These wonderful pretend play moments were witnessed recently in The Children's Garden : A young girl, age 5 or 6, was very busy setti...

This story was shared by Exhibits Director Robin Meisner .  Walking out into The Children’s Garden , I noticed a girl – about 4 years old...

Unstructured, freely chosen play promotes children’s healthy growth and development, but many kids don’t get enough free play, especially ou...

Last month, we announced a new texture hunt , created by AmeriCorps Museum Educator Jackie Frole to encourage visitors to explore the Museum...

Museum visitors can explore our great outdoors as they wriggle and stretch through The Climber , tunnel through Underland , and try fun-fill...

A follow up to our previous post - some reflections staff have shared following their time in the garden this summer. Cool Climber After ha...

Wow, what a summer – beautiful weather, two incredible new outdoor play spaces, and thousands of families to enjoy them! Before summer is of...

This post was contributed by Museum Executive Director Janice O’Donnell . One of the best things about the new additions to The Children...

Yes, we have two fabulous new outdoor play spaces , but there's a bunch of other summer fun to be had at the Museum, including these exc...

What’s up in Underland ? (Or “Underworld,” as we’ve heard it called many times now!) Here’s what Museum staff and volunteers have seen and h...

Children swarm up 18 feet to the top of The Climber and flow back down again, like water spreading in all directions. Like water, only noi...

Whoa, we are SO close to ready for kids to come play in The Climber and Underland when we open our new garden play spaces on Friday! Here’...

This week was a flurry of activity in our Children’s Garden in preparation for the opening of our new play spaces on June 11 – just a few w...