Events Fill Local Calendars Oct 24, 2009
A portion of the proceeds go to the Mississippi Children's Museum. For details, call (601) 856-4455. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Legoland scouting Atlanta sites. Is a wax museum next? Oct 24, 2009
William Pate, president of the Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau, said it would be nice to have another place for young kids, along with the Imagine It Children's Museum of Atlanta and the Georgia Aquarium. "It really fits in to our diversified portfolio of tourist offerings," he said, referring to the varied tourism sites now downtown, plus the ones that are coming, such as the National Health Museum. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
Check out weekend events Oct 23, 2009
Kids can enjoy Halloween fun Kids can combine fun with hands-on educational activities and a train ride around downtown Erie at Halloween Hullabaloo, Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday, noon to 6 p.m. at Experience Children's Museum, 420 French St. Cost: $5 for museum members; $8 for nonmembers Info: Call 453-3743. Laugh along with Irish comics A trio of Irish-American comics takes the stage and pokes fun at their ancestry tonight, 8 p.m., at the Erie Playhouse, 13 W. 10th St. Cost: $21. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Halloween runneth over on the Seacoast — we just can't get enough Oct 22, 2009
"There's a ghost tour for the strong of heart and storytelling and spooky games for the skittish, Oct. 31, 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the Remick Barn Visitor Center, on the corner of York Street and Lindsay Road. Cost $5 for teens and adults or $15 per family. (207) 363-4974, rbowen@oldyork.org. The Children's Museum of New Hampshire, 6 Washington St., Dover, has the "Not-So-Spooky Festivities" a toddlers and preschooler friendly affair. The "Not-So" runs from 10 a.m. 5 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 24. There's... (Seacoast New Hampshire)
H1N1 Impact Shows At Omaha Children's Museum Oct 20, 2009
-- Staff at Omaha Children's Museum, which sees roughly 250,000 visitors each year, are working hard to keep germs from becoming the main exhibit. Most of the museum's visitors are children. (7 KETV Omaha)
Broadband funding stimulates proposals Oct 20, 2009
Another North Side concern, SLB Radio Productions, which produces the long-running show "Saturday Light Brigade," broadcast from the Children's Museum on WRCT-FM, is asking for $275,000 -- one of the smallest requests in the state. SLB Radio wants to build two mini-broadcasting stations in the housing communities of Northview Heights on the North Side and Bedford Dwellings in the Hill District. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Lego-inspired 'Castle Adventure' at Ford museum Oct 20, 2009
The exhibit was created by The Children's Museum of Indianapolis in conjunction with toymaker Lego Systems Inc.. Henry Ford Museum is part of The Henry Ford, a historical attraction that includes Greenfield Village. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
S. Cayuga to blossom with Anne Frank history Oct 17, 2009
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, Indiana. Sonoma State University, California. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
United Nations picks Pittsburgh to host World Environment Day in 2010 Oct 16, 2009
The announcement came at a press conference Thursday morning at the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh. Amy Frankel, director of UNEP's Regional Office for North America, said , was "instrumental" in Pittsburgh's selection as the host city for the event. (Pittsburgh Business Times, PA)
Mich. art event's success caught some off guard Oct 16, 2009
Van Duinen created his mosaic mural, "Imagine That!," on the Grand Rapids Children's Museum, where it will remain permanently. Van Duinen donated the mural to the museum. (Ionia Sentinel-Standard, MI)
Workshops Aim To End Bigotry Oct 16, 2009
HOUSTON -- A group of educators and caregivers who spend hours a day with preschoolers attended a workshop at the Children's Museum of Houston to learn how their own biases could rub off on the very children they're hired to protect, KPRC Local 2 reported Thursday. WATCH IT. (Click2Houston, TX)
Multnomah County Library wins highest national recognition Oct 7, 2009
Children's Museum of Pittsburgh, PA. Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal, Cincinnati, OH. (KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8, OR)
Army's Betterbed Named Finalist For Lowe's Senior CLASS Award Oct 7, 2009
While spending her spring semester abroad studying Spanish at Monterrey Tecnologico, Betterbed volunteered at Trompo Magico Children's Museum in Guadalajara, Mexico. In July of 2008 she was a counselor at a Muscular Dystrophy Association camp in Gig Harbor, Wash. (Patriotleague.com)
