Young Minds Explore Science and Technology at Hagley’s Invention Convention

Wilmington, Delaware – January 2011 – A family favorite returns to Hagley! Hagley’s Invention Convention will be Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, January 15, 16, and 17. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., youngsters will invent, explore, examine, experience, and get excited about science and engineering! Admission, including supplies, is $3.50 per child (4-14), $5 per adult, and free for Hagley members and children 3 and under. Use Hagley’s Buck Road East entrance off of Route 100.

Imagination and Ingenuity will soar at the Create-An-Invention workshop.  Kids can build an invention using familiar household items like cereal boxes, paper towel rolls, oatmeal containers, and more. The Hagley patent office will be present to give young inventors patents for the inventions they make in the Create-an-Invention workshop.

At the Tinkering Tables, children can safely take apart appliances, machines and other discarded things like computers, telephones, and radios. Kids and parents alike will find a job on the assembly line making powder at the Factory System Workshop. 

Science shows will be performed at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. with a different theme each day. Saturday will feature “Cool Chemistry” with Mike Stemniski, Sunday will be the DuPont Miracle Workerz Robotics team, and Monday will feature “Fun with Physics” with Jon-Eric Burgess.

“Invention Convention enables children to tap into their ingenuity by dismantling an array of machines and creating gadgets from basic everyday materials,” says Education Coordinator Jeff Durst.

            Invention Convention is sponsored, in part, by Goodwill of Delaware and Delaware County and EDiS Construction Managers, Inc.

Hagley Museum and Library collects, preserves, and interprets the unfolding history of American enterprise. Hagley is located on Route 141 in Wilmington, Delaware. For more information, call (302) 658-2400 weekdays or visit www.hagley.org

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