there are three ways to ultimate success: the first way is to be kind. the second way is to be kind. the third way is to be kind.
Fred Rogers

hands on components

  • Teletype Machine
  • Care Package Factory to create a virtual package to send
  • Token Press to turn a message into a giftable token
  • Daniel Tiger’s Strategy Song Record Player
  • Take A Compliment Response Wall
  • Conversation bench and alcoves for quiet sensory experiences
  • Gravity Room – this immersive illusion is a room with a floor tilted at a 25 degree angle to the floor of the museum and a slide as an exit.  What’s up, down, flat, slanted?
    Caution: The Gravity Room may make visitors with sensory sensitivities feel disoriented, nauseated and in some cases, experience seizures.  Due to its slant, strollers and wheelchairs are not permitted. Visitors who do not wish to use the slide can exit via the stairs. 

the art

  • Virtual Puppets, featuring puppet collection from Margo Lovelace, animated by Carnegie Mellon University’s Entertainment Technology Center
  • Untitled (Yellow Burst) by Hervé Tullet
  • Untitled (4 Piece) by Hervé Tullet
  • Untitled. A Study of Zero by Tony Oursler

Gravity Room

Pay Phone

Teletype Machines

Care Package Factory

Virtual Puppets

Gravity Room

Token Press

tips for before and after your visit

ask questions.

In this exhibit perception is not always reality. What optical illusions can you find here? How do you feel when you enter the Gravity Room? Why? Challenge yourself to come up with new ways to travel across the space.

explore collections.

Try moving and exploring the virtual puppets in Animateering. Then create a show. What story will you tell? What voices will you use? How can you work with a friend?

In this exhibit perception is not always reality. What optical illusions can you find here? How do you feel when you enter the Gravity Room? Why? Challenge yourself to come up with new ways to travel across the space.

Try moving and exploring the virtual puppets in Animateering. Then create a show. What story will you tell? What voices will you use? How can you work with a friend?

design matters

This space was designed to offer widely varying items and experiences, with different colors, levels, patterns and textures. Alcoves and nooks allow for visitors to experience quieter moments. We showcase the Children’s Museum’s puppet collection, courtesy of Margo Lovelace, through an animated interactive that allows you to interact with this unique collection.

Supporters

The Kindness Gallery was made possible by generous support from: