You start by picking your texture of slime by touching un-colored samples, which is when you realize that the different slime exhibits were actually opportunities to discover what your favorite kind of slime is. The highlight of the Sloomoo Institute for us was the 150 foot “DIY bar” where you can custom-create your very own slime to take home. Or as we decided to do, you can just watch other people getting slimed, which is much more enjoyable! It’s definitely enjoyable from a sensory perspective though as my daughter’s default speed setting through any kind of museum is “sprint”, I couldn’t slow down and enjoy playing as much as I would have liked to!Īside from the individual slime stations, there are several other fun components to Sloomoo Institute, including a glow-in-the-dark slime tent, an EEG machine where you can see your brain “on slime” and an area where (if you buy a premium ticket) you can have slime rain down on you while the Sloomoo song is played. You can reach in and play with the slime, and kids do this enthusiastically, with the adults around me being a lot more tentative. Visitors are encouraged to sanitize their hands before playing with any of the slime exhibits, and you can then set off on your slime journey.ĭifferent masses or lumps of slime are displayed in sink-like ceramic containers around Sloomoo Institute, each with the type of slime, color and scent noted on a caption on the wall next to it. Once you receive your sticker, you can line up to enter the main experience space as they (sensibly!) control the flow of people to ensure the space doesn’t get overcrowded. All Sloomoo staff members are dressed in colorful jumpsuits covered in cute patches (also available for purchase). You can enter the Sloomoo store to purchase slime and slime accessories (yup, that’s a thing) without needing a ticket.Īfter checking in with a welcoming staff member, you are given a sticker with your “slime name” which is just your name with all the vowels changed to “oo”, so my name was “Hoostoor”. However you don’t get a sense of just how big the 8,000 square foot space is until you “check in”, as only Sloomoo’s retail area is visible from the outside. Sloomoo, which is located on Broadway near Canal Street Subway Station, is in a regular store-front, meaning you can see inside from the street. We went to check out this new opening to see whether it lives up to the hype, and to understand whether a whole experiential space dedicated to slime could entertain both me and my 9 year-old daughter. However, as we’ve seen with Color Factory, experiences initially conceived of as pop-ups can go on to become permanent! Sloomoo Institute opened at the end of October 2019, and will be open for 6 months in NYC before moving on to another city. Psst… Check out our list of rainy-day activities in New York City for big kids here! And for little ones here. Sloomoo Institute, New York’s first and only slime “museum”, in Soho, Manhattan, has been generating a ton of buzz among moms and dads searching for fun indoor things to do with kids in New York, especially when it’s either rainy or face-numbingly cold.
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