ABSOLUTELY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.GERRY, BACK TO YOU.>> ALL RIGHT, BARB.THANK YOU.
>> GERRY: YOU DON'T GET TO KEEPTHE MONIKER OF WORLD'S LARGESTCHILDREN'S MUSEUM WITHOUTCONTINUALLY INNOVATING IN THE
CRITICAL AREAS THAT IMPACT YOUNGPEOPLE AND THAT'S JUST WHAT'SHAPPENING THIS YEAR AT THECHILDREN'S MUSEUM IN
INDIANAPOLIS.IT'S ESTABLISHING THE HERITAGEGROUP CENTER FOR FAMILY LEARNINGIN STEM.
MUSEUM PRESIDENT AND CEO DR.JEFF PATCHEN RETURNS TO GIVE USINSIGHT ON THIS NEW INITIATIVE.AND OTHER EXCITING THINGS GOING
ON.JEFF, AS ALWAYS, WANL.>> THANK YOU.>> AS WE WERE TALKING OFF
CAMERA, THE CENTER FOR LEARNINGAND STEM IS REALLY NOT A PLACE,IN A SENSE, IT IS AN ORGANIZERFOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY,
ENGINEERING, AND MATH.>> IT IS.IT IS REALLY AN UMBRELLA FORMANY OF THE THINGS WE ALREADY DO
IN STEM.AND EXHIBIT SPACES LIKE SCIENCEWORKS, AND OUR BEYOND SPACESHIPEARTH, TREASURES OF THE EARTH,
AND THE LIKE.BUT IT IS ALSO A PLACE FOR US TOBEGIN TO DEVELOP INSTITUTES THATFOCUS ON VERY VARIOUS ASPECTS OF
STEM.>> Gerry: WE TALK A LOT ABOUTSTEM ON THIS PROGRAM.BUT FOR THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM TO
REALLY TAKE A BIG FOCUS IN THIS,WHY DO IT?>> WELL, IT'S IMPORTANT,OBVIOUSLY, IT TIES TO JOBS, IT
TIES TO CAREERS, IT TIES TOEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT.WHAT WE LOVE TO FOCUS ON IS THEFAMILY LEARNING ASPECT OF THIS,
THE MULTI-GENERATIONAL ASPECT.FOR INSTANCE, WE HAVE THE SPACECAPSULE, THAT GUS CHRISTEN FLEW,THE REAL ONE ON DISPLAY, WE HAVE
GRANDPARENTS TALKING TOGRANDCHILDREN ABOUT GUS'SFLIGHT, AND WHAT IT WAS LIKE,AND GRANDKIDS WILL LOOK AT THAT
AND SAY SOMEONE WENT UP IN SPACEIN THAT?LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THAT KINDOF THING.
WE TRANSCEND IT IN A CONTEXTUALWAY.>> Gerry: IT IS UNIQUELYPOSITIONED, OR QUALIFIED TO
PROVIDE THAT CONTEXT, PRO SIDEAN INTERESTING ENVIRONMENT TOLEARN?>> ABSOLUTELY, AND THE RESOURCES
FROM THE CENTER OF FAMILYLEARNING AND STEM, GO TO SUPPORTREAL SCIENCES DOING REAL WORK.LIKE DR. DAVID WOLF, FOCUSSED ON
BIO REACTORS IN SPACE AND ON THEGROUND.AND WE'RE ABLE TO TAKE THE REALRESEARCH THAT'S GOING ON IN THE
SPACE STATION AND CREATE SPACESFOR KIDS AND CHILDREN TO LEARN ALOT MORE ABOUT IT.>> Gerry: THIS IS A REAL WIN.
>> ABSOLUTELY.>> Gerry: THIS HAS BEEN A BIGWEEK, BEEN A BIG YEAR FOR THECHILDREN'S MUSEUM.
>> IT HAS.>> Gerry: JUST BROKEN GROUND ONTHIS SPORTS LEGENDS PARK, $35MILLION.
TALK ABOUT THE TIMELINE, AND HOWIMPORTANT, REALLY, THE BIGGESTPROJECT IN SOME 40 YEARS.>> OUR LARGEST EXPANSION.
WE TRIED FOR YEARS TO GET OURARMS AROUND HEALTH AND FITNESS,AND HAVING AN INDOOR EXHIBIT ONHEALTH AND FITNESS, NOT
PARTICULARLY POPULAR, AS YOUMIGHT IMAGINE, WHEN YOU'RELOOKING AT COSMIC STUFF, ORBARBIE, OR EVEN TREASURES OF THE
EARTH.BUT GETTING OUR ARMS AROUND THISIN A WAY THROUGH THE LENSES OFSPORTS LEGENDS, MEN, WOMEN,
ATHLETES, OWNERS, BROADCASTERSEVEN.AND HELP THAT BE THE LENS FORWHICH WE CAN GET PARENTS AND
GRANDPARENTS AND THEIR CHILDRENAND GRANDCHILDREN ACTIVE AND UPAND GOING THROUGH THE LENSES OFSPORTS.
>> JUST AS STEM IS A WAY TOCONNECT WITH COMMUNITY, THESPORTS LENDS PARK IS A REALCONNECTOR TO COMMUNITY.
AND PART OF THIS, AS WE'VETALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST ISEDUCATION CORRIDOR, IF YOU L TOINCLUDE IVY TECH AND A NUMBER OF
ASSETS.>> YES, AND OUR LEAD PARTNERWITH THIS IS I.U. RILEY, ANDTHEY ARE OUR SPONSOR WITH THIS,
AS WELL AS OUR TEAMS, THE PACERSAND THE FEVER, COLTS, THE FUEL,ARE PARTNERS, USTA, AS WELL ASSOME OF THE GOVERNING
ORGANIZATIONS HERE IN INDY, ASWELL.>> Gerry: TIMELINE FOR THIS, ABIG PROJECT.
YOU'VE JUST BROKEN GROUND.>> WE'RE MOVING BIG DIRT THISSUMMER, AND END OF THIS SUMMER,AND FALL AND OPEN SPRING BREAK
OF 2018.>> Gerry: ALL RIGHT, A BIGPROJECT AMONG MANY BIG PROJECTSAT THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM.
JEFF PATCHEN, GREAT TO SEE YOU.>>AND A REMINDER ALL OF OUR (I)ON EDUCATION SEGMENTS CAN BE
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