http://www.childrensmuseumfdl.org
The Children's Museum of Fond du Lac is a resource for schools, daycares, children's organizations and the ARC. Since 2003, many schools for Fond du Lac, Dodge, Calumet and Winnebago counties have attended our "traveling museum events". These events featured interactive exhibits that offered hands-on learning opportunities for children and their caregivers. The exhibits were hand-built by various local volunteers and rented from other museums. In surveys, the educators told us that they were pleased to have such wonderful educational opportunities right here in Fond du Lac. We are very thankful to our wonderful volunteers that have helped construct some of the exhibits. Below is a list of these skilled individuals and organizations that we would like to thank: Jesse Burg of Burg Construction John Friess of Trademark Construction Julie Garrison Melissa Hierl Tonya and Josh Mand of Mand Plumbing Brent Schumacher Bob Sorenson Home | Support the Museum | Connect Kids Campaign | Educators / Schools | Newsletters | Links
http://www.kidsquestmuseum.org
KidsQuest is an innovative, new nonprofit children's museum that will offer hands-on, interactive exhibits and programs designed to help children and their families explore science, art, technology, culture, and life experiences. The Museum is conducting a capital campaign to fund the 2005 opening of a world-class children's museum in Factoria Mall. The demand for KidsQuest Children's Museum programming has been so high that in response the organization has held weekly activities outside its space in Factoria Mall. These free hands-on activities, sponsored by Qwest, have ranged from making hand puppets and building bridges (with a visit from local engineering firm CH2MHill) to making ice cream in coffee cans. More than 1,000 children and their families have participated in this summer program.
Most importantly, The Funhouse provides the Orcas Island community with a safe place for kids to hang out, learn, play and explore their creativity. While we cater mostly to off-island visitors during the summer months, the rest of the year is dedicated to providing local kids with a place to go and participate in many of the inspirational programs we offer such as: video and audio production, improvisational theater, poetry, beading, computer skills and women's self-defense. We also offer a wide range of classes to teens and adults in the evenings, and we have toddler programs during the day-time. The Funhouse is a public 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, generously supported by the donations and grants. We are also supported by an army of volunteers from every walk of life and every part of our amazing community, without whom we couldn't function. We are always looking for more support. For further information on volunteering or making a donation, please click on the contacts link below. To see a list of the current board members click here . To see Friends of The Funhouse click here .
Ralph Appelbaum Associates (RAA) are planners, designers, and producers of award-winning museum exhibitions, visitor centers, and educational environments. Subject areas range from natural history and the physical sciences, to cultural, social, and corporate history, sports, and the fine arts. Founded in 1978, and currently the largest interpretive museum design firm in the world, RAA has an interdisciplinary staff of more than seventy-five specialists in different aspects of design and communications: technology and media specialists, architects, writers, editors, and management personnel; and has 125 built projects. The firm is best known for large-scale, permanent museum projects requiring a marriage of complex educational content with physical environments that are at once compelling and smoothly operational. More modest projects cover a wide range of services that address special needs and special phases in institutional or corporate development. Notable among these are master planning, fund-raising strategies and materials, outreach concepts, temporary exhibitions, media programs, library and theater design, publication and promotional design, and public monuments and memorials.
Each year, CMOM serves more than 325,000 people, which includes 30,000 children who visit the CMOM as part of a school group and more than 34,000 children served through offsite outreach programs. These outreach programs regularly serve children and their families from at-risk communities through partnerships with community-based organizations, schools and libraries. A key aspect of the strategic plan is to provide free or low-cost access to CMOM and its programs to low-income families. CMOM's three priority areas flow from the strategic plan and are designed to meet specific needs within the community: early childhood education prepares children to enter kindergarten; creativity in the arts and sciences inspires creative and analytical thinking skills for lifelong learning; and healthy lifestyles programs provide a blueprint for a family's physical, emotional and environmental well being. These priorities are met through exhibitions, presentations by artists from authentic traditions, and arts and science workshops. CMOM connects the arts, language, science, math and humanities to the social and psychological needs of the child and family. Our programs and exhibits are designed to address the multiple ways children learn and to help parents understand and support their child's development. CMOM's philosophy is reflected in the recently opened PlayWorksÔ exhibition, keyed to all of the skills children need for school; the upcoming exhibit, Gods, Myths and Mortals: Discover Ancient Greece, designed as an introduction to art, science and literature; and the Healthy Living Programming produced with local hospitals and health providers to encourage positive daily health habits. This philosophy is also woven throughout its Professional Development Training provided to early childhood and school educators. More than 80 public performances with authentic performers and 3,000 public programs are offered free with admission, connecting children to diverse cultural traditions and the performing arts. These programs also uniquely engage parents to become more active and knowledgeable partners in their child's development. Detailed learning objectives and curricula are developed and revised through evaluation and testing, ranging from research projects about how children want to learn about the Greek classics to professional evaluation of CMOM's programs for families in shelters to early childhood curriculum used at CMOM and in the community. A current professional evaluation of early childhood programs at the museum reveals a distinct success in engaging parents in their child's education and CMOM as a unique facility that values the remarkable breadth of cultural diversity of its visitors.
http://www.ontariosciencecentre.ca
The Ontario Science Centre delights, informs and challenges visitors through engaging and thought-provoking experiences in science and technology. The Ontario Science Centre transforms the way in which people see and think about the world around them. Entertaining scientific fun is explored in more than 800 exhibits within 12 exhibit halls.
The Sciencenter provides visitors opportunities to explore the wonders of science through hands-on exhibits and educational programs that promote learning through interaction. Recipient of the Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce “Not-for-Profit Organization of the Year†award in 2006, the Sciencenter was constructed almost entirely by volunteers. Over 2,200 volunteers from the community contributed over 40,000 hours of work. They ranged in age from children to senior citizens and included both unskilled and skilled workers. In Fall/Winter of 2007, visitors will be able to enjoy an exciting new exhibit called "Japan and Nature: Spirits of the Seasons." This exhibit introduces visitors to the ways nature is celebrated in the lives of Japanese families. Japan and Nature: Spirits of the Seasons was developed by the Brooklyn Children's Museum as part of the Go East Asian Exhibit Initiative. Funded by the Freeman Foundation, this exhibition's tour is administered by the Association of Children's Museums. Other exciting permanent exhibits at the Sciencenter include: Connect to the Ocean, where you can interact with a touch tank containing live tide pool animals; Mars and Stars, where you can use interactive computer kiosks and see beautiful images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope; and the Saltonstall Animal Room, where you can see a variety of creatures such as frogs, fish, toads, newts, salamanders, geckos, millipedes, cornsnakes, hissing cockroaches, and turtles.
The Royal Ontario Museum collects and exhibits the cultural and natural history of Canada and the world. The collections and research are the basis of the ROM’s international reputation; the collections are diverse in their subject matter and number more than five million objects. The ROM’s research, exhibitions and educational activities increase understanding of cultural and natural diversity, their relationships, significance, preservation, and conservation.
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