Fast Facts
AlegreMENTE | Happy Brain: Celebrating Early Connections is a new traveling exhibit in development by OMSI through NIH/SEPA grant 1R25OD023738-01. Information will be added here as it becomes available.
1,500 sq. ft. gallery space required.
Exhibit available for rental beginning fall 2022.
$30,000 / season + inbound shipping
Bicultural & bilingual Spanish/English
Teaches about healthy neurodevelopment in early childhood
Informs and empowers adult caregivers to enrich their children’s early learning experiences
AlegreMENTE | Happy Brain visitors celebrate early connections together in a whimsical forest full of families of all kinds, both human and animal!
Each interactive in AlegreMENTE is designed to engage young children and their caregivers. Kids play and adults learn about how simple, everyday interactions build social-emotional, language, cognitive, and motor skills. Caregivers explore alongside their children, discovering they’re equipped with everything they need to support early brain development and build healthy connections with 0-6 year-olds.
Interactive samples:
In “Everybody Dance Now,” adults and children dance together while CGI animals from the forest setting mirror their movements. Occasional brief messages encourage caregivers to be Brain Builders with simple calls to action. Mirrors and a soft floor surface make the space developmentally appropriate for 0- to 2-year-olds in addition to children as old as 6. Simple handheld musical instruments extend sensory and interactive appeal.
“Building Connections” encourages children and adults to play together on a tilt table rolling balls back and forth on a surface representing brain cell connections. The surface lights up along the paths of balls to call attention to the act of connection between children and their caregivers, and between neurons. Paths and neurons light up more and more as balls roll over again, and simple messages along the lighted paths highlight the brain-building value of serve-and-return.
1,500 sq. ft. gallery space required
Exhibit available for rental beginning fall 2022.
Contact OMSI's Traveling Exhibits Services at travelingexhibits@omsi.edu or 503-797-4628.
Virtual Tour
Exhibit logo
Sample exhibit graphics
Availability
- Fall 2022
Tour launch!
School Resources
COMING 2021 - A collection of PDFs and guides for museum staff and teachers to expand on the educational content of the exhibit, including in-classroom experiments and activities for your museum floor.
Museum Resources
COMING 2021 - This sample floor plan gives you an idea of how AlegreMENTE | Happy Brain will look in your gallery space.
Media Resources
COMING 2021 - All the logos, images, and assets you need to properly market the exhibit, promote sponsors, and get guests excited about their visit!
Questions?
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Partners
The goal of the Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) program is to invest in educational activities, including interactive digital media resources, that complement or enhance the training of a workforce to meet the nation’s biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs.
The exhibit is being produced and will be toured by OMSI with through award ID R25OD023738-01.
The OHSU Brain Institute is dedicated to understanding, healing, and protecting the brain through cutting-edge research, outstanding patient care, innovative public education, and training of future neuroscience leaders for Oregon and the world.
