Community & Museums · Scott Family Amazeum + XNA

Wonder Wing

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Children exploring the airplane-window interactives at Wonder Wing, Northwest Arkansas National Airport

About this project

An airport playscape where the layover becomes the best part of the trip — an air-traffic-control tower climber and a soft-play Kid's Space, created in collaboration with the Scott Family Amazeum.

Wonder Wing is an imaginative playscape at Northwest Arkansas National Airport featuring the Backyard Tower Climber and the Kid's Space. The tower — inspired by air traffic control towers, backyard tree houses, and the Amazeum itself — is a playful platform for interactive exhibits and an iconic structure within the airport: air traffic control interactives up top, aircraft maintenance interactives below.

The Kid's Space gives younger children a safe, contained area of their own — raised pads to walk and crawl over, a stack of soft circles to climb into, a soft-play mirror for discovering reflections, plus interactive plane windows that reveal different pictures and touch-friendly sensory panels.

VerticalCommunity & Museums
ClientScott Family Amazeum + Northwest Arkansas National Airport (XNA)
ServicesDesign + Fabrication
Location & yearBentonville, AR · 2026

What success looked like

Success was a children's museum experience that works in the middle of an airport — a 75-foot stretch of former moving walkway near the A gates, reopened in June 2026 as a tower climber and sensory play space that families spot from down the concourse. The Amazeum's own project credits name Process Curiosity alongside its architecture and construction partners.

“The Amazeum believes that curiosity and creativity don’t stop at the museum’s doors. We’re excited to collaborate with XNA to bring playful, hands-on experiences into a surprising new setting that reaches families from across the country.”

Gallery

Children coming down the stairs of the Backyard Tower Climber
A young visitor exploring the porthole discovery panels
Children at the aircraft window and mirror interactives
Wonder Wing signage and entry on the airport concourse
The Backyard Tower Climber, inspired by air traffic control towers
Aircraft seat and maintenance tool wall interactives
Air traffic control interactives on the tower's upper platform
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