The gut is a very ‘on-trend’ at the moment! You’ll find kombucha and kimchi on every café menu and lots of talk about gut health, gut microbiomes and gut microbes in Sunday lifestyle magazines and cookbooks.
Melbourne Museum’s latest temporary exhibition is all about Gut Feelings. It explores how new science shows that our gut and mental health are linked in ways researchers are only just discovering.
The multi-sensory experience features art installations, object displays, things to touch, splendid sounds and unexpected sights.
The drag-and-drop interactive screen and tactile stomach lining are the biggest hits with the kids!
To accompany Gut Feelings during the Autumn school holidays, kids can take an immersive, interactive journey through the human digestive system in Born in a Taxi presents: Gut Feeling.
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The Melbourne-based performance theatre duo are the wise ‘Gut Guides’ who teach kids all about the human body with silly songs, activities, projections and more.
Each child is allocated a food group before being ingested (ie climbing inside) a huge scale human digestive system.
During the 45 minute session, they learn about how food is turned into energy…
….crawl through the stomach, small intestine, large intestine…..
….draw their own healthy microbes…
….before each child is pooed out of a giant bum to the sounds of the Blue Danube….or rather, the Poo Danube!
The show is generally suitable for kids 6+ years because they will not be accompanied by an adult and need to be able to follow instructions. Some of the spaces are quite small so kids will need to crawl. Note also that the ‘whoosh whoosh squelch’ digestive system sounds can be quite loud at times, so the combination of dim light, enclosed spaces and creepy sounds may not suit all kids.
Born in a Taxi presents: Gut Feeling is a fun and educational show that’s sure to inspire laughter and learning, long after your little ones leave the show.
For more things to do at Melbourne Museum go to Pauline Gandel Children’s Gallery, Mini Mega Model Museum, Road to Zero
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