THIS latest LEGO exhibition at Milestones is another fun and educational experience for families.
There are countless builds of every shape and size dotted around the museum moving through the history of transport from the first recorded boat through every form of ship, car, train and plane, right up to satellites and space travel.
They have been put together by LEGO professionals Bright Bricks and each one is accompanied by an informative panel listing the mode of travel’s history, country of origin and so on.
I took our five year-old along to have a look. We picked up our spotter’s guide and a pencil and set out, immediately coming across the first models.
She threw herself into the search, enjoying making a large pencil tick mark in her guide when we came across one of the ones featured in our booklet.
It was impossible to miss the incredible model of the Queen Mary, which is made from a quarter of a million bricks.
We also liked lots of the smaller creations, such as the bicycles, the Mini Cooper and the Tuk Tuk, and we had a bit of excitement when we spotted the Red Arrow hanging from a lamppost near the sweet shop.
There was also a fun moment when we found the Boeing 747 beside the Zeppelin and, recognizing the former’s Flybe markings (the airline we use to fly to visit her grandparents) she started shouting excitedly “it’s our plane!”
The only trouble came when we arrived at the amazing giant spaceship – complete with the traditional LEGO spacemen at its base - looked at the LEGO play table in front of us and then asked “Can you build that mummy?” All I can say is that I gave it a good go!
Bricks in Motion, which runs until April 26, is well worth a visit during the Easter holidays.
*The next major exhibition at Milestones will be Dinosaur Hunters, which will take over the museum from June 13 until September 27. Discover some of the earliest dinosaur hunters and encounter five life-size animatronic dinosaurs.
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