A Rockford museum is adding an extra touch to one of its summer events.
The Discovery Center Museum offers summer family fun events on Fridays. This time, visitors will have a chance to touch a truck.
Emily Grobe is the marketing and digital media coordinator at the museum. She said visitors can climb on some of the vehicles, but not all of them.
"The fire department is usually pretty cool with people coming up," she said, "like climbing on the fire trucks, but there are other things, like the crane, that might not — they're not going to let people you know go up in the crane or anything like that for this event."
Vehicles will include big rigs, fire trucks, cranes, police cars and other large equipment.
Grobe said operators of the vehicles will be on site to ensure everyone is safe.
Some upcoming Friday events include Puppy Pals, where animals perform stunts and tricks, a sea-themed event, and several others.
"We have a magic show, we've got a bubble show," Grobe added. "We have a big foam party that will be in the parking lot as well. It's just a jam-packed summer full of events."
Touch-A-Truck takes place Friday, June 12, from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the museum's parking lot.
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