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点评：My teenager loves museums so for our Midwest Road-trip 2024 we had to find a few places to visit for their enjoyment. Putnam did not let us down!
First, it’s affiliated with Smithsonian. If you are a museum buff, you know this means there’s an extra layer of awesomeness you can expect through that relationship (in our opinion). I want to say we paid under $40 for 2 adults and a teen but we did not opt in to the movie as the only one playing that afternoon was not something we were interested in.
My child wanted to start on the lower level and work our way up to the top, but we could not figure out from the map how to get downstairs without going through the exhibits. The map is… challenging to understand but if you don’t mind going through it at their defined flow, then it’s fine.
The exhibits are nice and clean. There’s hands-on stuff and info plaques with good-sized print. I only had to put my readers on to see some of the gemstones’ labels (attributing ownership to jewelry kind of thing). You can tell from the exhibits that Davenport has community members very invested in STEAM who donate items, stories, and funds to keep this museum going strong.
We got there about 1:30 and stayed until 5pm. I think our favorite part was actually the physics demonstrations on the balcony of the upper level, just past the meteorology and science of sound area. There is an exhibit that is being reset up there (aka closed for a new exhibit to be brought in) but we went past that to the balcony and had so much fun looking at the periodical chart display, playing tug of war, pulley-pulling ourselves up (or not) with a rope - even 200# mom was able to pull herself up with the right pulley! ;)
Our final stop was the gift shop. Our family buys a magnet for every place we visit and Putnam was unfortunately lacking that option but my teen did purchase some gemstones for their collection, a book about the history of comics (their books are unbelievably well priced. Seriously. Most were under $7!). All in all, we get it was a great use of an afternoon. Even though we’ve seen Egyptian and natural earth displays before - these were different and entertaining in a completely different way than other museums. They have 2 REAL mummies on display and one is so close to the glass for you to observe - it’s amazing. (And it’s my kid who loves museums, not me).
Great way to spend the afternoon learning about the world around us.
*It seems to be popular with families of toddlers, considering we were there on a Tuesday afternoon. Some moms were letting their children run WILD through the exhibits and at one point we stepped out of an exhibit to sit in the snack shop until those families were done. I know toddlers have energy, but the screaming and yelling was extremely distracting when it would happen in your face as you bent over to read plaques. We encountered no fewer than 3 families like this so I feel like it’s worth mentioning. One child would be just one child but three separate families? Rough.
I didn’t take many photos, but I work in Repro health hence the rather random theme of photos here lol.
First, it’s affiliated with Smithsonian. If you are a museum buff, you know this means there’s an extra layer of awesomeness you can expect through that relationship (in our opinion). I want to say we paid under $40 for 2 adults and a teen but we did not opt in to the movie as the only one playing that afternoon was not something we were interested in.
My child wanted to start on the lower level and work our way up to the top, but we could not figure out from the map how to get downstairs without going through the exhibits. The map is… challenging to understand but if you don’t mind going through it at their defined flow, then it’s fine.
The exhibits are nice and clean. There’s hands-on stuff and info plaques with good-sized print. I only had to put my readers on to see some of the gemstones’ labels (attributing ownership to jewelry kind of thing). You can tell from the exhibits that Davenport has community members very invested in STEAM who donate items, stories, and funds to keep this museum going strong.
We got there about 1:30 and stayed until 5pm. I think our favorite part was actually the physics demonstrations on the balcony of the upper level, just past the meteorology and science of sound area. There is an exhibit that is being reset up there (aka closed for a new exhibit to be brought in) but we went past that to the balcony and had so much fun looking at the periodical chart display, playing tug of war, pulley-pulling ourselves up (or not) with a rope - even 200# mom was able to pull herself up with the right pulley! ;)
Our final stop was the gift shop. Our family buys a magnet for every place we visit and Putnam was unfortunately lacking that option but my teen did purchase some gemstones for their collection, a book about the history of comics (their books are unbelievably well priced. Seriously. Most were under $7!). All in all, we get it was a great use of an afternoon. Even though we’ve seen Egyptian and natural earth displays before - these were different and entertaining in a completely different way than other museums. They have 2 REAL mummies on display and one is so close to the glass for you to observe - it’s amazing. (And it’s my kid who loves museums, not me).
Great way to spend the afternoon learning about the world around us.
*It seems to be popular with families of toddlers, considering we were there on a Tuesday afternoon. Some moms were letting their children run WILD through the exhibits and at one point we stepped out of an exhibit to sit in the snack shop until those families were done. I know toddlers have energy, but the screaming and yelling was extremely distracting when it would happen in your face as you bent over to read plaques. We encountered no fewer than 3 families like this so I feel like it’s worth mentioning. One child would be just one child but three separate families? Rough.
I didn’t take many photos, but I work in Repro health hence the rather random theme of photos here lol.