Children's Museum savors its national prize Oct 6, 2009
Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette Adeline Kelly, 3, of Avalon, plays in the garage room at the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh. The Children's Museum of Pittsburgh has received an Institute of Museum and Library Services 2009 National Medal, the nation's highest honor for libraries and museums, often called the Oscar for nonprofits ... "I was pretty much without words," said Children's Museum Executive Director Jane Werner. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Moran Plant Project Moves Ahead Oct 4, 2009
The plan is to turn it into a climbing wall to be run by the Scottish firm Ice Factor, and renovate other space for a children's museum, as well as continue as home to the Lake Champlain Sailing Center. Skeptics have doubted that what was once a coal-burning power plant that was decommissioned in 1986 would ever amount to anything but an environmental hazard. (WCAX.com, VT)
Scene 13: From Singin' to Screamin' to Segal and Burns... Oct 3, 2009
This year, the haunted house is at the Silver Building (not the Georgia Children's Museum) at 450 Third Street between Cherry and Poplar. Visit to purchase tickets and for a complete list of the times and dates throughout October. (13WMAZ.com, GA)
NH children's museum offering weekly playgroup Oct 2, 2009
DOVER, N.H. (AP) -- The Children's Museum of New Hampshire is starting a weekly playgroup for little ones age 6 months to 2 years. The First Friends Playgroup will be offered Wednesday mornings from Oct. 7 through Dec. 16 from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. on the second floor. (Concord Monitor)
Weekend Events Oct 2, 2009
Explore Hispanic culture at Children's museum Children can participate in a variety of activities that celebrate Hispanic culture, including games, dances, stories, treasure hunts, pinatas and more, today and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Experience Children's Museum, 420 French St. Cost: $5; free to members and children younger than 2. Info: Call 453-3743. (Erie Times-News, PA)
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Children's museum continues to struggle ... 5 million interactive children's museum that opened to great fanfare last year in Columbia continues to struggle with low attendance and staff turnover. (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)
Children's museum continues to struggle Oct 2, 2009
5 million interactive children's museum that opened to great fanfare last year in Columbia continues to struggle with low attendance and staff turnover. The Columbia Daily Tribune reported that the YouZeum has reduced its general admission hours to two days a week and lost its second director in a year. (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)
Food contests for cooks, food lovers Oct 1, 2009
HEARTH, the nonprofit that empowers homeless women, will hold its Art of Wine & Food Event from 6 to 9 p.m. next Thursday at the Children's Museum, North Side. Music, silent auction, massages and a wine-tasting demonstration. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Cultural groups face pinch in RAD funds Sep 30, 2009
Harder hit will be organizations like the Pittsburgh Symphony, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, the Children's Museum, and the Pittsburgh Opera. They will see their 2009 RAD operating grants slashed by 10 percent next year. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Junior Museum and Zoo celebrates 75 years Sep 30, 2009
The first children's museum west of the Mississippi, it moved to an Addison Elementary School classroom and the basement of the Children's Theatre before settling in its current location on Middlefield Road near Walter Hays Elementary School in 1942. The zoo, which now houses around 50 animals, was added in 1956, with substantial improvements in 1969. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Hall of Fame to be part of Atlanta revitalization Sep 25, 2009
The park already is bordered on the north side by the aquarium, the Coke exhibit and a children's museum. Also on the drawing board is the Museum for Civil Rights, which hopes to open in 2011. (ESPN -- College Football)
Army's Betterbed at the Top of her Game Sep 25, 2009
She also volunteered at Trompo Magico Children's Museum in Guadalajara, Mexico, this past spring while spending a semester abroad studying Spanish at Monterrey Tecnologico as part of West Point's study abroad program (SAP). She was a counselor at Muscular Dystrophy Association camp in Gig Harbor, Wash. (Patriotleague.com)
Visitors can spend a night at the museums Sep 24, 2009
