Published In:
Ann Arbor News, October 24, 1983
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Museum Party: Aaron Varani, 2 1/2, of Ann Arbor discovers how to operate an electric generator, left, while Joe Berlucchi, a 6-year-old from Ypsilanti, eyes the mysterious Bernoulli ball, right, at Sunday's first birthday party for the Hands On Museum in Ann Arbor. About 200 guests sampled a cake that resembled the Museum's historic building at the corner of Huron and Fifth Avenues, and grownups and children alike tried out some of the new exhibits at the museum. Besides the Bernoulli ball, which is held in position by a stream of air from the cone, those include an archaeology display of items found during the renovation of the old city fire station, a levitator and a light table.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, October 24, 1983
Caption:
Museum Party: Aaron Varani, 2 1/2, of Ann Arbor discovers how to operate an electric generator, left, while Joe Berlucchi, a 6-year-old from Ypsilanti, eyes the mysterious Bernoulli ball, right, at Sunday's first birthday party for the Hands On Museum in Ann Arbor. About 200 guests sampled a cake that resembled the Museum's historic building at the corner of Huron and Fifth Avenues, and grownups and children alike tried out some of the new exhibits at the museum. Besides the Bernoulli ball, which is held in position by a stream of air from the cone, those include an archaeology display of items found during the renovation of the old city fire station, a levitator and a light table.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, August 12, 1987
Caption:
Field Trip to a Popular Place: Kids from the Thurston Summer Day Camp march across Huron on a field trip to the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum, a popular place for people of all ages. At left, camp counselor Earl Flanagan waits with some of the young campers to get into the museum.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, August 12, 1987
Caption:
Field Trip to a Popular Place: Kids from the Thurston Summer Day Camp march across Huron on a field trip to the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum, a popular place for people of all ages. At left, camp counselor Earl Flanagan waits with some of the young campers to get into the museum.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, July 25, 1986
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The Stegosaurus That Ate Ann Arbor? This prehistoric visitor was of the friendly sort, despite his threatening scowl. Impression 5, Michigan's Science Museum, sent the unusual representative to the Ann Arbor Hands On Museum For Art Fair.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, January 25, 1982
Caption:
With Hands On Check: Cynthia Feller (left) and Joan Blunt present a $1,500 check to Cynthia Yao of the Hands On Museum. Feller and Blunt represent the Washtenaw County Medical Society Auxiliary, which has adopted the museum as its philanthropic project for the organization's 1981-82 year. Remodeling work on the Hands On Museum, located in the old downtown fire station, is continuing, with the museum scheduled to open next June. The money was raised at the Medical Society Auxiliary's First Annual Run last November and at a fashion show in December.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, October 24, 1983
Caption:
Cake Admirer: Eight-year-old Marlot Lystra from Eberwhite Elementary School, admires the cake replica of the old Ann Arbor Fire Station. Showing her the cake is George Cowe, the master pastry chef at Dough Boy Pastries which donated the cake during the first birthday celebration of the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum Sunday. The museum is located in the old fire station on East Huron Street.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, November 5, 1998
Caption:
Plymouth-Canton fourth-grader Katie Shepherd learns how different fabrics make tasks easier or more difficult at the 'Clothing: Science from Head to Toe' exhibit at the Hands-On Museum in Ann Arbor. Here, she's using thick work gloves to place plastic shapes into holes while being timed.