翻译：我十几岁的孩子喜欢博物馆，因此在 2024 年中西部公路旅行中，我们必须找到一些可供他们参观的地方。普特南没有让我们失望！
首先，它隶属于史密森学会。如果您是博物馆爱好者，您就会知道这意味着您可以通过这种关系获得额外的惊喜（在我们看来）。我想说的是，我们为 2 个成人和 1 个青少年支付了不到 40 美元，但我们没有选择观看这部电影，因为那天下午唯一播放的电影并不是我们感兴趣的。
我的孩子想从下层开始，一直到顶层，但我们无法从地图上弄清楚如何在不浏览展品的情况下下楼。这张地图……很难理解，但如果你不介意按照定义的流程浏览它，那就没问题了。
展品漂亮又干净。这里有实用的东西和带有大尺寸印刷的信息牌。我只需让我的读者看到一些宝石的标签（将所有权归于珠宝之类的东西）。从展品中您可以看出，达文波特的社区成员对 STEAM 非常投入，他们捐赠物品、故事和资金，以保持这座博物馆的强劲发展。
我们1:30左右到达那里，一直待到下午5点。我认为我们最喜欢的部分实际上是上层阳台上的物理演示，就在气象和科学声音区域之后。那里正在重置一个展览（又名因新展览而关闭），但我们经过它到了阳台，观看周期性图表展示、玩拔河、拉滑轮，玩得很开心我们自己用绳子拉起来（或不拉起来）——即使是 200# 妈妈也能用正确的滑轮把自己拉起来！ ;)
我们的最后一站是礼品店。我们一家人都会为我们去的每个地方买一块磁铁，不幸的是普特南没有这个选择，但我的孩子确实为他们的收藏购买了一些宝石，一本关于漫画历史的书（他们的书价格令人难以置信。说真的。大多数都在 7 美元以下！ ）。总而言之，我们觉得这个下午非常有用。尽管我们以前看过埃及和自然地球的展览，但这些展览与其他博物馆不同，并且以完全不同的方式具有娱乐性。他们展示了两具真正的木乃伊，其中一具距离玻璃非常近，可供您观察 - 太神奇了。 （喜欢博物馆的是我的孩子，不是我）。
度过下午了解我们周围世界的好方法。
*考虑到我们是在周二下午去的，这里似乎很受幼儿家庭的欢迎。一些妈妈让她们的孩子在展览中狂奔，有一次我们走出展览，坐在小吃店里，直到那些家庭看完为止。我知道幼儿有精力，但当你弯腰阅读牌匾时，尖叫和叫喊会非常分散你的注意力。我们遇到过不少于3个这样的家庭，所以我觉得值得一提。一个孩子就只是一个孩子，而是三个不同的家庭？粗糙的。
我没有拍很多照片，但我在 Repro health 工作，因此这里的照片主题相当随意，哈哈。
首先，它隶属于史密森学会。如果您是博物馆爱好者，您就会知道这意味着您可以通过这种关系获得额外的惊喜（在我们看来）。我想说的是，我们为 2 个成人和 1 个青少年支付了不到 40 美元，但我们没有选择观看这部电影，因为那天下午唯一播放的电影并不是我们感兴趣的。
我的孩子想从下层开始，一直到顶层，但我们无法从地图上弄清楚如何在不浏览展品的情况下下楼。这张地图……很难理解，但如果你不介意按照定义的流程浏览它，那就没问题了。
展品漂亮又干净。这里有实用的东西和带有大尺寸印刷的信息牌。我只需让我的读者看到一些宝石的标签（将所有权归于珠宝之类的东西）。从展品中您可以看出，达文波特的社区成员对 STEAM 非常投入，他们捐赠物品、故事和资金，以保持这座博物馆的强劲发展。
我们1:30左右到达那里，一直待到下午5点。我认为我们最喜欢的部分实际上是上层阳台上的物理演示，就在气象和科学声音区域之后。那里正在重置一个展览（又名因新展览而关闭），但我们经过它到了阳台，观看周期性图表展示、玩拔河、拉滑轮，玩得很开心我们自己用绳子拉起来（或不拉起来）——即使是 200# 妈妈也能用正确的滑轮把自己拉起来！ ;)
我们的最后一站是礼品店。我们一家人都会为我们去的每个地方买一块磁铁，不幸的是普特南没有这个选择，但我的孩子确实为他们的收藏购买了一些宝石，一本关于漫画历史的书（他们的书价格令人难以置信。说真的。大多数都在 7 美元以下！ ）。总而言之，我们觉得这个下午非常有用。尽管我们以前看过埃及和自然地球的展览，但这些展览与其他博物馆不同，并且以完全不同的方式具有娱乐性。他们展示了两具真正的木乃伊，其中一具距离玻璃非常近，可供您观察 - 太神奇了。 （喜欢博物馆的是我的孩子，不是我）。
度过下午了解我们周围世界的好方法。
*考虑到我们是在周二下午去的，这里似乎很受幼儿家庭的欢迎。一些妈妈让她们的孩子在展览中狂奔，有一次我们走出展览，坐在小吃店里，直到那些家庭看完为止。我知道幼儿有精力，但当你弯腰阅读牌匾时，尖叫和叫喊会非常分散你的注意力。我们遇到过不少于3个这样的家庭，所以我觉得值得一提。一个孩子就只是一个孩子，而是三个不同的家庭？粗糙的。
我没有拍很多照片，但我在 Repro health 工作，因此这里的照片主题相当随意，哈哈。
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