Fortastic Adventure: Imagine. Design. Build! is a hands-on, interactive exhibit that invites children of all ages (and the kid in all of us) to discover the joy, creativity, and artistic side of architecture and engineering. 

Designed entirely in-house, this two-story gallery encourages open-ended fort building using oversized, everyday-inspired objects like sheets, pulleys, furniture, and mounting points. Families can dive into the design process and bring their most imaginative ideas to life—one blanket fort at a time! 

This gallery is split between our first and second floor, the first floor is targeted to older learners and the second floor is designed with early learners in mind.

Things to know and what to try:

• Hang sheets to create the fort of your dreams. 
• Challenge your little thinker with a building challenge: how high can they make their fort or how might they create a home for their favorite lovey. (just don’t leave your lovey at Thinkery!) 
• Play an epic game of peek-a-boo with your baby or hide and seek with older kids. 

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