Badge Category: Creative Play

Audience: Junior (grades 4-5)

Theme: Playing the Past

Coral Gables Museum presents a special exhibit tour Creating the Dream, an exhibition about Coral Gables’ founder and developer, George Merrick. Students will learn how George Merrick, his family and other visionaries created one of Miami-Dade County’s finest planned communities. On this tour, students will participate in an interactive skit, read Merrick’s poems, and examine coral rock and historic 1920s photographs! Students will explore local history, pioneer life, 1920’s Boom Period, architecture, urban planning and development.

Registration: $5 per person. Scouts must be accompanied by an adult. RSVP: 305.603.8067 / education@coralgablesmuseum.org