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Children's museums are institutions that provide fun informal learning experiences for children. Traditional art and natural history museums typically have a hands-off policy regarding exhibits. Exhibits are designed to be viewed from a distance, and are considered to be too valuable for physical contact with the visitor. Children's museums, on the other hand, feature interactive exhibits that are designed to be manipulated by children. The theory behind such exhibits is that, especially in early childhood, activity can be as educational as instruction. Most children's museums are nonprofit organizations, and many are run by volunteers or by very small professional staffs. Over a hundred children's museums have been founded since 1990( source 1).
The Association of Children's Museums,or ACM, is the trade association for children's museums, representing museums in 21 countries. The largest children's museum in the US is The Children's Museum of Indianapolis(source 1). Other children's museums include the Please Touch Museumin Philadelphia, The Boston Children's Museumand The Children's Museum in West Hartford, Connecticut. Many museums that are members of ACM offer reciprocal memberships, allowing members of one museum to visit all the 299 others for free.
The first children's museum in the world was the Brooklyn Children's Museum, founded in 1899(source 1). The next five in order of their founding are the Boston Children's Museum (1913)(source 3), The Detroit Children's Museum (1917) (source 5), The Children's Museum of Indianapolis (1925) (source 6), The Children's Museum (Hartford, CT) (1927) (source 3), and The Duluth Children's Museum (1930)(source 2).
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@davecurlee Austin Children's Museum. We've hit ALL of the two museums in Gonzales (one is the old jail, and actually pretty darn cool!).
christinemoers (Christine Moers) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:55:10 -0000
@davecurlee Austin Children's Museum. We've hit ALL of the two museums in Gonzales (one is the old jail, and actually pretty darn cool!).
Best NYC museums for toddlers - Children's Museum of Manhattan, 2nd - American Museum of Natural History.
minitraveler (Elaine Lee) Sat, 02 Jan 2010 03:20:34 -0000
Best NYC museums for toddlers - Children's Museum of Manhattan, 2nd - American Museum of Natural History.
I dont ususally like museums but the children's museum in cincinnati is AWESOME.
MadyEmP (Veronica Humphreys) Sat, 02 Jan 2010 01:59:20 -0000
I dont ususally like museums but the children's museum in cincinnati is AWESOME.
Top 5 #Children's #Museums in #LA: http://tinyurl.com/ybrrmx2 (Go @zimmermuseum!)
JKidLA (JKidLA) Fri, 01 Jan 2010 23:59:33 -0000
Top 5 #Children's #Museums in #LA: http://tinyurl.com/ybrrmx2 (Go @zimmermuseum!)
Have to admit, always a little skeptical about Children's Museums but this one ROCKS.
TravelSavvyKayt (Kayt Sukel) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:38:20 -0000
Have to admit, always a little skeptical about Children's Museums but this one ROCKS.
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Association of Children's Museums - Professional service and membership organization with the purpose of expanding the value and role of children's museums throughout the world. Site contains a listing and links to all member children's museums throughout the world.
Meta Description: [ The Association of Children's Museums is the professional service organization that endeavors to expand the capacity and further the vision of children's museums around the world. ]
Laikakota Cultural Complex - Children's museum and the Museum of Bolivian Arts and Culture center around Bolivian arts, crafts, and cultural history. Located in La Paz, Bolivia.
Scienceworks Museum - Featuring hands-on exhibits, live demonstrations, tours, activities and shows. Includes hours, information for teachers, admission rates and directions. Located in Victoria, Australia.
Meta Description: [ This is the front page of the Scienceworks Museum website. A virtual visit to Victoria's interactive museum of science and technology. ]
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