Port Huron Children’s Museum

Ice Play Area - $30,000

Prior to 2021, the building that will host the Discovery City Children’s Museum was the long-standing
and treasured Knowlton’s Ice Museum of North America. The museum held one of the largest collections of
ice tools and implements from as early as the 1800’s. To pay homage to the Knowlton Family and all their
history in the ice production industry, we are seeking an Ice Play area that will pay tribute to this family in a
hands-on, interactive way for children. Specifically, we are seeking:

• Slushy Table - $29,000

The Slushy Table offers children the opportunity to create their own individual ice
sculptures. This innovative approach to STEAM learning can be scaled to children of various
ages, interests, and abilities. The table offers six cooling work stations to mold and shape ice.

• Igloo Structure - $300/igloo

Children can play inside, climb, and explore an indoor igloo structure as part of the overall
ice theme. The four-by-five-foot, double-doored igloo structure will also serve as a sensory
play area for children needing a temporary break from the sounds and sights of a busy
children’s museum.
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Soft Play Area - $80,000

Soft play areas provide a safe and fun environment for children to interact and engage in physical
activity in a safe, controlled environment. The Discovery City Children’s Museum soft play area is an outdoor-
themed activity center with climbing features, obstacles, slides, and platforms, and incorporates the very
outdoor features that Michigan boasts.
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Water Feature Area - $115,000

Water sensory play develops a child’s creativity and imagination, while also highlighting science
concepts in a fun environment. We are seeking water play options for the Discovery City Children’s Museum,
which include:

• Boss Display Water Table - $110,000

Boss Display is a leader in interactive water features at children’s and discovery museums
throughout the nation. Their proposal offers a water table with 10 hands-on features that
manipulate water movement and provide exploration opportunities. Features such as the
two sets of damns, water vortex, ball launch, and build-a-pipe, this 16-foot-long table offers
children an opportunity to explore water in a new way.

• Water Sensory Tables - $650/table

This see-thru sensory table provides younger children with hands-on water play and
learning, separate from the continued flowing water of the Boss Display feature. The deep
acrylic tub keeps toys and water substantially contained, offering a quieter, more-focused
feature for water play.
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Enhanced City Features - $77,000
• Grocery Store - $15,000
One of the most popular areas of Discovery City was the farmer’s market, complete with
fruit and produce play items. To invite further play and bring an element of the familiar, we
are seeking assistance to purchase a kids’ grocery store checkout station and accompanying
miniature shopping carts. The checkout station features a bar code scanner and conveyor
belt system with a POS software feature that is customizable to our museum.

• Bank and ATM - $28,500

The Big Bank’s teller station and ATM make financial literacy fun. The bank features a drive-
up teller’s window, realistic teller machine, wall mounted games, and ATM.
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Enhanced City Features – cont’d

• Fire and Police - $33,500
Children can emulate their heroes with a real-life fire and police station, along with “911 on
Main” – a house in need of their help. Features include the stations and home, climbing
ladder and slide, fire hoses, holding cell, and fingerprint station. Playhouses are
customizable to preferred location.
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Tornado Simulator- $5,000

Children can feel the intensity and power of a tornado by standing in the Tornado Simulator. This
fully immersive experience shows the children the power of tornadoes in a fun and safe way.

Pirate Ship- $5,000

The pirate ship is a hands-on exhibit where children can take the helm of a pirate ship while also
have teachable moments of counting coins and sharing the combined treasure.
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Medical Office - $50,000

This interactive education station is an engaging way to leave an impact on children, all the while in a
fun setting. The Medical Office includes hands-on learning through examination table and stool, play medical
instruments and equipment, and X-Ray light boxes, while the accompanying Dentistry Office incudes a giant
model of a mouth that lets children learn how to brush and floss oversized teeth. Educational signage can be
used throughout to educate children on healthy habits and guided play.

Reading Nook - $20,000

For children seeking a quiet space or a more intimate activity, we would like to offer a reading nook
filled with books for children of all ages. This tree house design offers multiple nooks within for a quiet space
in a creative atmosphere.
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Construction Zone - $35,100

Children can build and engineer with materials from soft blocks to ball walls with chutes, tubes,
spinners, and tracks. These highly-interactive features provide educational value without creative limit.

• Soft Blocks - $700/set

The realistic soft bricks, concrete blocks, and rocks provide endless creativity for building
projects.

• Ball Wall - $7,500

Potential and kinetic energy, friction, inertia and gravity are all concepts that come to life on
the ball wall. Children are able to configure their own track for a ball to navigate real and
engineered obstacles along a large, magnetic wall.

• Construction Crane - $26,200

Use the crane to life blocks into the air to construct towers and ignite imagination.
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Service Center - $42,000

This pretend auto shop is equipped with all the tools children need to perform maintenance on a kid-
sized car that is mounted on a lift. The hands-on exhibit features under-the-hood sound effects, a service
center shop with clipboards, service phone and daily calendar, a parts department, toolchest, and more.

Toddler Area - $5,000

An area designed specifically for tots, the toddler area will focus on appropriately aged toys and
activities including wall panels with pegs and sensory features, foam climbers, caterpillar tunnels and balance
bars.
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Creation Station - $36,600

Enhance creativity and imagination at the creation station, where three different types of open-
ended play are available. These activities help develop fine motor skills while developing a sense for textures,
building limits, and problem-solving skills.

• Lego Table & Legos - $2,500

A childhood classic, the Lego table features two sides of Lego baseplates. The sides could be
considered one large play area or the colors could differentiate areas of play to serve a large number
of children. A middle divot collects the overflow of Legos, providing a copious amount of pieces for
play.

• Train Table & Trains - $17,400

Train play gives children an experience to develop valuable skills such as creative thinking,
storytelling, teamwork, and communication. The train table will offer train pieces, create-your-own
tracks, and town buildings, allowing children to create their own tracks and drop-offs throughout
town.

• Sand Table - $900

Sand play is increasingly recognized as important play for young children as it develops fine motor
skills, improves hand-eye coordination, and is beneficial sensory play. The proposed table offers two
levels for varying heights and toys will be scattered throughout for play.

• ElectroSketch - $14,800
A modern take on the Etch-a-Sketch, this wall-mounted feature invites artists of all ages to hone in
their fine motor skills and unlock their creativity.

• GemTable - $1,000
The lighted gem table allows children to play with varying shapes and “mix” colors with the underlit
features of this standing table. This table could also be used in a multitude of other ways using other
art projects.

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