HOME | FOUNDATION NEWS | GUIDELINES | SCHEDULE | PROCESS | ABOUT BRADY CORPORATION Pretend manufacturing and green-building exhibits premier on July 30 at Betty Brinn Children’s Museum New exhibits feature STEM-focused activities for young children The Betty Brinn Children's Museum will reveal two new exhibit areas during a special event at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, July 30: Brady Corporation, Jr., and Under Construction – Go Green! The exhibits highlight the importance of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education; and will be a main part of renovations to A Trading Place, the Museum’s kid-sized community that helps children understand commerce and the people, processes and places that make a community work. Brady Corporation, Jr., generously sponsored by Brady Corporation Foundation, will be a pretend manufacturing environment where little visitors can try their hands at big jobs. Kids can have fun as they take on different roles to prepare, assemble, and pack a variety of safety signs like those manufactured at Brady, and learn the importance of the manufacturing cycle to producing a quality product. An interactive map, conveyor system and overhead hoist will help workers proudly ship their finished product around the world. In Under Construction – Go Green!, kids can grab a hard hat and work together as architects, engineers, contractors and project managers to build a pretend ecology center. Children will use pretend eco-friendly roofing, siding, window, brick and landscaping materials along with other tools of the trade to finish the ecology center’s exterior. Inside, children will learn more about green building as they help build the interior, as well as understand the benefits of alternative energy sources, including solar and geothermal. This exhibit is made possible with support from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Thanks to a special gift from the Elizabeth A. Brinn Foundation, A Trading Place will feature new streetscaping and business additions to the main street that will help enhance visitors’ role-play experience. On July 30, the Museum will also unveil a new name for the area. Future plans for the area include a kid-sized interactive pick-up truck, which will serve as a mobile office for little workers. These exhibits and upgrades will be permanent additions to the Museum floor, and are included with regular admission. The Museum is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday – Saturday, and noon to 5 p.m. on Sundays (closed Mondays September – May). Admission is $6 per person, $5 for seniors (55+) and free for Museum members and children younger than 1 year. About the Betty Brinn Children's Museum The Betty Brinn Children’s Museum is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to providing educational resources that promote the healthy development of children in their formative years – from birth to age 10.The Museum’s mission is supported by the development of age-appropriate, hands-on exhibits and programs for children, and adult education programs that focus on early childhood brain development, learning styles, parenting skills and how the Museum environment can be used to promote a young child’s cognitive, emotional, social and physical growth. The Museum has benefited more than 2.2 million children and adults since opening in 1995. About Brady Corporation Brady Corporation (NYSE:BRC) is an international manufacturer and marketer of complete solutions that identify and protect premises, products and people. Its products include high-performance labels and signs, safety devices, printing systems and software, and precision die-cut materials forcustomers in electronics, telecommunications, manufacturing, electrical, construction, education, medical and a variety of other industries. Brady is headquartered in Milwaukee and employs about 7,000 people at operations in the Americas, Europe and Asia/Pacific. Brady’s fiscal 2009 sales were approximately $1.2 billion. The Brady Corporation Foundation was established in 2005 as the primary source of charitable contributions for Brady Corporation, and makes multi-year cash grants to non-profit organizations focusing on three primary areas of leadership development: formative development that ensures a positive start through youth outreach programs and community outreach organizations; skills development that provides the right building blocks through programs and projects aimed at primary and secondary school students; and leadership development programs to refine skills at the college level and beyond. More information is available on the Internet at www.bradycorp.com.