
09/26/2023
High Point Police Officer Rick Shoffner sometimes helps us try out new toys here at the museum! This will go into Kids Point Furniture Design studio.
The Nido & Mariana Qubein Children's Museum is the “Happiest Place In High Point!” These boards immediately commenced with their work at hand.
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NOW OPEN IN DOWNTOWN HIGH POINT
https://www.qubeinchildrensmuseum.org/hours-admission-directions-and-parking
AN OVERVIEW
The Nido & Mariana Children’s Museum is being designed for children of all ages to provide a place of interactive learning where our local and regional children may visit and explore surroundings they may have not experienced or have yet to interact with – through play and exp
eriential learning. The museum’s vision is led by the generous gift of leadership and resources by the Qubein family as part of a downtown transformation in the city of High Point that involves a multi-use stadium and its amenities, events center, park, hotel, and apartments, playground, and the children’s museum. HOW IT ALL STARTED
In the spring of 2016, the High Point City Council initiated three specific objectives for their focus as a Council. One of those objectives was to create a catalyst project for the downtown that would bring excitement and the opportunity to capture the millennial demographic to live, work and play in High Point’s downtown. The idea of a multi-use stadium was initiated by the High Point Convention & Visitor’s Bureau and subsequent consultant studies were initiated. The City Council formed a task force that evolved into a non-profit group, Forward High Point, charged with developing the idea of the catalyst project being a downtown multi-use stadium. THE REQUEST THAT TURNED THE WHEELS
In April of 2017, Forward High Point reached out to the President of High Point University, Dr. Nido Qubein, and asked for two critical elements to ensure the viability of this project. The first was an ownership group for a baseball team that could occupy the stadium as the primary tenant. The second ask was for a stadium naming rights sponsor for the city to utilize in their cost per forma. On May 17, 2017, Dr. Qubein addressed a crowd of 600 attendees at the annual meeting of the Convention and Visitor’s Bureau and announced he had accepted Forward High Point’s request to find a team, negotiate its purchase, and subsequent acquisition and to acquire naming rights for the stadium. Further, Dr. Qubein envisioned that a stadium alone, downtown, might not be enough for the transformation the city desired. Dr. Qubein initiated the notion of a children’s museum, hotel, apartments, playground, events center, and park as part of the overall concept. THE SPEECH THAT MOBILIZED SUPPORT
On September 6, 2017, Dr. Qubein addressed a crowd of over 750 attendees in a called meeting, open to the public, on the campus of High Point University. Specifically, as an update to the May 6 meeting, Dr. Qubein announced support of the project with representatives of baseball franchises in Greensboro and High Point, the High Point Community Foundation, the President of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, the CEO of the International Market Center, and the Triad President for BB&T. THE REST OF THE STORY
In the fall of 2017, the High Point Downtown Executive Board (formed from the donors to the project) and chaired by Dr. Nido Qubein appointed board chairs and members to the baseball team and children’s museum. Today, the multi-use stadium is completed, and the anchor tenant is the High Point Rockers. The stadium is a citywide asset hosting events for the region. Its completion includes stadium WOWs like an enhanced scoreboard and playground. The newly dedicated Blessing Park, which is open on non-game days too, is adjacent to the stadium. The Nido & Mariana Qubein Children’s Museum is nearing completion with over 75,000 square feet of activity space on the property. This $30 million project is on schedule to open spring of 2022! The children’s museum will provide a critical link from High Point University, located less than a mile to the downtown area which will be a second development catalyst in downtown High Point. The children’s museum has an integral link to High Point University which shares its resources as a conduit for internships, volunteers, and intellectual capital. Also, as a learning and experiential ground for early education instruction. The museum has a unique mix of discovery, play, excitement, and learning. Dr. Qubein is recognized as authoring the notion of “it’s more than baseball”, as part of his support for the downtown in the summer of 2017, he said that a successful catalyst project had to be more than baseball, that baseball alone would not revitalize downtown. When he announced support involving negotiating and purchasing the team, providing operational costs for the team, creating stadium wows, selling corporate rights for the team, and acquiring the naming rights, he also authored the concept of a hotel and events center, created the Slane Family Fun and Play Area, Blessing Park and Congdon Yards also has grown from this development and the new $30 million children’s museum has made downtown development truly more than baseball.
