Staten Island Children's Museum

Staten Island Children's Museum

infobox Museum
name= Staten Island Children's Museum


established= 1976
location= 1000 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island, New York, USA
visitors=
director= Dina Rosenthal
website= [http://www.statenislandkids.org/ Staten Island Children's Museum] The Staten Island Children's Museum is a children's museum on the grounds of Sailors' Snug HarborCite web|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE6D71630F930A25753C1A96F948260|title=New Children's Museum Joins 2 Old Favorites|accessdate=2008-03-12|year=1989-10-13|author=Andrew L. Yarrow|work=The New York Times] on Staten Island, New York, opened in 1976Cite web|url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10B13F83F5F117A93C6AB1783D85F428785F9|title=S.I. Children's Museum a Community Affair|accessdate=2008-03-12|year=1976-08-24|work=The New York Times] following community and government support for the project.Cite web|url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10617FC3F5A167493C3A81783D85F428785F9|title=Children's Museum Given Three Grants|accessdate=2008-03-12|year=1976-08-11|work=The New York Times] The museum stresses a hands-on interactive approach to its exhibits Cite web|url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60913F6345D11728DDDA10A94D8415B898BF1D3|title=Museum Stresses the 'Hands On' Approach|accessdate=2008-03-12|year=1979-10-28|author=Sandra Cummings|work=The New York Times] and has no permanent exhibitions, choosing instead to recreate the experience with each new exhibition.Cite web|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0DE0DD1239F93BA35753C1A967948260&sec=travel&spon=&pagewanted=all|title=Children's Exhibits Stress Participation|accessdate=2008-03-12|year=1981-10-08|author=Melissa Sutphen|work=The New York Times]

In 2005, it was among 406 New York City arts and social service institutions to receive part of a $20 million grant from the Carnegie Corporation, which was made possible through a donation by New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg.Cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/06/nyregion/06donate.html?ex=1278302400&en=93a1beabd4ede5b8&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss|title=City Groups Get Bloomberg Gift of $20 Million|accessdate=2008-03-12|year=2005-07-06|author=Sam Roberts|work=The New York Times] Cite web|url=http://carnegie.org/sub/news/anon2005.html|title=Carnegie Corporation of New York Announces Twenty Million Dollars in New York City Grants|accessdate=2008-03-12|publisher=Carnegie Corporation of New York|year=2005-07-05]

References

External links

* [http://statenislandkids.org The Staten Island Children's Museum]


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