How People Make Things, a traveling exhibit opening Saturday at the DuPage Children's Museum, is inspired by the factory visits that were part of "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood."

Bev Horne | Staff Photographer

Peter Crabb, director of exhibits, demonstrates a 3-Axis Mill, one of the displays in How People Make Things, visiting through January at the DuPage Children's Museum.

Bev Horne | Staff Photographer

The How People Make Things exhibit invites visitors to get up close with mechanics and production processes. Here, Peter Crabb, director of exhibits, checks out a golf cart on which kids will be able to exchange steering wheels.

Bev Horne | Staff Photographer

The How People Make Things exhibit appeals to a broad age range and may engage older children — and adults — who have outgrown some of the DuPage Children's Museum's exhibits.

Bev Horne | Staff Photographer