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Earlier this year, we asked our readers to vote for their favorite children’s museums. Shortly after announcing the winners, these museums had to close their doors to help protect their communities from the spread of COVID-19. But they also bring some of their programming online.

The Magic House | St. Louis, Missouri

The folks at The Magic House in St. Louis are sharing their expertise through their Magic at Home series. Each edition features a project that kids and their parents can do with household materials, like making a banjo or animal figures.

City Museum | St. Louis, Missouri

While the City Museum is closed to visitors, the museum staff, artists and historians have launched City Museum on Air. This series takes place each weekday with an eclectic lineup of programming — everything from free art classes, storytelling sessions and museum tours at upcoming exhibits.

Kohl Children’s Museum | Glenview, Illinois

This winning children’s museum calls itself “The place where awesome lives,” and would-be visitors can bring that awesome into the home through its library of online teaching resources, story time sessions and “Home Zone” projects. Kids can learn how to fold paper airplanes, learn about the physics of wheels or make their own recycled paper.

21. What results in the closing of children’s museums?

A. The spreading of a disease. 

B. The decrease of would-be visitors.

C. The readers’ votes on museums. 

D. The development of digital programming.

22. When is online programming of City Museum accessible?

A. At weekends.   B. At any time.    C. On weekdays.      D. On holidays.

23. What do The Magic House and Kohl Children’s Museum have in common?

A. Stressing hands-on experience.    B. Demonstrating how 4 wheel works.

C. Offering story-telling courses.      D. Teaching how to copy animal figures.