Artistic Kids Get Into MOSI Free This Summer

TAMPA, FL — Tampa Bay area parents hoping to kick off their kids’ summer vacations with an out-of-this-world adventure can do so for free thanks to MOSI. Between May 27 and June 30, the hands-on science museum in Tampa is offering kids entry at no cost, but there is a caveat.

In order to take advantage of the free ticket offer, kids 17 and under have to create a work of art at home and bring it in for inclusion in the museum’s “galactic art gallery.” To meet that requirement, kids are asked to take an ordinary paper plate and design the “planet of their dreams” on it. To get the free ticket, kids need to bring their artwork — and a paying adult — with them to the museum.

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The free ticket offer comes just in time for the opening of MOSI’s new Cardboard Space Adventures exhibit. The massive cardboard “space station” is big enough that it’s hoped to earn the museum a place in the Guinness Book of World Records. The interactive experience features “a cardboard space station and alien base” that towers over guests’ heads, the museum explained in an email to media. “Inside, families can help build a life-size rover and play a giant Space Invasion video game using controllers made from cardboard.”

“Cardboard Space Adventures is all about imagination and creativity," said Johnny Scotello, the museum's director of exhibits. "When kids bring their paper plate planets to MOSI, we’ll put their planet masterpieces on display, so their creativity gets combined with more ideas from other kids. That gives us a whole galaxy of imaginary planets to discover."

To find out more about MOSI, visit its website.

Photo courtesy of MOSI