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SpotHero Car Garage

Vroom vroom! Check into the SpotHero Car Garage exhibit to take a trip through the wonderful world of automobiles, exploring car design, technology, and gravity.

Activities

  • Role play as a garage attendant and check in parking cars with SpotHero
  • Change the tires, charge the battery, and fix the engine of the child-sized car
  • Design and build cars to race down inclined plane ramps
  • Maneuver your car through a 3-D cityscape
  • Build your own toy car and test it on different tracks
  • Drive through the Kid Car Wash complete with flaps, rollers, and “blow-dry” air nozzles

 

Educational Benefits

  • Design and test a car
  • Identify car parts
  • Discover how simple machines work

Good to Know

Exhibit Type

Ongoing

Focused Field Trips Aligned with this Exhibit

Sensational Senses

Simple Machines

This exhibit is aligned with Illinois Early Learning & Development Standards.

Location

2100 Patriot Boulevard
Glenview, IL 60026
(847) 832-6600

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Admission

V.I.P. (Very Important Play) Sessions available for reservation. The Museum is currently not open for general admission.

The Museum is closed for these holidays:
New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day

All Museum coupons and passes expiring in 2020 or 2021 will be honored through 2022.

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The Museum will re-open for VIP Sessions beginning Friday, January 29. Our reservations calendar will open at 12PM on Friday, January 22. The Museum remains closed for general admission.