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358: 36: 27: 207: 188: 617: 326:. These museums usually consisted of a single room that contained a case of some specimens. In 1919, the Children's Museum opened a much larger branch museum in the Barnard Memorial Building on Warrenton Street. Known as the Barnard Memorial Branch Museum, it contained a number of different exhibits throughout the building. The Barnard branch closed in 1926. 433: 337:, served as the director of the museum from 1962 to 1985. Under Spock's leadership, Boston Children's Museum introduced the idea of "hands-on learning" to the museum field, and the first interactive exhibit in the museum, "What's Inside," was created during his term. In 1972 the museum was accredited by the 628:
Bottle is located on the Hood Milk Bottle Plaza in front of Boston Children's Museum. It has been located on this spot since April 20, 1977, when Hood shipped the bottle by ferry to Boston on a voyage it called the "Great Bottle Sail." The structure is 40 feet (12 m) tall, 18 feet (5.5 m) in diameter
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The museum is housed in a renovated industrial building. A large glass elevator provides access to the upper floors of the museum. The elevator was once located outside the museum but is now inside due to the museum's 2006–2007 expansion and renovation. The ground floor houses the museum's admissions
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during the 1950s A Map of N and S America were painted on the driveway..and a Game of KNOW the Countries and Capitols was introduced A Miss Kimble or Miss Dickey would give you strips of wood with Countries and or Capitols and you had to place then were they belong ... possibly the FIRST interactive
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and closed for four months at the beginning of 2007 to complete the project. The project added a 23,000-square-foot (2,100 m2), glass-walled enclosure to the front of the museum, a new theater, new exhibits, and a newly landscaped park. The museum also focused on making its renovation "green" and
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In 1935, the museum's lease on the Pinebank Mansion expired, and leaders decided that they needed a bigger space for the museum. They learned that a property was available a few blocks away on 60 Burroughs Street on the Jamaica Way and purchased the building from the Mitton family. The Children's
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Lou Casagrande served as the museum's president and CEO from 1994 to 2009. The museum opened several important exhibits during Casagrande's term including Five Friends from Japan, access/Ability, and Boston Black: A City Connects. In 2004, The Children's Museum of Boston officially became Boston
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The bottle underwent extensive renovations. In fall 2006, the bottle was "uncapped"—its original top half was sliced off and preserved—so that its base could be moved slightly and rebuilt on the new Hood Milk Bottle Plaza. A renovated bottle was put back in place and officially re-dedicated by
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neighborhood. It is the second oldest children's museum in the United States. The first museum contained two cases: one devoted to birds and the other to minerals and shells. The exhibits were kept at children's eye level, used simple language, and complemented the lessons taught in school.
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Boston Children's Museum has an extensive collection of objects from around the world. Most of the objects were donated to the museum. The museum currently has more than 50,000 objects, but most are kept in storage away from visitor areas. Visitors can see some of the objects in the Native
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PlaySpace is for the museum's youngest visitors—children between the ages of 0–3 years. Children can explore a tree house climber, a toy train set, and a "messy activities" area. The exhibit also includes an crawlers-only area with soft mats and other objects to lie and climb
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During the early years of the museum, leaders created branch museums throughout Boston so that children in other parts of the city could experience the museum as well. The first branch museums were located in schools, including the Quincy School on Tyler Street, the
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This exhibit explores Boston's Black community and its history and diversity. Children can decorate and ride on a Carnival float, shop at a Dominican store, learn about hairstyles at Joe's Barber Shop and African Queen Beauty Salon, and dance to Cape Verdean
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In 1979 Boston Children's Museum moved into half of an empty wool warehouse on the Fort Point Channel in order to gain more space and become more accessible to people in Boston. (From 1984 through 2000, the other half of the building was occupied by
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The Women's Education Association also helped the Science Teacher's Bureau with the planning for the children's museum in Boston. After four years of planning, The Children's Museum officially opened on August 1, 1913, at the
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American Study Storage area and the Japanese Study Storage area on the third floor of the museum and in window displays throughout the museum. The museum also lends objects to schools through its Educational Kits Program.
