyteller and the
sci-fi cult series Farscape. Features include Disney’s Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No
Good, Very Bad Day, as well as The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, MirrorMask, and Jim Henson’s
Turkey Hollow. The Company is currently in production on the feature Happytime Murders,
starring Melissa McCarthy, and the upcoming Netflix original series The Dark Crystal: Age of
Resistance. Projects in development include the highly anticipated film Fraggle Rock.
With additional locations in New York and London, The Jim Henson Company is
headquartered in Los Angeles on the historic Charlie Chaplin lot, complete with soundstage
and postproduction facilities. The Company is home to Jim Henson’s Creature Shop™, a
pre-eminent character-building and visual effects group with international film, television,
theme park and advertising clients, as well as Henson Recording Studios, one of the music
industry’s top recording facilities known for its world-class blend of state-of- the-art and
vintage equipment. The Company’s Henson Alternative brand is currently touring Puppet-Up! –
Uncensored, a live puppet improvisational show. http://www.henson.com; www.facebook.com/hensoncompany; www.twitter.com/hensoncompany
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