The Kansas Children’s Discovery Center will host the nationally-traveling Emotions at Play with Pixar’s Inside Out this fall! Based on Disney and Pixar’s hit animated feature Inside Out, the exhibit is filled with interactive experiences that help visitors understand the important role emotions, memory and imagination play in our everyday lives. Hands-on and digital experiences focus on the five emotions featured in the award-wining film: Joy, Sadness, Anger, Disgust and Fear. Children and families learn to recognize emotions and explore how we express and manage our emotions. The exhibit will be open at the Discovery Center from September 20, 2024 to January 5, 2025 and is included in the cost of regular admission. The exhibit will also be open during monthly free nights on October 17, November 21, and December 19.

The exhibit was developed by Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh in collaboration with Pixar Animation Studios. In this exhibit, visitors can:

• Step into Headquarters to explore the range and intensity of emotions at the Control Panel
• Explore some of the ways we show how we feel with our faces and bodies at the Emotions Mirrors
• Think about an important memory and how it made them feel – or show how they’re feeling currently by creating a glowing Memory Sphere
• Use their imagination to create a story and perform it at Dream Productions
• Work to keep the train on track – what feelings do you have when you control and balance the Train of Thought?
• Explore how emotions work together as they stack and balance the Emotion Blocks