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8 WHAT'S UP! FEBRUARY 11-17, 2018 FAQ 'Hot Wheels: Race to Win' WHEN — Through April 29; museum hours are 1-5 p.m. Sunday; 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. Monday; closed Tuesday; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday WHERE — Scott Family Amazeum in Bentonville COST — $9.50; children younger than 2 are admitted free INFO — 696-9280 or amazeum.org BONUS — Priceless Nights, when families may "pay as they wish," take place on selected Wednesdays from 4 to 7 p.m. Dates during the "Hot Wheels" exhibit are Feb. 14, 21, 28; March 7, 14, 28; and April 4, 11, 18 & 25. BECCA MARTIN-BROWN NWA Democrat-Gazette F or the Children's Museum of Indianapolis, "the idea for the exhibit was pretty simple at the start." "We had worked with Mattel on several prior projects, including a [temporary] exhibit at our museum called 'Hot Wheels For Real!' which was about the designs of the toy cars and how those designs sometimes can turn into real-life, full-sized vehicles," says Cathy Hamaker, exhibit developer at CMI. "So we knew kids love Hot Wheels, and Mattel was interested in doing a project with us that could be a traveler. To distinguish it from the prior exhibit, and to make the content more broadly interesting to both children's museums and science centers, we decided to develop it around the science and physics of motorsports, using Hot Wheels cars to illustrate the content." That's how "Hot Wheels: Race to Win," now open at the Amazeum in Bentonville, was born. How it came to fruition is a much more complicated story. "Once we'd decided on this direction, we did a bunch of research on how schools teach these topics (basic physics, simple machines, etc.) and built the content around that," Hamaker says. "We knew we wanted to have lots of Hot Wheels toys (vintage and current) on display, as well as real car parts and pieces, and of course hands-on stuff for kids to do and play COVER STORY NWA Democrat-Gazette/BEN GOFF •@NWABENGOFF Finn McCarty, 8, of Cave Springs races Hot Wheels cars on adjustable track sections. Start Your Engines Hot Wheels rev up fun at Amazeum NWA Democrat-Gazette/BEN GOFF •@NWABENGOFF Lizzie Dorey, 9, of Bentonville tries a racing simulator during a media preview of the new "Hot Wheels: Race to Win" exhibit at the Scott Family Amazeum in Bentonville. The interactive exhibit, created by the Children's Museum of Indianapolis, takes a behind-the- scenes look into the world of auto racing and coincides with the 50th anniversary of Hot Wheels. The exhibit runs through April 29.