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We have to wait 'til May for the full-sized Buckingham Fountain to delight us, but happily for the kiddos in Water City,...
03/17/2023

We have to wait 'til May for the full-sized Buckingham Fountain to delight us, but happily for the kiddos in Water City, no wait is necessary!

We extended our EARLYBIRD promotion for just one week! Make sure you get your tickets before time runs out on March 24! ...
03/16/2023

We extended our EARLYBIRD promotion for just one week! Make sure you get your tickets before time runs out on March 24! Use code EARLYBIRD at check out for $15 dollars off.

Join Chicago Children’s Museum for the return of Hide N Seek! Play after dark at Chicago Children’s Museum on May 6. Ticket holders will enjoy 2 floors of games and fun, live music, open bar, chef's tables, and so much more!

Grab a drink, play games with your friends, and explore the museum after hours in this exclusive, 21 + adults' night out. Visit our website (https://www.chicagochildrensmuseum.org/hidenseek)
or click the link in our bio to get your tickets. 🎉 🌆

Event location: Chicago Children’s Museum at the Navy Pier

3/15: Earlybird Ends Today! Don’t miss this opportunity to get your Earlybird discount on Tickets! Today is the last day...
03/15/2023

3/15: Earlybird Ends Today!

Don’t miss this opportunity to get your Earlybird discount on Tickets! Today is the last day for $15 dollars off admission with code EARLYBIRD at checkout.

Join Chicago Children’s Museum for the return of Hide N Seek! Play after dark at Chicago Children’s Museum on May 6. Ticket holders will enjoy 2 floors of games and fun, live music, open bar, chef's tables, and so much more!

Grab a drink, play games with your friends, and explore the museum after hours in this exclusive, 21 + adults' night out. Visit our website (https://www.chicagochildrensmuseum.org/hidenseek) or click the link in our bio to get your tickets. 🎉 🌆

Event location: Chicago Children’s Museum at the Navy Pier

Make a play date for your babies and toddlers, your ages 4 to 8, and your ages 9 and up with all of the exhibits designe...
03/14/2023

Make a play date for your babies and toddlers, your ages 4 to 8, and your ages 9 and up with all of the exhibits designed especially for them! This coming spring break we're open every day 10 am to 5 pm from March 27 through April 9.

Teaching Chess To Kids: A Step By Step Guide...Stay positive.Be patient.Keep it fun.Set a structure.Encourage independen...
03/13/2023

Teaching Chess To Kids: A Step By Step Guide...
Stay positive.
Be patient.
Keep it fun.
Set a structure.
Encourage independent studying.
Use online resources.
Make chess a social activity.
Celebrate achievements.
from "How To Teach Your Kids Chess (And Why It's A Great Idea)" -chess.com

Add story retelling to this snowy day! Meaning is made through recalling and reflecting on an experience. It is how chil...
03/12/2023

Add story retelling to this snowy day! Meaning is made through recalling and reflecting on an experience. It is how children translate play into learning. Through the process of reflection, they are able to achieve deeper, more significant gains in understanding.

The Museum's Story Hub exhibit prompts conversations between grown ups and kiddos to help teach children how to reflect and is made possible by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Surprise Powerz' "Best Places" guide is out and Chicago Children's Museum is listed as #1!
03/11/2023

Surprise Powerz' "Best Places" guide is out and Chicago Children's Museum is listed as #1!

03/10/2023

Drawing Studio ends on March 15! Be sure to add to the gorgeous masterpiece covering the Art Studio floors and walls... 😁

Playful learning means...growing new climbers' self-confidence, strength, agility, and independence. The Kovler Family C...
03/09/2023

Playful learning means...growing new climbers' self-confidence, strength, agility, and independence. The Kovler Family Climbing Schooner gives littles the chance to chart their own path while scaling three stories of ship's rigging to the crow's nest. Friendly staff are at the ready to lend a hand and grown ups can offer encouragement along the way on the adjacent stairway.

