Children’s museums also were focused on a younger age group — infants to 8-year-olds, Mr. Affleck said. “The shift to creating more meaningful experiences began in the last decade,” he ...

For Sunday’s Kids’ Art Museum Project — better known as K.A.M.P. — at the Hammer Museum in Westwood, actress and storybook reader Sofia Vergara chose “Dragons Love Tacos” by Adam Rubin ...

Children’s museums have proliferated across the Chicago area and nation. The Association of Children’s Museums in Washington had 38 U.S. members in 1978; it now has about 300, ...

Not only was it ranked among the best children's museums in the US by USA Today's 2024 reader poll, it has stellar reviews on Yelp (4.5 out of 5), Google Reviews (4.7 out of 5) and Tripadvisor ...

According to ACM, more than 31 million children and families visit children’s museums — about 400 in the United States, and there are 60 more in the planning phase — every year.

But most children's museums are neither big nor famous. Several have permanently closed since the onset of COVID-19, including the Children's Museum of the Sierra in Oakhurst, Calif., the Orpheum ...

Museums offer children a glimpse into history, art, science and culture. From ancient artifacts to modern art exhibits, museums provide a rich educational experience that textbooks alone cannot offer.

Children’s museums might seem like a relatively new phenomenon. But they’ve actually been around since 1899, when the Brooklyn Children’s Museum debuted.

Children’s museums are filled with hands-on exhibits sponsored by corporations hoping to make an impression on parent and child. In Winston-Salem, N.C., children learn how to make Krispy Kreme ...