Another name closely associated with Pittsburgh, TV host and children's advocate Fred Rogers, is remembered with a statue on the North Shore and a permanent exhibition at the award-winning Children's Museum of Pittsburgh, whose honors include the Rudy Bruner Gold Medal Award for Urban Excellence. Stepping away from the city and its close proximity, the Westmoreland Museum of American Art in Greensburg, 35 miles east of Pittsburgh, focuses on collecting and exhibiting American and Southwestern... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
•CG teacher get ready for convention Sep 24, 2009
The four-day event will include student-led workshops at the high school, a trip to downtown Indiana-polis, a visit to IUPUI, a community service activity at The Children's Museum of Indianapolis and possibly an event at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Subscribers, to read full story. (The Daily Journal)
N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences tops field-trip list Sep 24, 2009
Greensboro Children's Museum, Greensboro. Reporter e-mail: jdrew@bizjournals. (Raleigh Triangle Business Journal, NC)
PHOTO GALLERY: Scarecrow Stomp in Easton Sep 24, 2009
Morgan MacDonald, 7, of Easton puts the finishing touches on her scarecrow during Sunday's Scarecrow Stomp at the Easton Children's Museum. PHOTO GALLERY: Scarecrow Stomp in Easton. (Easton Journal, MA)
P&Gs Bounty taking art tour to Cincinnati Sep 24, 2009
The studio, near a children's museum and upscale shopping, follows other retail efforts by P&G, including its Mr. Clean Car Wash and the Art of Shaving chain, acquired in June. And the concept could expand to other locations. (Cincinnati Business Courier, OH)
PHOTO GALLERY: Childrens Museum in Easton ushers in fall at Scarecrow Stomp Sep 23, 2009
Four-year-old Kelsie Littlewood of Braintree shows her frustration as she bobs for doughnuts during the Scarecrow Stomp at the Easton Children's Museum Sunday. PHOTO GALLERY: Childrens Museum in Easton ushers in fall at Scarecrow Stomp. (Easton Journal, MA)
Closings prevail as city welcomes G-20 Sep 21, 2009
The Carnegie Museums of Art and Natural History, the Carnegie Science Center, the Andy Warhol Museum and the Children's Museum will all close Sept. 24 and 25. Phipps Conservatory will close Sept. 23 and 24, and the National Aviary will close Sept. 24 and 25. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Design of Perot Museum unveiled Sep 19, 2009
The interior will include five floors of public space housing 10 exhibition galleries, including a children's museum and an outdoor courtyard. Other feature will be a glass-enclosed lobby and adjacent terrace with downtown view; exhibition gallery; education wing; 300-seat digital cinema; auditorium; cafe; store; and offices. (Dallas Business Journal, TX)
Fall into autumn Sep 18, 2009
Halloween Hullabaloo at the Experience Children's Museum is an alternative to the traditional spooky Halloween, appropriate for all ages ... Where: Experience Children's Museum, 420 French St.. (Erie Times-News, PA)
BELTH: Summer in the city means it's time for streetball at its finest Sep 16, 2009
I saw Payne and five of her Jumpers -- four girls and a boy -- give a demonstration on the roof of the Brooklyn Children's Museum in Crown Heights. It was a burning hot summer morning. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- NCAA Basketball)
Towering jungle gym to let kids soar Sep 14, 2009
The Children's Museum of Phoenix is building the ultimate jungle gym ... What: Children's Museum of Phoenix. (AZCentral -- News)
WINGS OVER WESTERLYSaturday, Sept. 12th Sep 10, 2009
There will be free airplane rides for kids ages 8 to 17, a jumpy castle, pony rides, exhibits by Children's Museum of Southeastern Connecticut and Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center, FIDELCO guide dogs, and more. Admission is free and open to the public. (Westerly Sun, RI)
Visit Houston's museums for free Saturday Sep 10, 2009
Participating museums include:Buffalo Soldiers National MuseumByzantine Fresco Chapel MuseumChildren's Museum of HoustonContemporary Arts Museum HoustonCzech Center Museum HoustonThe Health MuseumHolocaust Museum HoustonHouston Center for Contemporary CraftHouston Center for Photography Houston Museum of Natural ScienceThe Jung CenterThe John C. Freeman Weather MuseumLawndale Art CenterThe Menil Collection Museum of Fine Arts, HoustonRice University Art GalleryRothko Chapel ... At Children's... (KHOU.com, TX)
Book Festival Sep 8, 2009
Children's Museum free admission goes 1-7 p.m.. Last day for Titanic Aquatic at. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Nebraskans can touch a moon rock Sep 7, 2009
It will be at the Omaha Children's Museum next weekend before going to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on Sept. 15-16. And it's last stop in the state will be the Edgerton Explorit Center in Aurora on Sept 18-19. (Sioux City Journal)