Explore the Chicago Children's Museum on Navy Pier after hours in this exclusive grown-up-but-we-still-know-how-to-play ...
03/07/2023

Explore the Chicago Children's Museum on Navy Pier after hours in this exclusive grown-up-but-we-still-know-how-to-play night out! Save $15 by purchasing before 3/15! 🎉 🌆

Hide N Seek: Play After Dark
May 6, 7-11pm
Tickets on sale now! (21+)
https://lnkd.in/gyJ8zdv3)

Calling all 4 and ups...help our toy pilots fly! Build, launch, test and improve your mini flying machine now that Up, U...
03/06/2023

Calling all 4 and ups...help our toy pilots fly! Build, launch, test and improve your mini flying machine now that Up, Up and Away! has officially taken over Tinkering Lab!

Did you know? The Museum's Playing With Numbers program annually provides teachers with strategies for making meaning th...
03/05/2023

Did you know? The Museum's Playing With Numbers program annually provides teachers with strategies for making meaning through mathematical thinking. The 2022-2023 cohort of teachers hail from 16 Chicago Public Schools.

“Using more play in the classrooms has allowed my kids to see that math is everywhere—it’s not just when we’re sitting down using the paper and pencil.” (Heather Murphy, kindergarten teacher, PWN alum)

Happy "Rainbow friends" day from the Drawing Studio!
03/03/2023

Happy "Rainbow friends" day from the Drawing Studio!

When the meteorologists are shouting "Winter Storm Watch!", we find comfort in moments like this and the idea that sciss...
03/02/2023

When the meteorologists are shouting "Winter Storm Watch!", we find comfort in moments like this and the idea that scissors and cardboard are sometimes a great cure for ready-for-winter-to-be-over-itis...

What we're learning...toddlers who spend less than an hour looking at screens each day and engage in at least an hour of...
03/01/2023

What we're learning...toddlers who spend less than an hour looking at screens each day and engage in at least an hour of daily physical activity have better executive function according to a recent study in The Journal of Pediatrics by University of Illinois professors Naiman Khan and Sharon Donovan and graduate student Arden McMath...
https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/702754550

Our favorite Water City review so far (alongside the happiness the kiddos are bringing to their visits) is from ... "Wha...
02/28/2023

Our favorite Water City review so far (alongside the happiness the kiddos are bringing to their visits) is from ... "What I thought was very unique is that older kids and babies alike were completely engaged - there is just so much to do and interact with!"

Extra armfuls of thanks to Lucy (age 7) for sharing her Chicken Day Care made in the Tinkering Lab and to Hojun (age 9) ...
02/27/2023

Extra armfuls of thanks to Lucy (age 7) for sharing her Chicken Day Care made in the Tinkering Lab and to Hojun (age 9) for sharing his sharks made in the Art Studio! It's been a fantastically creative month!

Waters by Elder James OlsonThe waters of the world in their cold chasm Move with slow silver muscles, glide beneathA ten...
02/26/2023

Waters by Elder James Olson
The waters of the world in their cold chasm
Move with slow silver muscles, glide beneath
A tenuous green sheath,
Unfurl to massy folds, or march in mountains.
Rivers and fountains
And waterfalls in raveling ropes of smoke
Feed the green chasm.
The waters of the world conceive cold slow
Insinuating fish, that ghost and glow
Suspended in steep streams or glossy mountains.

We cordially welcome you to Water City - a splashful, splishful, waterful good time! (Pro tip from grownups who've been ...
02/25/2023

We cordially welcome you to Water City - a splashful, splishful, waterful good time! (Pro tip from grownups who've been - consider short sleeve tops for kiddos to wear under the waterproof smocks provided to avoid doused cuffs...!)

While Water City is getting a lot of standing Os - be sure to make the final weekend of Drawing Studio in the Art Studio...
02/25/2023

While Water City is getting a lot of standing Os - be sure to make the final weekend of Drawing Studio in the Art Studio!

Calling all water loving kiddos - MOEN Presents Water City is now open and we're so excited for you to come in and play!
02/24/2023

Calling all water loving kiddos - MOEN Presents Water City is now open and we're so excited for you to come in and play!

The wait is over! Come explore Water City today on Free Family Day - we're open 10 am to 5 pm - and join in dance celebr...
02/23/2023

The wait is over! Come explore Water City today on Free Family Day - we're open 10 am to 5 pm - and join in dance celebrations on the Pier and in the Museum!

Today's the day! Free Family Day from 10 am to 5 pm on Navy Pier and at the Museum - free dance workshops, free Museum a...
02/23/2023

Today's the day! Free Family Day from 10 am to 5 pm on Navy Pier and at the Museum - free dance workshops, free Museum admission including grand opening of new MOEN Presents Water City exhibit, and $10 Navy Pier parking. Join in the joy!

