Omaha Children's Museum
If you brought the kids along for the ride and you want to take them to a venue where it is okay to run, jump and touch, then a stop by the Omaha Children's Museum is in order. Touching the exhibits here is not only permitted, it is encouraged!
The Omaha Children's Museum was born in 1976 in the back of a station wagon delivering learning programs and hands-on workshops to thousands of area children. In 1977, the first museum was built in the City/County connector building. The museum moved to its present location in the former McFayden Ford building, in 1989. A huge renovation that was completed in 2002 made this facility one of the largest children's museums in the country.
The museum promotes learning through play and has a myriad of activities for your children to enjoy such as the Charlie Campbell Science Center where your children can animate a cartoon, watch images of themselves multiply and spin in the Human Kaleidoscope exhibit and learn up close and personal about natural events in Earthquake Challenge. The Creative Center will give your budding young artist a chance to create a work of art from the recycled materials.
There is also a Music Area where your children can compose their own tunes by walking on a giant tube of drums or a large piano. If you have a budding young star he or she can be a news anchor at the Cox Communications' TV News Station where they can be not only news anchors but weather reporters, and if they would rather work behind the scenes - the camera person. These are filmed live and broadcasted for all to see.
There are also play careers, experiments and a host of traveling exhibits for your children to learn about while they play. If you're looking for a fun way to spend a day with your kids, make the Children's Museum in Omaha a stop on your next visit.
The Omaha Children's Museum was born in 1976 in the back of a station wagon delivering learning programs and hands-on workshops to thousands of area children. In 1977, the first museum was built in the City/County connector building. The museum moved to its present location in the former McFayden Ford building, in 1989. A huge renovation that was completed in 2002 made this facility one of the largest children's museums in the country.
The museum promotes learning through play and has a myriad of activities for your children to enjoy such as the Charlie Campbell Science Center where your children can animate a cartoon, watch images of themselves multiply and spin in the Human Kaleidoscope exhibit and learn up close and personal about natural events in Earthquake Challenge. The Creative Center will give your budding young artist a chance to create a work of art from the recycled materials.
There is also a Music Area where your children can compose their own tunes by walking on a giant tube of drums or a large piano. If you have a budding young star he or she can be a news anchor at the Cox Communications' TV News Station where they can be not only news anchors but weather reporters, and if they would rather work behind the scenes - the camera person. These are filmed live and broadcasted for all to see.
There are also play careers, experiments and a host of traveling exhibits for your children to learn about while they play. If you're looking for a fun way to spend a day with your kids, make the Children's Museum in Omaha a stop on your next visit.
