Sponsored by:

Cessna Aircraft Company

Cargill Cares

Stone Specialists

Deanna Harms

Melba and Vincent Hiebsch

Where Kids Rule

Now Open!
We are very excited to announce the re-opening of Exploration Place's renovated castle, Where Kids Rule.

This area has been re-imagined to include more than 60 individual, hands-on activities focused on math and science readiness - all while having fun!

Enter a fully immersive world through ornate archways and will become surrounded by medieval life – its music, people and more. Make your way through the town center, encountering tents, a corral, and on to the centerpiece of the exhibit, the expansive three-story castle where many adventures await.

Exhibit Highlights

  • Build a bridge to cross the treacherous moat.
  • “Shoe” a horse in the Black Smith Shoppe.
  • Understand the transfer of motion using gears, pull levers and rotation of moving parts. 
  • Create a beautiful stained glass window.
  • Aim and shoot a catapult across the kingdom.