Indiana 811 Partners with The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis to Teach Kids About Safe Digging

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Article sponsored by the Indiana 811

The award winning Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, established in 1925, is the world’s largest children’s museum. Indiana 811, in partnership with the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission, has established a relationship with The Children’s Museum to educate our future diggers on the world of 811 and Knowing What’s Below through a series of interactive displays. The popular dinosaur section of the museum, “Dinosphere,” just underwent a major renovation, and Indiana 811 signage features prominently throughout, including in the “Dig Pit,”an area where children can dig for dinosaur bones.

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Playing on the theme of digging for bones, an interactive display in Dinosphere helps to educate kids on buried utility lines by letting them see everything that can potentially be underground by using acrylic filters on paddles that slide across the “underground” surface. With a yearly attendance rate of over 1 million, Indiana 811 look forward to many more years of sponsoring The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis.

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