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JULY 19-25, 2020 WHAT'S UP! 3 FAQ Scott Family Amazeum WHEN — Monday, Wednesday, Thurs- day, Friday and Saturday from 9 to 11 a.m.; noon to 2 p.m.; and 3 to 5 p.m.; and Sunday from noon to 2 p.m. and 3 to 5 p.m. WHERE — 1009 Museum Way in Bentonville COST — $10 for adults and children 2 and older INFO — amazeum.org FYI — The 9 to 11 a.m. time slots on Monday and Saturday will be reserved for Amazeum members. The Amazeum is closed on Tuesday. Poised To Play Again Amazeum opens to visitors this weekend "We're often asked how fun, interactive exhibits like 'Thomas and Friends' help children learn STEM skills when they're just playing," says Sam Dean, executive director of the Amazeum. "Play is the common language of children, and as they play, they learn how things work, experimenting and developing strategies for when things don't go as planned. They learn by doing and carry those solution-finding skills with them to the classroom and career." (Courtesy Photos) "Salvage Swings," designed by Arkansas-based Somewhere Studio lead architects Jessica Colangelo and Charles Sharpless and fabricated in the Fay Jones School of Architecture Fab Lab at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, is a new addition to the outdoor "PlayScape" at the Scott Family Amazeum. BENTONVILLE BECCA MARTIN-BROWN NWA Democrat-Gazette H ow do you adapt an interactive museum for families to function amid concerns about covid-19 exposure? For the Scott Family Amazeum in Bentonville, the answers include regulated admission, a limited schedule that allows for an hour of cleaning for every two hours children are present, required masks, hand sanitizer stations — and it doesn't hurt to have a slogan: "Be smart; play 6 feet apart." The Amazeum announced July 14 that it would open under those conditions this weekend. "The safety, health, and well-being of our members, guests and team are our top priority," spokesman Paul Stolt says. "Guests and members will be asked to enter and exit through designated doors and 'be smart; play 6 feet apart' when in the museum." The museum's 50,000-square-foot exhibit space includes permanent exhibits like the 3M Tinkering Hub, Hershey's Lab, the Market sponsored by Walmart and General Mills Lift, Load & Haul. Having opened in January, shortly before the coronavirus crisis led to the Amazeum closing in mid-March, the temporary exhibit "Thomas & Friends: Explore the Rails" has been held over until September. In the exhibit designed and developed by Minnesota Children's Museum, children can help Thomas and his friends solve a variety of challenges, from a simple sorting and shape identification activity to more complex engineering obstacles, such as completing a train track using track pieces with different levels of elevation. See Amazeum Page 40