Great guideline from the Association of Children’s Museums 2010 Interactivity panel “The Changing Face of Technology in Children’s Museums”. The 3/6/9/12 rule: No computer screens before age 3, no internet before age 6, no electronic gaming until age 9 and no unsupervised internet before age 12.
Nights at the museum – LA Daily News
The amazing fall of the San Fernando Valley’s children’s museum. Nights at the museum – LA Daily News Posted using ShareThis
Children’s museum plans under way
By SARA KINCAID Bismarck Tribune | Posted: Friday, December 4, 2009 2:00 am “Planning continues on the idea of a children’s museum in Mandan. The founding board for the North Dakota Children’s Museum met Thursday evening in Mandan. It was the board’s second meeting. A children’s museum has interactive exhibits for children. “It’s not sterile, where you can’t touch anything,” …
Discovery Museum plans move to next phase
From the Morning Sun “The proposed Mt. Pleasant Discovery Museum is still a dream, but the dream could be a little closer to reality. Organizers of the children’s museum announced last week the start of a capital campaign. The group that began with four mothers and an idea says that to make the project a reality, it wants to raise …
Children’s museum site dedicated
Children’s museum site dedicated By AMANDA O’TOOLE World Correspondent Published: 9/28/2009 Tulsa World Ruth Cavins, the executive director of the Stillwater Children’s Museum, talked about how the organization has grown to serve more than just the city and …
Museum move in trouble
Interior Rendering of new Chicago Children’s Museum By Micah Maidenberg Editor, Chicago Journal Published July 13, 2009 Link to Story “It’s a big story. Veteran Crain’s Business columnist Greg Hinz is reporting the Chicago Children’s Museum’s planned move to Grant Park is in trouble. The museum says it is moving forward. Here’s the nut of Hinz’s story: A moribund economy …
Children’s Museum negotiating extension on Navy Pier lease
NAVY PIER | Slow fund-raising stalls move to Grant Park From the Chicago Sun-Times BY FRAN SPIELMAN City Hall Reporter July 13, 2009 Link to Article The Children’s Museum is negotiating an “open-ended” extension to its Navy Pier lease amid a fund-raising slowdown that threatens to stall its controversial move to Grant Park. Ted Tetzlaff, chairman of the Metropolitan Pier …
Tutankhamun and Take Me There Egypt – exhibit review
Tutankhamun shabti, © SANDRO VANNINI From: Nuvo, “Indy’s Alternative Newspaper” Posted on July 8, 2009 by Julianna Thibodeaux Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs, one of the most high-profile blockbusters the city has seen recently, has just opened in unlikely quarters: the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis. This local institution, touted as the world’s largest children’s museum, is actually …
Take Me There Egypt, Children’s Museum of Indianapolis
Children’s Museum of Indianapolis 3000 N. Meridian Indianapolis, IN 46206 www.childrensmuseum.org 10,000 square foot exhibition $4.4 Million Dollar Budget
Please Touch Museum – Exhibition Review
3 of 5 Stars, “A-Okay” Posted: June 10, 2009 Please Touch Museum Memorial Hall, Fairmount Park 4231 Avenue of the Republic Philadelphia, PA 19131 (215) 581-3181 www.pleasetouchmuseum.org Category: Children’s Museum Admission Price: $15 Children and Adults Size: 38,000 sq. ft. of exhibits Wheelchair Accessible: Yes From Please Touch website: “Memorial Hall, constructed to be the Art Gallery of the 1876 …
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