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Creating intriguing water exhibits for 16 years
We have recently placed new water exhibits in:
New Delhi, India
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
We issued $120,000.00 in grants for water exhibits in 2012
(For information on current grants, please scroll down)
New Delhi, India
This large "Thoughts Flow" water exhibit has many interactives, including four (4)
turbines, three (3) waterwheels, an aqueduct and hundreds of moveable panels.
With millions of patterns of water flow that can be created in this one exhibit,
visitors are imagining their changes to flow, and honing their problem solving
skills. Their brains are fully absorbed creating ever more intriguing patterns,
often for over an hour at a time. Providing many places where young minds
want to explore and create is what Tom Egan's water exhibits are known for.
Notice how all of the available space in this exhibit is filled with interesting
activities? You will never find large still pools or long winding channels of
water that are mostly devoid of stimulating interactives in any exhibits here.
turbines, three (3) waterwheels, an aqueduct and hundreds of moveable panels.
With millions of patterns of water flow that can be created in this one exhibit,
visitors are imagining their changes to flow, and honing their problem solving
skills. Their brains are fully absorbed creating ever more intriguing patterns,
often for over an hour at a time. Providing many places where young minds
want to explore and create is what Tom Egan's water exhibits are known for.
Notice how all of the available space in this exhibit is filled with interesting
activities? You will never find large still pools or long winding channels of
water that are mostly devoid of stimulating interactives in any exhibits here.
Vancouver, BC Canada
(Permanent Outdoor Water Exhibit)
This new outdoor water exhibit, designed and built in cooperation with Science
World, encourages recycling & discourages careless discarding of waste into
our environment, and shows visitors how natural waterways can be impacted.
Can you think of a more challenging place to locate a permanent outdoor water
exhibit than Canada? Can you imagine water in new places in your facility?
World, encourages recycling & discourages careless discarding of waste into
our environment, and shows visitors how natural waterways can be impacted.
Can you think of a more challenging place to locate a permanent outdoor water
exhibit than Canada? Can you imagine water in new places in your facility?
Shreveport, LA USA
(Part of "RiverWorks Discovery" Traveling Exhibit)
(Part of "RiverWorks Discovery" Traveling Exhibit)
Our elegant design solutions are evident both by what you see and
what you don't see. This traveling exhibit version of our large "Thoughts
Flow" can be either indoors or outdoors (we recommend a shaded area).
You can see that it is filled with very engaging activities. What you can't
see is that along with all the mechanical equipment underneath, we have
also skillfully built jacks underneath it, to lift the entire exhibit up onto an
included wheeled cart and an included special shipping crate (not shown).
Do you have a gallery that can be more exciting if you add a well designed
water exhibit into it? Our 3-D feasibility sketches are no charge for facilities.
Simply pitch us an idea, and we will send you a 3-D sketch in a few days.
We might also issue a grant to help convert your concept into an exhibit.
(please scroll down to see "Grants" below)
what you don't see. This traveling exhibit version of our large "Thoughts
Flow" can be either indoors or outdoors (we recommend a shaded area).
You can see that it is filled with very engaging activities. What you can't
see is that along with all the mechanical equipment underneath, we have
also skillfully built jacks underneath it, to lift the entire exhibit up onto an
included wheeled cart and an included special shipping crate (not shown).
Do you have a gallery that can be more exciting if you add a well designed
water exhibit into it? Our 3-D feasibility sketches are no charge for facilities.
Simply pitch us an idea, and we will send you a 3-D sketch in a few days.
We might also issue a grant to help convert your concept into an exhibit.
(please scroll down to see "Grants" below)
New, Expandable "Thoughts Flow"
Can you find the 15 ft. long "Thoughts Flow" in the middle of this picture?
Notice how the 3 attached extensions triple the entire exhibit's footprint?
Other styles of extensions, with different interactives, are also available.
Each extension cleverly uses the mechanical systems that are located inside
the 15 ft. "Thoughts Flow", so extensions are much more economical to
add than freestanding water exhibits with the exact same activities.
Could your facility be more popular if you showcased a beautiful and deeply
engaging water gallery like this? Is it wise to grow it in easy to fund steps?
Notice how the 3 attached extensions triple the entire exhibit's footprint?
