Rube Goldberg™ Exhibit debuts at Children's Museum of Atlanta

Atlanta GA

23 August, 2021

12:36 PM

Description

Rube Goldberg™: The World of Hilarious Invention! Exhibit opens on Saturday, Sept. 18 at Children’s Museum of Atlanta. Created by the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh in partnership with the Heirs of Rube Goldberg, the exhibition showcases Pulitzer Prize winning humorist and inventor Rube Goldberg’s iconic contraptions and celebrates his humorous storytelling and inventive cartoons. The exhibition will be available for visitors at Children’s Museum of Atlanta through Sunday, Jan. 2. Inspired by Rube’s original illustrations, the exhibit contains a collection of new 3D, life-size machines and hands-on, interactive components that connect Rube’s iconic cartoon contraptions to the way things work in the physical world. These experiences provide insight into the legacy of Rube Goldberg and how classic engineering principles can be reimagined as entry points for deeper exploration of STEAM concepts for 21st-century learning. Visitors can activate and create crazy chain-reaction contraptions that use everyday objects to complete simple tasks in the most overcomplicated, inefficient and hilarious ways possible! Rube Goldberg machines are many things, but they aren’t perfect. Find the fun in failure as you step into the role of illustrator, storyteller and inventor. Guests will be able to experience these elements – and more – when visiting the Museum during the exhibit: Move balls and ramps to trigger chain reaction machines in Wall Machines, then figure out how they work by resetting each partBe inspired by Rube Goldberg’s drawing techniques to create your own hilarious cartoon in the Art Studio and then see how it looks at the RevolvometerPull ropes to start a series of musical chain reactions in the large-scale sound animation Music Machine.Step into one of Rube's iconic wearables, “Self-Operating Napkin.”®, for a one-of-a-kind photo op. Rube Goldberg™: The World of Hilarious Invention! Exhibit is locally sponsored by the Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs and the Fulton County Board of Commissioners through the Department of Arts & Culture. Children’s Museum of Atlanta is open Monday-Tuesday and Thursday-Sunday, operating in 2 three-hour sessions with one-hour cleaning between sessions. The hours for the month of September are 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. The Museum will be closed on Wednesdays. Admission begins at $11.95 and is free for members. For more information, please call 404.659.KIDS [5437] or visit the Museum website.