Our traveling exhibits have visited preschools, elementary schools, and a variety of family events. We also offer birthday party rentals! For more information, email Alison Price or call 224-381-0138. Printable flyer available here.
Busy Brains Children’s Museum traveling exhibits offer:
Unlimited use of rented exhibits
Free delivery, set-up and dismantle
Teacher training by certified educator or museum representative
Letter to parents describing exhibits and learning activities
Birthday parties include free museum gifts to kids
You can have all the exhibits in your own school for a daily rental fee of $450 or a full school week for only $1200.
Custom pricing and references are available upon request.
Specific Illinois state standards furnished upon request.
Length of Rental
Rates
Rates
(with 1 assistant)
Rates **
(with instruction)
Half day
*1-4 hours
$350
$20 per hour
$40 per hour (max. 2 hour class)
Full day
*5-8 hours
$450
$120 per day
Two days
$550
Three days
$750
Four days
$950
Five days
$1200
Birthday Party
$250
3 hours
Non-consecutive days of rental are charged at the rate of individual days, as set-up and take down need to be performed for each day.
**Number of students needs to be agreed upon at time of reservation. Pricing packages, exhibits, and availability may change at any time.
Here are some of the exhibits available for rental from Busy Brains Children’s Museum. Each exhibit is a great complement to your lesson plans and promotes learning through interactive play. We will bring available exhibits based on space available.
Use engineering to create marble runs that help demonstrate gravity and building concepts.
Rotational motion is an action that grabs kid’s and adult’s attention. The concepts of radial and linear motion are addressed and the mind is engaged exploring endless the designs created by meshing gears.
Our most popular traveling exhibit is the Bernoulli Box. This teaches children about air flow and how airplanes stay aloft.
A favorite among children of all ages! Pretend you are a truck driver and dig away!
Light helps make shapes come to life. Make patterns of build 3 dimensional creations lit by different colors of light.
Gravity is a hard concept to grasp. But, by adding a little sound, you’ll get a lot of fun. A simple activity utilizing washers and pipes help kids understand this difficult subject.
Use fine motor skills to create shapes, letters and design pictures out of colorful bands on this double-sided, enlarged geo-board.
How does your body stand tall? With a strong spine! This exhibit demonstrates how the vertebrae make the spine work.
Use our x-ray viewer to learn about bones and body parts. Add some accessories like stethoscopes and pretend to be a doctor.
Create wonderful pictures using a simple crayon! Easy rubbings table is perfect for little hands – and larger artists!
Use various lengths of PVC pipes and connectors to build a structure of your dreams. This is a great large motor, team building activity.
