Boston Children's Museum

300 Congress Street
Boston
(617) 426-6500
Open daily 10am – 5pm, Fridays until 9pm
www.bostonchildrensmuseum.org

Boston Children’s Museum is the place for children and the adults in their lives to experience the fun of learning. With three floors of exciting exhibits and activities, there is something for every child, from the aspiring artists and actors to the budding engineers and scientists—to enjoy. Museum visitors can scamper up the three-story climb, play on the light-up dance floor, and create their own artwork. The Museum also holds special events throughout the year that focus on different cultures, the environment, science, and other topics. As an early museum experience for children, Boston Children’s Museum encourages imagination, curiosity, questioning, and realism.

CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF MANHATTAN

About the Children's Museum of Manhattan

The mission of the Children's Museum of Manhattan (CMOM) is to inspire children and families to learn about themselves and our culturally diverse world through a unique environment of interactive exhibitions and programs.
Last year, CMOM served more than 350,000 people, which included 65,000 children who visited the Museum as part of a school group or through one of the Museum’s off-site partners. CMOM is committed to making its exhibits and programs available to all, and with nearly 50 sites around New York City, we continually reach thousands of families who might not otherwise be able to benefit from our services.
CMOM’s four priority areas are meant to impact children in ways that will last a lifetime: early childhood education prepares children to enter kindergarten; creativity in the arts and sciences inspires creative and analytical thinking skills for lifelong learning; healthy lifestyles programs provide a blueprint for a family's physical, emotional and environmental well being; and the exploration of world cultures gives children awareness, understanding and context for the diverse society they are part of. These priorities are met through exhibitions, classes, workshops, performances and Museum-sponsored festivals.
CMOM’s programs and exhibits are designed to address the multiple ways children learn and to help parents understand and support their children’s development. This approach is reflected in all the Museum’s exhibits, including the celebrated PlayWorks™ floor for pre-schoolers, Gods, Myths and Mortals: Discover Ancient Greece designed as an introduction to art, science and literature; and the Healthy Living programming produced with healthcare providers to encourage good nutrition and daily exercise. Professional Development training is offered to early childhood and school educators as a means to broaden CMOM’s influence in reaching children and their families effectively.
Every week over 80 workshops, classes and performances are offered free with admission to the Museum, deepening the CMOM experience with related literacy-based activities, diverse cultural experiences and the performing arts. Every CMOM program is based on research, evaluation and testing.