Marbles Kids Museum

The Marbles Kids Museum will design and install an immersive exhibit focused on engaging in career exploration through hands-on play. The 3,000-square-foot space will offer activities and displays that reflect industries that are expanding in North Carolina and rely on a diverse and capable future workforce, such as biotechnology, construction, manufacturing, and transportation. Project activities will include assembling a career exploration community of practice with staff from other science and children's museums, prototyping activities and exhibit components, developing the design, as well as fabricating and installing the components. As a result, the museum will contribute to local and regional workforce development efforts through hands-on, imaginative play experiences, and share their findings and best practices for career exploration play in a children’s museum setting.