#TRANSFORMERS Fan Forum Reveal The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis upcoming exhibit, Transformers: Robots in Disguise™
February 23, 2015

 A note from The Children’s Museum:

The exhibit design and social media teams at The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, the largest children’s museum in the world, are excited to share these preliminary design sketches for the upcoming exhibit Transformers: Robots in Disguise™. The exhibit opens at The Children’s Museum on March 7, in partnership with Hasbro.

These sketches are used to convey the overall experience of the exhibit in the early stages of development. They help illustrate the relationship between the displayed objects and the hands-on learning activities.
Enjoy this sneak peek!

 Welcome to the Transformers Universe! The exhibit’s entry will ask you to “Choose Your Team,” with featured photo ops with Optimus Prime and Megatron. [Pictured: Preliminary concept sketches, exhibit entry.] FanReveal-1-EntryAFanReveal-1-EntryBFanReveal-1-EntryC
 Examine Transformers vintage toys and character images, which represent a sampling of the 6,000 characters developed by Hasbro over the past 30 years.  This space includes a 10’ Optimus Prime statue from Transformers: Age of Extinction, an Autobot and Decepticon character display, and other interactives focused on the fantasy world of Transformers. [Pictured: Preliminary concept sketches, Transformers’ Universe area.]There will also be a display of full-size Transformers fan costumes, including The Children’s Museum’s own Bumblebee costume. [Pictured: Bumblebee atrium show costume as it’s prepped for exhibit display.]

 

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 The Hasbro toy design area will allow you to participate in key phases of the toy making process including aspects such as conceptual design, engineering, and testing. Enter an immersive space emulating Hasbro designers at work and watch a 3D printer printing a grey model prototype. [Pictured: Preliminary concept sketches, Creator’s Design area.]  FanReveal-3-DesignArea
Autobot Central is a facilitated program space featuring hands-on workshops where visitors design robotic creations using some of the same skills used by Transformers designers. The space will also feature vintage commercials and cartoons. [Pictured: Preliminary concept sketches, Autobot Central.] FanReveal-4-AutobotCentral 
The Become Bumblebee interactive asks visitors to imagine if YOU were a Transformer as you virtually transform into a robot on screen. [Pictured: Preliminary concept sketches, virtual interactive.] FanReveal-5-BecomeBumblebee

Learn more at www.childrensmuseum.org/future-exhibits, or follow the museum on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to see the latest behind the scenes moments. (#IndyTransformers, facebook.com/childrensmuseum, Twitter @TCMIndy, Instagram @childrensmuseum.)

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