Bettendorf — Beginning Saturday, February 4, Doc McStuffins: The Exhibit will be housed at the Family Museum in Bettendorf, Iowa. The bilingual (English/Spanish) interactive exhibit, based on the Peabody Award-winning Disney Junior series "Doc McStuffins," was produced by and previously housed at The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, and will continue to travel to other museums around the country until 2019. A full schedule can be found here: http://disneyjunior.disney.
Doc McStuffins: The Exhibit is designed to model "care and compassion" for kids age 2-7 in immersive activities that reinforce the importance of health and well-being. Kids and families will be transported from Doc’s iconic backyard clinic to the McStuffins Toy Hospital. Young visitors will then go on a "feel better adventure" as they become "doctors in training," don a white coat and toy stethoscope, "scrub in" (learning the importance of washing hands to avoid germs), report to an "operating room" where they can fix seams on a toy bear and assist in an "operation" on a toy dragon robot, and staff an "Emergency Room" where they can use Doc’s tools including a toy otoscope, stethoscope, thermometer and blood pressure cuff to give a check-up to hurt toys.
Doc McStuffins: The Exhibit is produced by The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, nationally sponsored by Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University, and locally sponsored by the Regional Development Authority, Scott County Regional Authority, and the University of Iowa Community Credit Union. Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health is one of the nation's leading children's hospitals.
About Doc McStuffins
Created and executive produced by Chris Nee, Disney Junior’s Peabody Award-winning Doc McStuffins is an imaginative animated series about a six-year-old girl who communicates with and heals stuffed animals and broken toys out of her backyard playhouse clinic and in the magical McStuffins Toy Hospital. The series has been lauded globally for its modeling of good health practices and imparting to young viewers the importance of taking care of oneself and others. Shortly after the series’ premiere, a group of female African American physicians were inspired to begin a "movement" they coined "We Are Doc McStuffins," which grew into the Artemis Medical Society, an organization that now boasts a membership of over 4700 women physicians of color from around the world.
Since launching in 2012, Doc McStuffins has consistently been a Top 10 preschool cable TV series in key demographics, reaching 70% of Disney Channel’s and Disney Junior’s available Kids 2-5. Doc McStuffins also averages 16 million views each quarter on the Disney Junior app, VOD, and HULU. In the past year, Doc McStuffins has been ordered over 20 million times via set-top-box VOD.
About Disney Junior
Disney Junior reflects the emotional connection generations of consumers have to Disney storytelling and Disney characters, both classic and contemporary. It invites mom and dad to join their child in the Disney experience of magical, musical and heartfelt stories and characters. Disney Junior’s series blend Disney’s unparalleled storytelling and characters kids love deeply with learning, including early math, language skills, healthy eating and lifestyles, and social skills. In the U.S., Disney Junior is a daily programming block on Disney Channel in 92 million homes and a 24-hour channel reaching over 73 million U.S. homes. In total, there are 35 Disney Junior channels in 27 languages around the world.
About Riley Children’s at Indiana University Health
Riley Children’s Health is Indiana’s only full service statewide pediatric health system. Riley Children’s Health offers complete, comprehensive pediatric care ranging from routine primary care checkups to the most complex acute care needs from highly skilled pediatric specialists. The system connects patients with 200 primary care and 400 specialty care physicians in 19 communities across the state of Indiana. Riley Physicians treat patients in their home communities, bringing top-notch care close to home. This statewide network is an extension of Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health, one of the nation’s leading children’s hospitals. To learn more, visit www.rileychildrens.org, Facebook (@RileyChildrensHealth), Twitter (@RileyChildrens), and YouTube.
About the Family Museum
With 44,000 square feet of programming space, the Family Museum provides interactive exhibits, various Drop-In classes, pre-school classes, school and community outreach, dance classes, and a variety of programs geared towards children 8 and under. Visitors to the Family Museum’s interactive exhibit gallery will discover how food moves from the modern farm to the local store by caring for animals, driving a combine, and moving grain, in the farm exhibit; explore the Mississippi River by adding obstacles and raising or lowering water levels as they watch their boat make its journey down a 28-foot indoor waterplay table resembling an actual stretch of the Mississippi River; chat with neighbors or wave to the mail carrier in the town square exhibit which includes features of everyday life; and make alphabet soup, wash the laundry, and splash around in the virtual pond (without getting wet!) in PlayHouse. Admission is $8 for ages 2-59; seniors 60+ are $4; one-year-old children are $4; children under 1 are free. Regular hours are Sunday: Noon-5pm, Monday-Thursday: 9am-8pm, Friday-Saturday: 9am-5pm. Summer Hours are Sunday: Noon-5pm, Monday: 9am-8pm, Tuesday-Saturday: 9am-5pm. For more information visit www.familymuseum.org, Facebook.com/FamilyMuseum, or Twitter.com/FamilyMuseum.
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