Badge Category: Investigation
Audience: Junior (grades 4-5)
Theme: Detective
CGM Program: Downtown Walking Tour with urban archeology spin for Girl Scouts. Can you guess what this building was originally? There are many buildings in Coral Gables from the 1920s that are on this tour and would be perfect for this theme. For example, did you know that the Coral Gables Museum used to be the Old Police and Fire Station? And the Bank of America building used to be an outdoor movie theater called Dream Theater? This fun tour encourages observation skills, while teaching local history and architecture.
Registration: $10 per person. Scouts must be accompanied by an adult. RSVP: 305.603.8067 / education@coralgablesmuseum.org
Badge Category: Creative Play
Audience: Junior (grades 4-5)
Theme: Playing the Past
CGM Program: On this lively and entertaining exhibit tour, students will participate in an interactive skit, read George Merrick’s poems, and use their powers of persuasion while pretending to be realtors! Creating the Dream is an exhibition about Coral Gables’ founder and developer, George Merrick. Students will learn how George Merrick, his family and other visionaries created one of Miami-Dade County’s finest planned communities. Students will explore local history, pioneer life, 1920’s Boom Period, architecture, urban planning and development.
Registration: $10 per person. Scouts must be accompanied by an adult. RSVP: 305.603.8067 / education@coralgablesmuseum.org
Badge Category: Investigation
Audience: Junior (grades 4-5)
Theme: Detective
CGM Program: Downtown Walking Tour with urban archeology spin for Girl Scouts. Can you guess what this building was originally? There are many buildings in Coral Gables from the 1920s that are on this tour and would be perfect for this theme. For example, did you know that the Coral Gables Museum used to be the Old Police and Fire Station? And the Bank of America building used to be an outdoor movie theater called Dream Theater? This fun tour encourages observation skills, while teaching local history and architecture.
Registration: $10 per person. Scouts must be accompanied by an adult. RSVP: 305.603.8067 / education@coralgablesmuseum.org
Badge Category: Creative Play
Audience: Junior (grades 4-5)
Theme: Playing the Past
CGM Program: On this lively and entertaining exhibit tour, students will participate in an interactive skit, read George Merrick’s poems, and use their powers of persuasion while pretending to be realtors! Creating the Dream is an exhibition about Coral Gables’ founder and developer, George Merrick. Students will learn how George Merrick, his family and other visionaries created one of Miami-Dade County’s finest planned communities. Students will explore local history, pioneer life, 1920’s Boom Period, architecture, urban planning and development.
Registration: $10 per person. Scouts must be accompanied by an adult. RSVP: 305.603.8067 / education@coralgablesmuseum.org