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In 1986, Kenneth Brecher became the director of the museum. During his term, Kids Bridge, a groundbreaking exhibit on cultural diversity and racism, opened at the museum. The exhibit later moved to the
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The exhibit features the characters from Marc Brown's books and the television series. Children can learn and play in the Read Family Kitchen, Mr. Ratburn's Classroom, and the Backyard Sleepover.
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Visitors are able to work with hand tools and natural materials at this exhibit. The exhibit was recently updated, and now visitors are able to create a small woodworking project to take home.
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The idea for a children's museum in Boston developed in 1909 when several local science teachers founded the Science Teacher's Bureau. One of the Bureau's main goals was to create a museum:
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At KidStage, visitors can watch and often participate in performances on the kid-sized stage. The exhibit introduces children to the performing arts—music, singing, dance, and comedy.
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This model classroom welcomes kids to take part in a typical Kindergarten experience while adults can ask staff "teachers" questions they may have about Kindergarten.
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The exhibit invites children and families to assume the role of scientist and explore the evidence, the science, and the features that make dinosaurs so compelling.
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it is planned to inaugurate at the same place, a Museum, local in its nature and to contain besides the natural objects, books, pictures, charts,
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Visitors can learn about the natural world in "Investigate," discover the laws of motion in "Raceways," or play with bubbles in "Bubbles."
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KEVA Planks introduce children to problem solving and abstract thinking, and foundational concepts of mathematics, physics, and design.
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Inspired by the Big Dig, the Construction Zone gives visitors a chance to ride a Bobcat, play with trucks, and use jackhammers.
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The New Balance Foundation Climb is a three-story climbing structure located in the front of the museum. It was designed by
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In April 2006, the museum broke ground on a $ 47-million expansion and renovation project designed by
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Feinburg, Jody. "Fun in Motion: Expanded, Renovated Children's Museum is Better than Ever."
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in Boston. It reopened on April 14, 2007. In early 2008 Boston Children's Museum received
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This exhibit teaches visitors how to live healthier lives by eating right and exercising.
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The Story of The Children's Museum of Boston: From Its Beginnings to November 18, 1936.
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The Story of The Children's Museum of Boston: From Its Beginnings to November 18, 1936
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on April 20, 2007, thirty years to the day after it was moved to Children's Wharf.
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Movies are sometimes projected onto the side of the structure for museum events.
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area and a gift shop. Outside, a large deck overlooks the Fort Point Channel and
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Boston.com. June 2, 2010. "Director at Opera Boston moves to Children's Museum"
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The Art Studio is a place where children and families can create art together.
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donated a Japanese silk merchant's house to the museum. The house, known as
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was persuaded to buy it and give it to Boston Children's Museum in 1977.
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Hands-On Exhibitions: Managing Interactive Museums and Science Centres
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Carole Charnow is the museum's president and chief executive officer.
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In 2013, Boston Children's Museum was one of ten recipients of the
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The Hood Milk Bottle was originally located on the banks of the
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Boston Children's Museum has inspired both the Museo Pambata in
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before embarking on a 3-year tour around the United States.
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restaurants in the United States and was built using the "
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The Hood Milk Bottle in front of Boston Children's Museum
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with "kidproofed" hardware and software in August 1974.
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Museum opened at its new location on November 18, 1936.
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Peep's World recreates the world from the WGBH series
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Boston Children's Museum

Boston
Congress Street
Boston, MA
Coordinates
42°21′07″N 71°02′58″W / 42.351867°N 71.049579°W / 42.351867; -71.049579
Children's museum
American Alliance of Museums
Association of Children's Museums
Red Line
South Station
Disabled access
Silver Line
Courthouse Station
Disabled access
MBTA boat
bostonchildrensmuseum.org
children's museum
Boston
Massachusetts
Children's Wharf
Fort Point Channel
lantern slides
Pinebank Mansion
Jamaica Pond
Olmsted Park
Jamaica Plain
George Hunt Barton
Delia Isabel Griffin

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