New musical-instrument museum coming Sep 6, 2009
No details are available yet on plans for the opening, the first for a major museum in the Phoenix area since the Children's Museum of Phoenix opened in downtown Phoenix in June 2008. Construction at the southwestern corner of Mayo and Tatum boulevards, just south of Loop 101 and Desert Ridge Marketplace, remains busy. (AZCentral -- News)
Curator considers NH maritime museum Sep 6, 2009
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) -- The former Children's Museum building in Portsmouth, N.H., may have a future as the new home of a maritime museum ... Once a school, meeting hall and church, the building became the Children's Museum in 1983, until that museum moved to Dover last year. (Concord Monitor)
Touch the Moon in Nebraska This Month Sep 2, 2009
-- Omaha Children's Museum, Omaha, NE, Sat. Sept. 12, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. CDT, Sun. (NASA Watch)
Army Soccer Standouts Named Candidates For Lowe's Senior CLASS Award Sep 1, 2009
In the community, Betterbed is a Big Sister to a local elementary school student in nearby Highland; volunteered at Trompo Magico Children's Museum in Guadalajara, Mexico, this past spring while spending a semester abroad studying Spanish at Monterrey Tecnologico as part of West Point's study abroad program (SAP). She was a camp counselor at Muscular Dystrophy Association camp in Gig Harbor, Wash. (Patriotleague.com)
Sioux City's Events Facilities Department is launching a Web site that provides tourist tips and entertaiment options. What local hot spot would you most recommend to an out-of-towner? Aug 31, 2009
" Familymom wrote on Aug 30, 2009 10:43 AM:" There is actually some great stuff, it's a perfect place to raise a family:--Orpheum--Art Center--Future Children's Museum (that will be a great family addition. --Sioux City Musem for history--Saturday in the Park/Movies in the Park--Safety Saturday--Riversance--Parks for feeding geese and fishing--Lewis and ClarkAnd then there is some fun on 4th street too. (Sioux City Journal)
City's ToonSeum growing up Aug 29, 2009
org) will move from its space in the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh on the North Side into its own storefront digs at 945 Liberty Ave., just across the street from the August Wilson Center, Downtown ... "Our own space will give us the ability to present more challenging and provocative work than would have been suitable for The Children's Museum," said Rob Rogers, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette editorial cartoonist and president of the ToonSeum ... " The ToonSeum, currently under the fiscal... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
List of this weekend's festivals Aug 29, 2009
Chairish the Children, Louisiana Children's Museum Gala, New Orleans, Saturday, August 29th. For more information. (WWLTV.com, LA)
Dix will remain open; city park plan in limbo Aug 28, 2009
Their plan has no office space but includes a 180-acre park, 400-room hotel, school, children's museum and apartments and condos. October 2006: Raleigh Mayor Charles Meeker proposes creating a nonprofit to buy the Dix campus and turn it into a park. (News & Observer)
Family travel five: New Mexico a western wonderland for kids Aug 25, 2009
Santa Fe Children's Museum ... The family-focused children's museum has a lovely outdoor garden, a multitude of interactive programs and locally focused art and cultural exhibits ... Contact: Children's Museum, 505-989-8359; www. (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)
Italian hotel mistakenly offers 1-cent weekend Aug 20, 2009
10:10 p.m. Friday, August 14, 2009. The Associated Press. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Unusual tours give view of Paris' hidden corners Aug 20, 2009
11:51 a.m. Monday, August 17, 2009. The Associated Press. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Sex offender can't worship Aug 18, 2009
But a state law that took effect in December forbids registered sex offenders from being within 300 feet of a school, playground, day care or children's museum. "The law we passed doesn't let them go to church, because there are nurseries in churches," said state Rep. (News & Observer)
High Line Lowdown Aug 15, 2009
Join The Children's Museum of the Arts for a free evening of recycled art on the High Line. Artist Agee Gliksman will lead participants in a family-friendly art workshop that highlights the High Line's railroad history on Sept. 24 at 4 p.m.. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Imaginarium closes doors for the winter on Aug. 23 Aug 14, 2009