Other styles of extensions, with different interactives, are also available.
Each extension cleverly uses the mechanical systems that are located inside
the 15 ft. "Thoughts Flow", so extensions are much more economical to
add than freestanding water exhibits with the exact same activities.
Could your facility be more popular if you showcased a beautiful and deeply
engaging water gallery like this? Is it wise to grow it in easy to fund steps?
Exhibit placement is mostly limited by your imagination
These exhibits do not need to be connected to plumbing, so placement is quite
versatile. They can be filled and drained through a garden hose. They have a
large internal water holding tank, water filtration, water treatment, and a heater.
Typically exhibit is drained, wiped down and refilled with fresh water once a week.
versatile. They can be filled and drained through a garden hose. They have a
large internal water holding tank, water filtration, water treatment, and a heater.
Typically exhibit is drained, wiped down and refilled with fresh water once a week.
GRANTS
We issued $120,000.00 in water exhibit grants during 2012.
We are now accepting applications for more water exhibit grants.
For more information, please send an e-mail describing your
facility and your water exhibit needs to:
tom@tomegan.net
May I create unique
interactive water art for you?
interactive water art for you?
Contact Tom Egan, Artist with Water
By e-mail: tom@tomegan.net
By phone: 785-342-5886
Message phone: 785-825-5886
Comments From Adult Visitors:
Autism
Julie Marchand, of Austin, Texas writes:
Yesterday my 9 year old son (who places somewhere on the Autism
Spectrum) was making an obstacle course/maze for boats and ducks, even
making them turn around and go back upstream due to his reversing part
of the water's flow with his well thought out placement of the exhibit's
movable panels. Thanks for making such things! My son absolutely loves
"Thoughts Flow" and really wishes one was much closer than 2 hours away.
Yesterday my 9 year old son (who places somewhere on the Autism
Spectrum) was making an obstacle course/maze for boats and ducks, even
making them turn around and go back upstream due to his reversing part
of the water's flow with his well thought out placement of the exhibit's
movable panels. Thanks for making such things! My son absolutely loves
"Thoughts Flow" and really wishes one was much closer than 2 hours away.
What Her Children Like Better Than World Class Aquarium
I want to thank you for your water art. We went to the Birch Aquarium
in La Jolla, California, and my children were completely enthralled. My 7
year old son especially couldn't get enough. We played with your water
table first, and then I insisted we see the aquarium before going back.
Throughout the time, he kept asking "when can I go back to the water
table?" and then once we saw everything, he (and my other children)
spent the next several hours engaged in focused and excited play.
Thanks so much for creating something that inspires
a lot of creative problem solving and play.
Sincerely; Jennifer Wallace
Favorite Exhibit of Grand Parents & Grand Children
We visited the Portland, Oregon Children's Museum a few weeks ago with
2 of our 10 grandchildren who live hear Portland. Our favorite thing there
was the "Thoughts Flow" water table designed by Tom Egan. We were so
fascinated with the whole idea of changing streams and analyzing what happens
that we took a picture of your name plate so that we could contact you later.
Colleen Poole, Salt Lake City, Utah
I want to thank you for your water art. We went to the Birch Aquarium
in La Jolla, California, and my children were completely enthralled. My 7
year old son especially couldn't get enough. We played with your water
table first, and then I insisted we see the aquarium before going back.
Throughout the time, he kept asking "when can I go back to the water
table?" and then once we saw everything, he (and my other children)
spent the next several hours engaged in focused and excited play.
Thanks so much for creating something that inspires
a lot of creative problem solving and play.
Sincerely; Jennifer Wallace
Favorite Exhibit of Grand Parents & Grand Children
We visited the Portland, Oregon Children's Museum a few weeks ago with
2 of our 10 grandchildren who live hear Portland. Our favorite thing there
was the "Thoughts Flow" water table designed by Tom Egan. We were so
fascinated with the whole idea of changing streams and analyzing what happens
that we took a picture of your name plate so that we could contact you later.
Colleen Poole, Salt Lake City, Utah
Contact Tom Egan, Artist with Water
By e-mail: tom@tomegan.net
By phone: 785-342-5886
Message phone: 785-825-5886
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