Busan Children's Museum to Officially Open on the 15th of This Month

Aberdeen Entertainment Co., Ltd. (hereinafter Aberdeen) announced that the experiential children's theme park, 'Busan Children's Museum,' is set to officially open on the 15th of this month.

The Children's Museum refers to experiential children's museums operating in over 300 locations across the United States, and is considered one of the favorite spaces for children there. Aberdeen's Busan Children's Museum introduces the American Children's Museum's purpose of protecting children's "right to play" to Korea, while newly planning it to suit the emotional needs of domestic children, and is ambitiously preparing it in the East Busan tourism complex.

This facility is characterized as an experiential children's museum combining STEM and sports elements where children can physically play. STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math, an educational method where children recognize problems themselves and design creative solutions to solve them. Adding Sports to this, the facility operates as an experiential space where children solve problems through physical activities.

Planned as the largest in Korea, the Busan Children's Museum will consist of more than 35 exhibits, encompassing various themes of STEM education. It will provide education on basic natural sciences such as water flow and wind flow, as well as dinosaur exhibitions covering history and archaeology, education on ocean plastic pollution and the global environment, interaction with media technology, and various active physical experiences, all combining STEM and SPORTS.

A representative of Busan Children's Museum said, "This children's museum, located in the Osiria Tourism Complex in Busan, is a new facility where both children and adults can enjoy together. Children can further develop their imagination and creativity through play-based education." He added, "Especially, it consists of various themed halls harmonizing natural science and fine arts, and Aberdeen's Children's Museum aims to share special moments that inspire children's infinite potential, creativity, and imagination."

He continued, "By integrating experiential STEM education based on interest and play, and including sports such as soccer and basketball that help develop physical strength and teamwork, Busan Children's Museum is expected to be great news not only for children but also for parents who have sought play and educational time by visiting large kids cafes or experiential exhibitions."

Finally, he added, "As the fourth wave of COVID-19 begins, the importance of quarantine in large marts, department stores, and multi-use facilities where many people gather is being emphasized again. Therefore, we are thoroughly focusing on hygiene with daily disinfection and quarantine to ensure customers can use the facility safely. Even before opening, we designed customized spaces suitable for the COVID-19 situation, separating each experiential area for children and guardians with partitions to minimize contact between customers."

Meanwhile, Busan Children's Museum was planned and developed by Aberdeen as a brand, and Aberdeen plans to actively participate in the operation of future Children's Museums starting with Busan Children's Museum. Aberdeen has been striving to introduce the American Children's Museum, a complex cultural space combining education and play, to Korea, and in January, it planned and introduced another Aberdeen brand facility called 'Wanna Do Children's Museum' in Siheung.

The Children's Museums developed by Aberdeen have established a sister relationship with the Indianapolis Children's Museum, the largest in the world, collaborating in various ways and continuously sharing response measures during the COVID-19 period to accelerate preparations for opening. Additionally, they are preparing to open a location in Uiwang in 2023 and plan to expand their partnership with the Indianapolis Children's Museum while opening branches in several major cities across Korea.

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