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Museum offers an amazing journey through the human body

&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;" alignright size-full wp-image-1604" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;schoolnewsnz&period;fastrackdev&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;06&sol;SND16-wk5-Museum-Body&period;jpg" alt&equals;"SND16-wk5-Museum-Body" style&equals;"margin&colon; 5px&semi; float&colon; right&semi;" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"287" &sol;>Smelly toilets&comma; a giant nose&comma; a huge mouth and a heart that never stops beating all feature in a new family-focused exhibition at Waikato Museum&period; <&excl;--more--> <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Body in Action opens on July 4 and explores the way our bodies work in colourful and exciting ways&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Body in Action encourages visitors to explore different aspects of the human body with more than 20 interactive items&comma; 12 models and displays&comma; and a selection of objects from the David Warnock Medical Museum&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Waikato Museum director Cherie Meecham says visitors can crawl through a giant nasal passage&comma; slide down the oesophagus&comma; venture through guts and learn what happens at the other end&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;We&&num;8217&semi;re really excited to bring this highly engaging&comma; fun science experience to Waikato Museum in time for the July school holidays&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Ms Meecham says&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;With experiences like the Giant Nose&comma; Amazing Tireless Heart&comma; Giant Mouth and Smelly Toilets&comma; children can have endless fun while putting their minds to work at the same time&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Waikato Museum is also offering Body in Action education science programmes for schools and birthday party packages until the exhibition closes on October 11&comma; 2015&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Admission to Body in Action is &dollar;5 &lpar;children 0- 3 years old free&rpar;&comma; with discounted combo deals available&comma; which include the Exscite and Planet Warriors interactive science galleries&period; Visit waikatomuseum&period;co&period;nz for details&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Body in Action is developed and toured by Te Manawa Museum of Art&comma; Science and History&comma; Palmerston North&period;<&sol;p><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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Rosie Clarke

Rosie is the managing editor here at Multimedia Pty Ltd, working across School News New Zealand and School News Australia. She has spent 10+ years in B2B journalism, and has spent some time over the last couple of years teaching as a sessional academic. Feel free to contact her at any time with editorial or magazine content enquiries.

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