The Spotlight Space is our ever changing exhibit where we can feature exciting ideas and concepts. The space is available for partnerships and for our team to come up with our own exhibits.
Current Exhibit: Boxtopia
Boxtopia is a dynamic hands-on exhibit where imagination takes centre stage! Using nothing by carboard and creativity, kids can explore, design and build in this-ever changing world of forts, tunnels, sculptures and more. With no rules and endless possibilities, every visit offers a new adventure in problem-solving, collaboration, and creative expression.
Open for building beginning on Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Open daily from Tuesday to Sunday from 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Included with admission or membership.
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Why kids (and their grown-ups) love Boxtopia:
- Cardboard creations: Countless boxes of all sizes for endless building fun where you can make anything!
- Open-ended play: No instructions—just pure imagination at work.
- Experiment and Build: In Boxtopia you’ll put your skills to work to build worlds utilizing a variety of materials and Makedo tools including kid-safe saws and perforators. Like what you play with? Check out the gift shop and take some Makedo tools home with you (available soon).
- Collaborate with your kids: Boxtopia is the perfect exhibit for adults to get involved and have just as much fun as their kiddos. Come ready to put your hard hats on as you collaborate with your family to design, assemble, and test your creations.
- Display your creations: While you’re welcome to take your creation home with you, we encourage all builders to place their creation within Boxtopia to enhance the experience for everyone!
- Always evolving: Each visit offers a new experience with boundless opportunities to add your creations to Boxtopia.
Boxtopia is more than play, it’s learning in disguise:
- STEAM in action: Hands-on science, technology, engineering, arts, and math in action.
- Creative confidence: Experiment, explore, and bring ideas to life.
- Teamwork and collaboration: Work together, problem-solve, and share ideas.
- Sustainability in play: Discover the power of re-using materials in your creations.
STEAM Adventure Programming
Check-out our event calendar to learn more about our drop-in STEAM Adventure programs that are offered most weekends, providing even more opportunities for kids and caregivers to create incredible cardboard structures using Makedo tools including kid-safe saws, perforators, and screwdrivers with reusable screws to make anything you can imagine.
Boxtopia is open for a limited time – come create, learn, and play today!
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Thank you to our Boxtopia supporters for helping bring this exhibit to life:
Box Benefactors:
Spicers