Welcome to Cardboard Storyland, a home for fantastical worlds and unique characters where stories become reality through the magic of cardboard and YOUR imagination.
Everyone has a story to tell. Bring yours to life using materials such as cardboard, tape and yarn. From space travel and sea diving to exploring castles and saving cities, where will your creation take you? Meet four different characters during your visit to help spark your imagination. If you can dream it, you can build it!
Jan. 18 through May 31, 2025
This experience is located on level three. Entry to this exhibit is included with the purchase of museum admission.
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NOVA GALAXY
Many aliens live together on the Nova Galaxy planets. Meet Yasha, who builds robots to help explore these diverse worlds. Can you help Yasha by building a robot helper or spaceship? How about an out-of-this-world vehicle to explore alien planets?
BESCHER KINGDOM
The Bescher Kingdom is full of fun, magic and amazing creatures. Asher, the shy and friendly dragon, tells stories while adventuring through the magical forest. Use your imagination to dream up a cardboard puppet who would live in the forest. Or maybe inside a castle that you construct.
VALD SEA
The Vald Sea is filled with aquatic life, colorful reefs and sunken pirate ships. Max, an adventurous explorer, finds shipwrecks while searching for hidden treasure. Can you create a pirate ship from cardboard and tape? How about hidden treasures, or an undersea friend of your own.
MONUMENT CITY
The streets of Monument City are filled with people, cars and crime. Meet superhero Haunt who spends her time helping the citizens alongside her superhero friends. Get creative and design your own superhero costume, build some superhero tools or make a special hideout for superheroes only!
