CMR Under Construction

The Children's Museum of Rochester hopes to open its doors by the end of 2010.  But in the meantime, the organization has created its second exhibit which will be located in the ARTiKids area at Mayo Park.

The Children's Museum's Ready-Set-Go Raceway lets kids design and test their own race cars using Automoblox models, making choices about color and the shape of materials that affect their racing capacity.

At the Build It! Station, kids choose from car parts sorted in bins to design the car of their dreams. Nearby, two sets of Race Tracks- or four tracks total- allow kids to race cars against each other.

Two of the tracks veer straight downhill; the other two are wavy. All four feature a starter lever, which kids press tor release the cars and start them on their journey.

After racing, kids will enjoy taking apart their cars and sending parts back into bins through a shape sorter at the Build It! Station.