Omaha Children's Museum

Omaha Children's Museum

The Omaha Children's Museum is a nonprofit learning and exploration space for young people located at 500 South 20th Street in downtown Omaha, Nebraska. The museum has received a national award from the Association of Science and Technology Museums.[1]

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About

Operated as a private nonprofit organization the mission of Omaha Children's Museum is to engage the imagination and create excitement about learning. The museum was founded in 1976 by Karen Levin and a group of local educators. It began as a traveling group of exhibits and activities, and today occupies a 60,000-square-foot (5,600 m2) space in Downtown Omaha.[2] The museum has a Board of Directors composed of community members.

In 2004 and 2010, the museum was honored with Leading Edge Awards for Visitor Experience from the Association of Science and Technology Museums.[3] The museum’s director, Lindy J. Hoyer served on the Board of Directors for the national Association of Children's Museums.[4]

Exhibits

The Omaha Children's Museum renovated its permanent exhibits through the $6.6 million capital campaign entitled "Building on the Best". The permanent exhibits include the Creative Arts Center, which features a theater, Artist-in-Residence Studio, community sculpture and art island; the "Charlie Campbell Science and Technology Center", which houses the "Super Gravitron", a ball machine where balls powered by air wind and water travel through tubes and on rails, and an inventors workshop, pulley and vacuum chairs and the "Science Showplace" where live science presentations take place.[5]

Other features include the "Imagination Playground", which is designed for young children; "Sandy’s Splish-Splash Garden", which is an interactive fountain area outside where kids can cool off. A 51-foot (16 m) kinetic tower and four 24-foot (7.3 m) whirligigs resembling giant pinwheels are located immediately outside the museum.[6]

Janie York was the first artist in residence at the museum's Creative Arts Center in an ongoing program. York explored a variety of textile arts, including community quilting and story quilting, as well as textile history and identification.[7]

In addition to its permanent exhibits, Omaha Children’s Museum regularly features traveling exhibitions and educational programming in art, science and humanities. The museum's Science Lab has been featured on the PBS Kids website.[8]

See also

  • Culture in Omaha

References

  1. ^ "Roy L. Shafer Leading Edge Awards", Association of Science and Technology Museums. Retrieved 8/22/07.
  2. ^ Danilov, V. (2005) Women And Museums: A Comprehensive Guide. Rowman Altamira. p. 245.
  3. ^ "Roy L. Shafer Leading Edge Awards", Association of Science and Technology Museums. Retrieved 8/22/07.
  4. ^ Board of Directors and Staff. Association of Children's Museums. Retrieved 8/22/07.
  5. ^ "Omaha Children's Museum," Nebraska Economic Development Council. Retrieved 8/22/07.
  6. ^ "Omaha Children's Museum," Nebraska Economic Development Council. Retrieved 8/22/07.
  7. ^ "Kid News: New artist in residence program at Omaha Children's Museum creative center features Nebraska artist Janie York," Nebraska Arts Commission. Retrieved 8/22/07.
  8. ^ FETCH! Lab - Omaha Children's Museum PBS Kids website. Retrieved 8/22/07.

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