My City July 2022

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The project which began as an idea nearly seven years ago has come to completion … and the final product is absolutely astounding!

be rotated through the years, making sure that the History Gallery is always presenting something new. After the History Gallery, visitors and car enthusiasts will be ready to enter the Durant Gallery displaying classic cars of all makes and models. (After a $500,000 contribution from General Motors, the auto gallery was named after GM Founder, Billy Durant.) Še gallery will not only display cars from the past but will also look to the future. Upon opening, the gallery will display a new self-driving, fully-electric GM proto type vehicle. Next, for those won dering if the museum’s childhood shopping expe rience will stay, Hagerman Street – the Childhood Learning Gallery – is more fun and exciting than ever.Še interactive area features a three-story tree house, grocery store, street (with rideable tricycles!), dentist’s o˜ce, interactive ambulance and more.Šis gallery comes equipped with its own meeting space ready to be rented for birthday parties, meetings and other celebrations. Continued on pg. 81 

BELOW: THE DURANT GALLERY WILL SHOWCASE VEHICLES FROM THE PAST AND FUTURE SUCH AS THIS GM SELF-DRIVING, ELECTRIC PROTOTYPE.

TOP: THE HAGERMAN STREET MARKET (CHILDHOOD LEARNING GALLERY) IS BACK AND BETTER THAN EVER FEATURING A TREE HOUSE, MARKET, DENTIST’S OFFICE AND MORE. ABOVE LEFT: THE NEW SLOAN OFFERS MULTIPLE FULLY-EQUIPPED CLASSROOMS AND MEETING ROOMS. ABOVE RIGHT: THE BUICK-PRODUCED HELLCAT TANK WILL BE A PART OF THE HISTORY GALLERY.

and ten-more intriguing science attractions for kids and adults alike. Attached to Discovery Hall is a large and accommodating Mak er’s Space where attendees will participate in STEM projects such as robotics, physics and more. Also centrally located is the temporary exhibit space designed to accommodate large traveling installa tions with the rst special exhibit scheduled for a July 2023 opening.

History buƒs and educators will be happy to take their families and classes to the re-designed History Gallery. From the early native settlers to Jacob Smith’s trading post and into the future, guests will “follow the river” as it winds through the history of the city until it culmi nates in the Flint Water Crisis display.Še Sloan Museum holds nearly 50,000 artifacts of Genesee County history which will

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