press release
Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood: A Grr-ific Exhibit Opens at National Children’s Museum
September 9, 2024
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
WASHINGTON — Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood: A Grr-ific Exhibit opens at National Children’s Museum on Saturday, September 14, 2024! This new exhibit brings to life the themes presented in the award-winning PBS KIDS television series created by Fred Rogers Productions that follows the adventures of 4-year-old Daniel Tiger and his friends.
The Museum’s Visiting Exhibit Hall will host the immersive world of Daniel Tiger’s neighborhood where visitors will work together to solve problems, use their imaginations to transform their surroundings, and play along with Daniel’s singable strategies to learn life’s little lessons. Little learners encounter the meaning of empathy, gratitude, sharing, and diversity in an environment of creativity, music, and interactive play. The exhibit, created by Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh in partnership with Fred Rogers Productions, incorporates themes presented in the PBS series such as community, communication, and emotions, enabling young children to understand their feelings and those of their neighbors.
Along with the emotional lessons gleaned in the Neighborhood, visitors can:
Try on character masks and helper costumes at the Imagination Stage.
Visit the Post Office to sort, deliver, and receive packages and letters.
Express themselves through unusual instruments at the Music Shop.
Meet Daniel and all of his friends at the Neighborhood School Character Mural and make each friend say something special.
Step inside the Clock Factory to play with a variety of clocks.
Write or draw thank-you notes to add to the Thank You Tree.
Cozy up with a good book in O the Owl’s Reading Nest.
Stroll with a Trolley along the path, and ring the bell upon arrival!
“Daniel Tiger reminds us all to be kind, thoughtful, and active neighbors. At National Children’s Museum, where our mission is to inspire children to care about and change the world, these values are central to our work to develop the next generation of young leaders and innovators,” said Meredith Hamme, interim CEO of National Children’s Museum. “We are thrilled to host Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood: A Grr-ific Exhibit, and we are grateful to PNC who have made the run of this experience possible.”
“As a longtime partner of Fred Rogers Productions, we are excited to bring this immersive Daniel Tiger exhibit to the National Children’s Museum,” said Jermaine Johnson, PNC regional president for Greater Washington and Virginia. “Investing in early education is a powerful way to create a meaningful difference in our communities, which has been the driving force behind our PNC Grow Up Great® initiative for 20 years. By supporting engaging programs and experiences like this one, we are helping to create a world of opportunities for the next generation and beyond.”
Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood: A Grr-ific Exhibit is included in the cost of Museum admission. Tickets to the Museum are $18.95 for adults and children 1 and older and are free for children under 1 and Museum members. For more information about the exhibit at National Children’s Museum, please visit www.nationalchildrensmuseum.org/visting-exhibit-hall.
Located at 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW off the Woodrow Wilson Plaza, National Children’s Museum is open 9:30 am to 4:30 pm every day except Tuesdays.
Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood: A Grr-ific Exhibit was created by Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh in partnership with Fred Rogers Productions.
Local sponsorship of Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood: A Grr-ific Exhibit was made possible through sponsorship by PNC.
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About National Children’s Museum
Celebrating five decades of play in 2024, STEAM adventure awaits at National Children’s Museum, located in the heart of downtown Washington, D.C. With a mission to inspire children to care about and change the world, the Museum sparks curiosity and ignites creativity for children under the age of twelve and their families. Through playful science, technology, engineering, arts and math (STEAM) based exhibits, programs and virtual offerings, the Museum reaches millions of people each year. Learn more and plan your visit at nationalchildrensmuseum.org.
About PNC Foundation
The PNC Foundation, which receives its principal funding from The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (NYSE: PNC), actively supports organizations that provide services for the benefit of communities in which it has a significant presence. The foundation focuses its philanthropic mission on early childhood education and community and economic development, which includes the arts and culture. Through PNC Grow Up Great®, its signature cause that began in 2004, PNC has created a bilingual $500 million, multi-year initiative to help prepare children from birth to age 5 for success in school and life. For more information, visit http://www.pncgrowupgreat.com.
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (NYSE: PNC) is one of the largest diversified financial services institutions in the United States, organized around its customers and communities for strong relationships and local delivery of retail and business banking including a full range of lending products; specialized services for corporations and government entities, including corporate banking, real estate finance and asset-based lending; wealth management and asset management. For information about PNC, visit www.pnc.com.
About Children’s Museum Pittsburgh
Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh is a place that provides innovative and inclusive museum experiences that inspire kindness, joy, creativity and curiosity for all learners. Our imaginative, open-ended exhibits and programs give families the opportunity to explore topics like art, making and social-emotional learning in ways that are authentic, meaningful, and most of all, fun! The museum is open every day, from 10:00 am – 5:00 pm.
About Fred Rogers Productions
Fred Rogers Productions was founded by Fred Rogers in 1971 as the non-profit producer of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood for PBS. In the years that followed, it created hundreds of episodes of this much-loved program and extended Fred’s values and approach to other efforts in promoting children’s social, emotional, and behavioral health while supporting parents, caregivers, teachers, and other professionals in their work with children. Fred Rogers Productions continues to build on Fred’s legacy in innovative ways through a wide variety of media and engages new generations of children and families with his timeless wisdom. The company’s highly-rated children’s series, including Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, Peg + Cat, Odd Squad, and Through the Woods, have earned 30 Emmy® Awards among other important honors. Newly launched in 2021 on PBS KIDS is Donkey Hodie, the innovative puppet series inspired by characters from Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood; and most recently Alma’s Way, an animated series created by Sonia Manzano, known to generations of children and adults as “Maria” on Sesame Street. For more information, visit www.fredrogers.org