The Imaginarium, a popular downtown children's museum, will close Aug. 23 and remain closed until spring. Story tools. (Anchorage Daily News)
Bring Teddy to the doctor, STAT Aug 13, 2009
The food is very disappointing and very over priced for (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Funds providing summer of 'hope' Aug 10, 2009
Other organizations helped this summer included the American Red Cross of Northeastern New York, the Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Albany, the Children's Museum of Science and Technology, the Circle of Life Camp, the Cohoes Community Center, FOCUS Churches of Albany, the Music Mobile, the Northeastern Association of the Blind in Albany and Roots and Wisdom. A contribution to the Times Union Hope Fund will support after-school programs and summer camps for needy children. (Albany Times Union)
Help plan our vacation Aug 7, 2009
nahs Aug 5, 2009 2:20 PM Stay at home as per usual and give the money to me Big O Aug 6, 2009 3:04 PM Come to Omaha, check into a nice hotel downtown (check priceline for a good hotel in that area, you can get a great rate), swim in the indoor pool, walk around the old market, shop, eat, go down to the zoo, go to Mall of America, ride the boat, feed the geese, check out Joslyn or the Children's Museum. a great little vacation, not too far to drive, and a relaxing long weekend in a great city... (Columbus Telegram, NE)
•Luring Cabela's cost $130,000 Aug 6, 2009
Outdoor retailer Cabela's promised Greenwood jobs, new restaurants and stores, and more visitors each year than The Children's Museum of Indianapolis. Instead, a for-sale sign is going up at the 100-acre site at County Line Road near Interstate 65, where earthwork has been completed and a retention pond has been dug. (The Daily Journal)
300 venues, vendors took a shot at events Aug 4, 2009
"Are we disappointed? Sure, but we also knew a lot of places sent information and the summit is only here for 36 hours," said Bill Schlageter, spokesman for the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh on the North Side. In addition to the G-20 application, Mr. Schlageter said, the children's museum sent a letter to the White House inviting President Barack Obama and his family to visit. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
CARLSBAD: Plant enthusiasts seek land for botanic garden project Aug 3, 2009
The theater building's previous tenant ---- a children's museum ---- paid 3,155-a-month for that space. Meanwhile, recent proposals to put a privately-run arena soccer field on city land and requests to purchase the Village H parcel for open space preservation haven't been approved. (North County Times)
LIVE at the Levee is LIVE in St. Louis Jul 25, 2009
Located at the north end of the festival, near the Eads Bridge entrance, K-Town Kids Zone will offer Toddler Town, an array of inflatable games, and activities from the Science Center and the Children's Museum. While the event is already in its second week, the musical line-up is still going strong, and is slated to feature Angie Stone, Gretchen Wilson, Guster and Lupe Fiasco as the headliners. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Zeum: San Francisco's Children's Museum Presents 'Spotlight on Youth Art' Featuring the East Oakland School of the Arts (EOSA) Jul 25, 2009
Source: Zeum: San Francisco's Children's Museum ... About Zeum: San Francisco's Children's Museum ... Zeum: San Francisco's Children's Museum opened its doors in October 1998 on the rooftop of Yerba Buena Gardens as part of a major 87-acre urban renewal project by the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency in the South of Market area. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
'Children of Hangzhou: Connecting With China' Jul 24, 2009
Created by the Boston Children's Museum, the exhibition illuminates daily life in Hangzhou, Boston's sister city in China. Kelly says, "It's a really beautiful city where they've kept a lot of the old charm. It's on a lake, and there are pavilions on the lake and park-like areas throughout the city." Large, original pieces of artwork dispersed around the exhibition bring these landscapes to light. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Children's Musem gets high marks for energy use Jul 22, 2009
DOVER, N.H. (AP) The Children's Museum of New Hampshire has received a high honor for being an energy-efficient, high-performing building. It's received silver certification by the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design green buildings rating system. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Things to do in Chicago Jul 20, 2009
There is also a miniature golf course and a children's museum. One of its famous attractions, the Chicago Shakespeare Theater has a 500-seat courtyard theater and a 200-seat black box theater. (Suite101.com)
