The striking faรงade of the Scott Familyย Amazeumย in Northwest Arkansas is as playful as it is beautiful. This idea of combining fun and functionality carries on throughout the facility, with interactive indoor and outdoor learning spaces, separate meeting areas, and a venue whereย businesses and organizations can host events.
This childrenโs museum features approximately 50,000 square feet of indoor exhibit, meeting, and learning spaces, plus one acre of outdoor learning space. Exhibits include the Tinkering Hub; Hersheyโs Lab; The Neighborhood Market; Art Studio; Canopy Climber; Lift, Load & Haul; Cloud Theater; Water Amazements; Homestead Cabin and Farm; Cave, Nickelodeon Play Lab; Emerging Explorers; Nature & Weather; Outdoor Playscape (complete with climbing wall, of course!); and a traveling exhibit area. Best of all, visitors can touch EVERYTHING! Museum-goers will also find a recycling shop, the Zing Cafรฉ, and walking trails connecting the Amazeum toย Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.
The Amazeumโs many eco-friendly features include an 80-well geothermal cooling system, bioswales, rain gardens, LED lighting, natural day lighting, and daylight harvesting. A reflection of Nabholzโ strong commitment to sustainable building, the construction process itself also included environmentally-friendly practices, such as waste diversion, indoor environmental quality (IEQ) management, and use of ourโฏgreen jobsite trailer.
Theย General Mills Lift, Load & Haulย exhibitย features a real semi-truckย cab and shipping container, which are so big that ourย Nabholz project team had to set them in place andย thenย build the exhibit hall around them!
