Photos: Children's museum celebrates expansion of its Saving Lives exhibit

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Visitors explore the Intermountain Life Flight Rescue Hangar at the Discovery Gateway Children's Museum Saturday, June 24, 2017. The Intermountain Life Flight Rescue Hangar lets children discover the supporting roles of a rescue team and includes flight simulation experiences to rescue an injured hiker or snowboarder, a hoist activity with two missions to secure and transport and injured hiker or snowboarder to Primary Children's Hospital, and a mechanic's shed activity.

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Visitors look at the flight simulator in the Intermountain Life Flight Rescue Hangar at the Discovery Gateway Children's Museum Saturday, June 24, 2017. The Intermountain Life Flight Rescue Hangar lets children discover the supporting roles of a rescue team and includes flight simulation experiences to rescue an injured hiker or snowboarder, a hoist activity with two missions to secure and transport and injured hiker or snowboarder to Primary Children's Hospital, and a mechanic's shed activity.

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The hoist rescue exhibit in the Intermountain Life Flight Rescue Hangar at the Discovery Gateway Children's Museum Saturday, June 24, 2017. The Intermountain Life Flight Rescue Hangar lets children discover the supporting roles of a rescue team and includes flight simulation experiences to rescue an injured hiker or snowboarder, a hoist activity with two missions to secure and transport and injured hiker or snowboarder to Primary Children's Hospital, and a mechanic's shed activity.

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Heidi Townsend and her daughter Piper Townsend, 4, look at the hoist rescue exhibit in the Intermountain Life Flight Rescue Hangar at the Discovery Gateway Children's Museum on Saturday. The Intermountain Life Flight Rescue Hangar lets children discover the supporting roles of a rescue team and includes flight simulation experiences to rescue an injured hiker or snowboarder, a hoist activity with two missions to secure and transport and injured hiker or snowboarder to Primary Childrenís Hospital, and a mechanicís shed activity.

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Chris Detrick | The Salt Lake Tribune Visitors explore the Intermountain Life Flight Rescue Hangar at the Discovery Gateway Children's Museum Saturday, June 24, 2017. The Intermountain Life Flight Rescue Hangar lets children discover the supporting roles of a rescue team and includes flight simulation experiences to rescue an injured hiker or snowboarder, a hoist activity with two missions to secure and transport and injured hiker or snowboarder to Primary Children's Hospital, and a mechanic's shed activity. Chris Detrick | The Salt Lake Tribune Visitors look at the flight simulator in the Intermountain Life Flight Rescue Hangar at the Discovery Gateway Children's Museum Saturday, June 24, 2017. The Intermountain Life Flight Rescue Hangar lets children discover the supporting roles of a rescue team and includes flight simulation experiences to rescue an injured hiker or snowboarder, a hoist activity with two missions to secure and transport and injured hiker or snowboarder to Primary Children's Hospital, and a mechanic's shed activity. Chris Detrick | The Salt Lake Tribune The hoist rescue exhibit in the Intermountain Life Flight Rescue Hangar at the Discovery Gateway Children's Museum Saturday, June 24, 2017. The Intermountain Life Flight Rescue Hangar lets children discover the supporting roles of a rescue team and includes flight simulation experiences to rescue an injured hiker or snowboarder, a hoist activity with two missions to secure and transport and injured hiker or snowboarder to Primary Children's Hospital, and a mechanic's shed activity. Chris Detrick | The Salt Lake Tribune Heidi Townsend and her daughter Piper Townsend, 4, look at the hoist rescue exhibit in the Intermountain Life Flight Rescue Hangar at the Discovery Gateway Children's Museum on Saturday. The Intermountain Life Flight Rescue Hangar lets children discover the supporting roles of a rescue team and includes flight simulation experiences to rescue an injured hiker or snowboarder, a hoist activity with two missions to secure and transport and injured hiker or snowboarder to Primary Childrenís Hospital, and a mechanicís shed activity.

The Salt Lake Tribune

· June 25, 2017 4:40 pm

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Discovery Gateway Children's Museum's Life Flight helicopter now has a hangar for kids to explore. The museum celebrated the expansion of its Intermountain Saving Lives exhibit on Saturday, complete with Life Flight paramedics to talk about their work.

The Intermountain Life Flight Rescue Hangar, housed in a new building at the Salt Lake City museum, lets children discover the supporting roles of a rescue team and includes flight simulation experiences to rescue an injured hiker or snowboarder; a hoist activity with two missions to secure and transport an injured hiker or snowboarder to Primary Children's Hospital; and a mechanic's shed activity.

Intermountain donated the helicopter to the museum in 2006. In August 2013, the exhibit was updated to include a Primary Children's Hospital Emergency Department, including interactive areas for triage, surgery and more.

Visit http://www.discoverygateway.org for hours and ticket information.