Dominic Pereira was in heaven.
The Reading 8-year-old sat quietly at a long table on the second floor of the Reading Public Museum Saturday morning, his focus squarely on his flittering fingers. With a mix of speed and care, they picked up small, plastic bricks and snapped them together. One was placed on top of another, and then another on top of that.
Bit by bit, the stack grew taller. And Dominic’s excitement grew more intense as his tower came to life.
“I like tall buildings because they look a lot cooler than small buildings,” he said.
That perspective — along with his love for playing with LEGOs — made the museum the perfect place for Dominic to spend a frigid Saturday morning. It hosted a members’ preview of its newest exhibit: Towers of Tomorrow with LEGO Bricks.
Adults and children put together LEGO bricks during the Towers of Tomorrow with LEGO Bricks exhibit at the Reading Public Museum on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (BILL UHRICH/READING EAGLE)
The exhibit features LEGO models of iconic skyscrapers from around the world and offers guests a chance to build their own creations through interactive building tables.
“It’s a fun exhibit,” said Becky Ruth, the museum’s coordinator of educational events and outreach. “It’s a chance for people to get creative and practice some of their engineering skills.
“We love a hands-on exhibit here at the museum, something people can engage with and not just something on a wall.”
Michelle Pereira, Dominic’s grandmother, knew as soon as she heard about the exhibit that it was perfect for her grandson.
“He loves LEGOs and he loves skyscrapers,” she said. “And we love the museum; we’re members. It’s such a jewel for this area to have this
“We take all three of our grandkids here. I try to pull them away from electronics and do stuff like this.”
The touring exhibit, brought to Reading through Flying Fish, features 20 skyscrapers from North America, Asia and Australia. Each is constructed with thousands of LEGO bricks.
The Taipei 101 stands more than 8 teet gall and is made up of about 18,600 bricks. The Empire State Building stretches just over 7 feet high and consists of about 20,400 bricks.
Spread throughout the museum, the structures are striking sights.
“I thought the buildings would be a lot smaller, but here we are now,” Dominic said, gazing upward at a trio of towers on the table in front of him.
Though he typically dabbles in smaller projects at home — one of his favorite is creating cars — he guessed that he could probably tackle one of the massive towers, if given enough time.
“It would probably take about 340 days,” he said.
Robbie Momose was a bit more optimistic.
“Probably two weeks,” the 8-year-old from Leesport gave as his construction estimate.
From left, Robbie, 8; Isaac, 9; and Bella Momose, 11, of Leesport put together LEGO bricks during the Towers of Tomorrow with LEGO Bricks exhibit at the Reading Public Museum on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. They were at the exhibit with their grandparents Bob and JoAnn Biechy of Birdsboro. (BILL UHRICH/READING EAGLE)
Robbie was building his own, much smaller building Saturday alongside his brother and sister, Isaac and Bella. All three are big LEGO fans and were thrilled to check out the exhibit.
“I like that you can create whatever you want,” 11-year-old Bella said, adding that she usually makes houses.
Isaac, 9, prefers to builds weapons and likes the versatility of LEGOs.
“If they break you can always rebuild them,” he said.
The Reading Public Museum will feature the Towers of Tomorrow with LEGO Bricks through May 17.