Tomorrow is an extra special kidtastic day! Water City opens on Free Family Day!! Free dance workshops at the Museum and...
02/22/2023

Tomorrow is an extra special kidtastic day! Water City opens on Free Family Day!! Free dance workshops at the Museum and on the Pier, free admission to the Museum, and $10 parking!

This Thursday 2/23 is both Water City's opening and February's Free Family Day! Dance with us on the Pier and at the Mus...
02/21/2023

This Thursday 2/23 is both Water City's opening and February's Free Family Day! Dance with us on the Pier and at the Museum as we welcome our newest exhibit 🎈

Happy Presidents' Day! Bring the kiddos to our neighbor on the Pier, Chef Art Smith's Reunion Restaurant -Chicago, today...
02/20/2023

Happy Presidents' Day! Bring the kiddos to our neighbor on the Pier, Chef Art Smith's Reunion Restaurant -Chicago, today and enjoy Kids Eat Free with the purchase of an adult meal! And more good news...the Museum has extended holiday hours from 10 am to 5 pm today :)

Looking at Suchomimus from this angle has always felt deserving of a funny caption contest... :)
02/19/2023

Looking at Suchomimus from this angle has always felt deserving of a funny caption contest... :)

We ❤ artists at work...
02/18/2023

We ❤ artists at work...

After yesterday's "wintery mix" showed us how water can transform into snow, sleet, hail, ice, and rain, we think we're ...
02/18/2023

After yesterday's "wintery mix" showed us how water can transform into snow, sleet, hail, ice, and rain, we think we're all ready for its fun side...

Some of our favorite moments at the Museum are seeing the real magic of memories being made right before our eyes. Big t...
02/16/2023

Some of our favorite moments at the Museum are seeing the real magic of memories being made right before our eyes. Big thanks to all the grown-ups who take the time to make memories with their little, medium, and big kids here!

Did you know? In addition to our favorite Great Lake, Illinois is bordered by 880 miles of rivers and has 106,900 miles ...
02/16/2023

Did you know? In addition to our favorite Great Lake, Illinois is bordered by 880 miles of rivers and has 106,900 miles of rivers and streams within its borders. The Museum is grateful to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources for these water facts as well as for joining IFF and Moen to make the new Water City exhibit possible. Opening to the public on February 23!

Happy Valentine's Day! Here's hoping there's a full-tilt, tiny dance party in everyone's lives today ❤😍❤️
02/14/2023

Happy Valentine's Day! Here's hoping there's a full-tilt, tiny dance party in everyone's lives today ❤😍❤️

Did you know those gorgeous mosaics that live on the Navy Pier wall just outside the gift shop were created by visiting ...
02/12/2023

Did you know those gorgeous mosaics that live on the Navy Pier wall just outside the gift shop were created by visiting artist Norma Rios-Sierra of Mosaico Arte Chicago (https://mosaicoartechicago.wordpress.com) and young artists at the Museum?

We've had some quality control inspectors making sure everything is just right as we get ready to open MOEN presents Wat...
02/11/2023

We've had some quality control inspectors making sure everything is just right as we get ready to open MOEN presents Water City on February 23!

Just a reminder - the Museum will be open 10 am to 5 pm on Presidents' Day, Monday, February 20!
02/10/2023

Just a reminder - the Museum will be open 10 am to 5 pm on Presidents' Day, Monday, February 20!

Mark your calendars...February 23 is Water City opening day! Created in partnership with Moen, the Illinois Department o...
02/09/2023

Mark your calendars...February 23 is Water City opening day! Created in partnership with Moen, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, and IFF (and rigorously tested by a team of kindergartners), we can't wait to welcome water play back to the Museum!
https://www.chicagochildrensmuseum.org/watercity2023

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You’re never too young to dance! Thank you, Chicago Children's Museum for allowing us to share our passion with the kids for ‘Active Play Day’ on Jan. 7.
We ended winter break with a bang by taking on every activity the Chicago Children's Museum had to offer!
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We're proud to take the lead on Caretakers of Wonder, a national effort to address climate change. In the short to medium run, all participating museums are launching a project to improve sustainability in their facility. In the long-term, we're finding ways to instill empathy and a connection to nature in young children.

