Children's Museum of Caracas

Coordinates: 10°29′58″N 66°54′09″W / 10.4994°N 66.9026°W / 10.4994; -66.9026

Children's Museum of Caracas
Established	1982
Location	Caracas, Venezuela
Website	Museo de los Niños de Caracas

Children's Museum of Caracas (Fundación Museo de los Niños) is a privately managed museum foundation in Caracas, Venezuela's capital city, established in 1982 and aimed at teaching children about science, technology, culture and arts.

At the beginning of 1974, the great challenge was materialize a museum for children, with the mission of contribute to the formation and recreation of the childhood, by the teaching of science, technology, arts and the fundamental values of the society, to constitute a center of scientific spreading for the Venezuelan children. In order to determine the areas of the knowledge to those who the museum would be dedicated, they were considered: the information collected in the different centers and science museums, the analysis of the interests of the children and the characteristics of the Venezuelan young people, the necessity to reinforce the knowledge acquired in the school, the deficiency of the institutes where the child could learn science by recreatives forms, the conviction that a science and technology museum has in the diffusion of the knowledge to improve the future generations. Like result, the basic areas of the museum would be: Biology, Communication, Ecology and Physics, through exhibitions and experiences directed mainly to children between 6 and 14 years.

On August 7, 1982, the Children's Museum of Caracas, the first museum for children of Latin America, opened its doors, the dream became true. Years later, was taken the decision to make a permanent exhibition about the space and the advances of astronomy and astronautics. In 1987 the contacts with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and other North American institutions began, to make a rigorous investigation and determine what would exhibit the museum.

Inaugurated on October 12, 1993, the new building increased the capacity of visitors, multiplied the number of ticket offices, extended the administrative dependencies and the service to the public. The original landscaping of the Parque Central Complex was respected, in addition, green areas around the infantile park were created, that increase the benefit of the young visitors as of the community.

The Children's Museum of Caracas is for kids, where is possible to learn in a didactic way, it gives to the children another point of view of the world, previously reinforces the learned knowledge, and makes the learn of new subjects. In this museum we can find different sectors, each one with a respective subject: Biology, Communication, Physics, Ecology, the Conquest of space, Art Rooms, The emotion of live… without drugs, the Planetarium, among others, it has more than 500 exhibitions, that allow the children to amuse themselves while they learn. One of the great attractions of the museum is the planetarium, that is within the Conquest of space, which has a small additional cost. In addition to guided tours, the Children's Museum conducts workshops, special vacation programs for children and highly structured events for schools.

Schedules

• Monday to Friday: 9 am to 5 pm.
• Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays: 10 am to 5 pm.

See also

• Caracas
• Venezuela
• Children's museum