These activities are designed to facilitate "Family Learning" or social interaction, collaboration and sharing among members of a multigenerational group.

Try these activities at the museum!

Explore the Hands-On Exhibit

• Create your own sculptures with
  colorful plastic-like shapes.
• Sit on a revolving platform and
  look up at the glass ceiling.
• Blow glass virtually on a computer.
• Explore a hot shop and learn more
  about the process on a computer.

Experience Chihuly’s World of Glass in SpaceQuest® Planetarium

You can take a 15-minute trip through the fascinating sights and sounds the glassblowing process in Chihluy’s hot shop.

Discuss as a group

What do Chihuly’s sculptures look like?
How many pieces of glass do you think are on the tower?
How many pieces of glass do you think are in the ceiling?
What different shapes can you find in the ceiling?
Can you find the following pieces of glass in the ceiling?

Want to learn more?

Did you know?

• There are 3,200 pieces of glass in the tower.
• The ceiling holds 1,600 pieces of glass.
• The tower is 43 feet tall.
• The tower weighs 18,000 pounds (nine tons).
• There are more than 14 different shapes of glass in the ceiling.
• It took six people 14 days to install over 4,800 pieces of glass.