Frightening messages about climate change can actually keep people from taking action, while creating positive connections with nature encourages people to act. By creating joyful, age-appropriate experiences now, we can help build resilient kids who will grow into adults ready to take on the serious environmental issues to come. Our advisors are some of the smartest most innovative thinkers on climate change, education, and action in the country--many of them from the UW.

We're honored to work with amazing partners in this effort including Louisiana Children's Museum, Chicago Children's Museum, The Wild Center, Discovery Museum, National Children's Museum, Museum of Discovery and Science, KidsQuest Children's Museum, The Children’s Museum of Southern Oregon with support from the Association of Children's Museums and others.
Chicago-area families, learn more about adaptive sports at Chicago Children's Museum's "Play for All" event on Jan. 21 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

The museum and Dare2tri, a non-profit dedicated to removing barriers to sports and fitness, will help visitors discover the endless possibilities for athletes with disabilities

Visitors can participate in activities including:

➡ Roller sled hockey

➡ Handcycling

➡ Wheelchair racing

➡ Bocce

➡ Judo and group exercise

➡ See & Touch Prosthetics display

The first 500 children and families with disabilities who register will receive free admission to the museum.

Learn more at https://dscc.uic.edu/events/adaptive-sports-at-chicago-childrens-museum/.
Mahalo Chicago Children's Museum for bringing awareness to this !
Hi everyone, we want to personally thank everyone for coming to our gala. We had a great time and we hope you all did too. Thank you to those who donated and sponsored, we at Envision hope to see you all and more next year. Thanks to all combined efforts, we will be able to provide multiple scholarships for community members to achieve their post-secondary goals!!

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The Junior League of Chicago is proud to have played a key role in the founding of the Chicago Children's Museum 40 years ago. Read more about our shared history in the article linked below!

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The Chicago Children's Museum celebrated 40 years of play and learning this weekend, during which time officials estimate they've hosted nearly 15 million children.
is celebrating their 40th birthday and this weekend kicked off a year of celebrating their milestone! You can bring the family and learn (or remember if it’s been a while) what makes this place such a Chicago treasure. Today will have $4 admission, dance parties, party hat challenge and more birthday fun! 🥳

Chicago Children's Museum holds a very strong memory for me when we first came to Chicago as the parents of a 1yo. Exhibits may have changed but the magical element of play it encourages hasn’t!

Play never gets old at the Chicago Children's Museum! Celebrating 40 years of fun, the Chicago Children's Museum will be offering special admission pricing (just $4!) this Sunday!

A mecca of fun for nearly 15 million children and caregivers since its inception, the Museum will celebrate its 40th anniversary this weekend Saturday, October 15 through Sunday, October 16 with fun-filled birthday-themed events and activations including pop-up dance parties on the '40th' emblem, party hat challenges, stuffed animal building and more.
Celebrate Chicago Children's Museum's 40th Birthday🎂 this weekend at The Pier🎡! Get ready to dance, create, play, and more with activities for the whole family 🥳. Even at 40, play never gets old!🎈

🔗See full event details here: https://bit.ly/CCM40thBirthdayNP

Celebrate Chicago Children's Museum's 40th Birthday🎂 this weekend at The Pier🎡! Get ready to dance, create, play, and more with activities for the whole family 🥳. Even at 40, play never gets old!🎈

🔗See full event details here: https://bit.ly/CCM40thBirthdayNP

Celebrate National Fossil Day at the Chicago Children's Museum, located only 38 minutes from your guestroom at Holiday Inn Chicago Matteson Conf Ctr. Families love exploring their famous Suchomimus fossil and digging for bones in the excavation pit.

https://www.chicagochildrensmuseum.org/suchomimus

Playful Learning makes learning interactive and fun, and we can't wait to show you! Join us, Illinois Action for Children, Chicago Children's Museum, and City of Chicago – Government for Mathematics on the Boulevard, this Sunday October 16.

Playful Learning hace que el aprendizaje sea interactivo y divertido, ¡y estamos ansiosos por mostrártelo! Únase a nosotros por Matemáticas en el Bulevar, este domingo 16 de octubre.
Is this making anyone else hungry? We had the opportunity to dress up some drool-worthy displays for Chicago Children's Museum!

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