Last week, we were given free tickets to visit Tin Marín, a museum for children in San Salvador. Most of our group had not been there before and we discovered that Tin Marín is a hidden gem in our city. Everyone found something interesting to do despite the wide range in ages. There were so many things to do and helpful people to learn from.
Many of the children tested out the bed of nails. It wasn’t very comfortable.
There were a couple of young doctors from Love & Hope Children’s Home that spent time in the hospital exhibit. One of our little guys played doctor for a very long time, welcoming and checking people into his clinic, giving shots and prescribing medicine.
After learning about the color wheel and rainbows with a staff member at the museum, the kids got to put a hand print on an old Volkswagon Beetle. In the electricity exhibit, the kids rode bikes as fast as they could to see how much power they could produce.
Everyone’s favorite exhibit was the old Taca Airlines airplane. After a short talk about passports, the kids told the guide where they were going; most of our children said Spain and the United States. After boarding, the kids learned about the different parts of the plane and the purpose of everything inside the fuselage. Then the Love & Hope kids got to enter the cockpit! They loved sitting in the captain’s chairs and playing with all the different knobs and buttons to see what they did.
Some of the other exhibits included a pretend grocery store (one of the boys filled his entire cart with meat), a technology exhibit with computers (the boys loved this exhibit), a giant set of teeth and toothbrushes, a volcano to walk inside of, a butterfly garden, a fire truck and fire pole to slide down, a pretend produce market and space exhibit. Thanks for the visit, Tin Marín. We learned a lot!