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Did you know that Iceland - despite all that ice and snow - is one of the "greenest" countries in the world? Iceland relies greatly on geothermal energy, hydropower and wind power. Renewable energies make up 85% of the country's energy supply! To demonstrate how wind power works, visitors are constructing their own K'Nex (@knexbrands ) based windmills in the Muse Studio as we learn more about the arts and culture of Iceland! #CMNH #CMNHmosaic #CMNHstudio #Knex #WindPower #Iceland #GreenEnergy #FamilyFun #RenewableResource #SeacoastNH #DoverNH #NewHampshire (at The Children's Museum of New Hampshire)

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Guess what happens when you teach one child how to play a percussion instrument? And then you teach another child? And then another? You've got yourself a band! #CMNH was so happy to welcome immensely talented musician Jonny Peiffer (@wisebelly ) from the Portsmouth Music and Arts Center (@pmacportsmouth ) to our Muse Studio this afternoon as part of our Mosaic Multicultural unit. Jonny taught our visitors about the many different members of the percussion family! You probably know the conga, bongos and tambourine, but do you know about the djembe, shekere, and singing bowls? Music is such a vital part of education and we're so happy that Jonny shared his knowledge and creative spirit with us today. #CMNHmosaic #CMNHstudio #CMNHoutreach #CMNHjp #PercussionFamily #MusicEducation #Shekere #CongaDrums #Cowbell #MoreCowbell #PMAC #FamilyFun #SeacoastNH #PortsmouthNH #DoverNH #NewHampshire (at The Children's Museum of New Hampshire)

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CMNH Educator Crystal has been practicing her Tango steps so she can teach visitors how to dance like the Porteños do! (Porteños, or "People of the Port" is the nickname of those hailing from Beunos Aires, the capital city of Argentina) #CMNH #CMNHmosaic #CMNHstudio #CMNHcl #Tango #Portenos #FamilyFun #BeunosAires #Argentina #SeacoastNH #DoverNH #NewHampshire (at The Children's Museum of New Hampshire)

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This week finds us making our last South American stop for this year's Mosaic multicultural unit. We left the island nation of Madagascar last week and now find ourselves surrounded by the sounds of the Charango, Pifilca and Bandoneon as we learn about the arts and culture of beautiful Argentina! #CMNH #CMNHmosaic #CMNHstudio #Argentina #OscarAleman #OsvaldoPugliese #HugoDiaz #RaulBarboza #JamieTorres #TitoAlberti #GatoBarbieri #SuiGeneris #BajofondoTangoClub #AstorPiazzolla #Bandoneon #Charango #Pifilca #Erkencho #DoverNH #NewHampshire (at The Children's Museum of New Hampshire)

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Our jubilant little ring-tailed lemur friend is awfully excited that we're learning all about his home country of Madagascar in the Muse Studio this week as part of our Mosaic multicultural unit! #CMNH #CMNHmosaic #Madagascar #RingTailedLemur #ArtsAndCrafts #SeacoastNH #DoverNH #NewHampshire (at The Children's Museum of New Hampshire)

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Museum Educator Crystal spent this afternoon teaching our visitors traditional Thai dance steps! Why would she do such a thing? Because we're learning all about Thailand in the Muse Studio this week as part of our three month Mosaic multicultural unit! #CMNH #CMNHmosaic #CMNHstudio #CMNHcl #Thailand #Thai #ThaiDance #LamTungWai #ChaweewanDumnern #WorldCulture #FamilyFun #SeacoastNH #DoverNH #NewHampshire (at The Children's Museum of New Hampshire)

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We say goodbye to Italy today after a week of exploring the dance, art, food, language, music and volcanos(!) of the beautiful "Boot" of Europe! Visitors spent a lot of time in the Muse Studio during this stop on our Mosaic multicultural global tour. They learned how to make their own stained glass windows - just like the ones spread across Italy that are hundreds of years old! Next up, we travel almost 12,000 miles away to exotic New Zealand! #CMNH #CMNHmosaic #CMNHstudio #Italy #ArtsAndCrafts #EhCumpari #FamilyFun #TissuePaper #PopsicleSticks #SeacoastNH #DoverNH #NewHampshire (at The Children's Museum of New Hampshire)

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"Heel! Toe! Heel! Jump together!" Week Six of our multicultural Mosaic program brings us to beautiful Italy! Museum Educator and dancer extraordinaire Crystal (and her tambourine) taught today's visitors the basic steps behind the Italian folk dance known as the Tarantella! #CMNH #CMNHmosaic #CMNHstudio #CMNHcl #Italy #Italia #Tarantella #Tambourine #FamilyFun #SeacoastNH #DoverNH #NewHampshire (at The Children's Museum of New Hampshire)