High Point Police Officer Rick Shoffner sometimes helps us try out new toys here at the museum! This will go into Kids Point Furniture Design studio.
This week at the museum we are making clothespin airplanes in our STEAM Lab, and paper bag animals in our Art Studio! At Storytime on Tuesday and Friday we will be reading The Yoga Game in the Garden. Come listen and show off your best yoga moves during the story. Tot-Time will feature pudding paint on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday! We can't wait to see you!
Join us tomorrow from 10 am-1 pm for our Sensory Friendly Play Session. This session will feature Mrs. Cottontail for a special Calm Cottontail Class. We will get the hops out with bunny breaths, stretches, stories and cuddles with a real bunny!
Advance registration is required for Tuesday’s Sensory Friendly Play Session
https://www.qubeinchildrensmuseum.org/accessibility
The Nido & Mariana Qubein Children's Museum is the “Happiest Place In High Point!”
Come try out our newest exhibit, Sketch a Fish! Color an ocean animal, place it on the scanner and watch it swim into the aquarium! 🐠🐟🐡🦑🐳
We’re back in action tomorrow with a fun new exhibit reveal! 🤫 Our staff has been working hard this week refreshing exhibits, cleaning and doing maintenance. Come see us! The museum is sparkling!
We are closed for cleaning until Friday! Come enjoy the sparkling clean museum Friday-Sunday! Join us for a short week to make collaborative slime art in our Art Studio and create your very own pair of model lungs from our Pop-Up Experiment! We will be reading The Gold Leaf at Storytime and will have a Tot Time activity on Friday morning!
We are closed for cleaning through Thursday! We will reopen on Friday September 22nd with new paint, some fresh toys, a new exhibit, and a sparkling clean museum for you to enjoy!
SOMETHING FISHY IS GOING ON AROUND HERE! We're getting excited about a new exhibit installation. It's top secret but there are hints all around. This weekend, our little fish are hiding somewhere in our museum or in our Adventure Zone so keep your eyes peeled! If you find a fish, bring it to the cafe for a free freshly-baked cookie!
The Qubein Children's Museum Staff went on a field trip! On September 11th, our staff traveled to Marbles Kids Museum in Raleigh for a professional development conference with other children's museum professionals from across the state! We had a great time collaborating with other museums and are excited to bring back what we learned to make our museum even better!
This week Mrs. Cottontail is coming to visit for our Tuesday Storytime at 2:30pm! Join us for lots of fun this week including making lemon volcanoes in our STEAM Lab, and pom pom popsicles in the Art Studio. Join us for Tot Time on weekdays, and don't forget to check out our field trip forecast on our website now that school is in full swing!
Happy Grandparents’ Day! Come celebrate the grandparents in your life by spending the afternoon with us!
Join us on September 26th from 10 am-1 pm for our next Sensory Friendly Play Session! This session will feature Mrs. Cottontail for a special Calm Cottontail Class. We will get the hops out with bunny breaths, stretches, stories and cuddles with a real bunny.
Advance registration is required!
https://www.qubeinchildrensmuseum.org/accessibility
This week we are building with jellybeans and creating dinosaurs with Duplo blocks every single day! Come see us for some STEAM and Art fun, as well as some special Tot-Time activities for the little ones! Check out our website for our Field Trip Forecast to help you plan your visit to the museum.
In case you haven't heard yet, we will be closed for cleaning September 19th - September 21st. We will reopen on Friday September 22nd with new paint, some fresh toys, and a sparkling clean museum for you to enjoy!
Get excited for our brand-new Tot Time! Starting TODAY, we will have special programs for little ones at 10:30AM on weekdays. These might include games, crafts, music, and other fun surprises. We will see you at 10:30AM TODAY for our first Tot Time experience!
Join us this week for some awesome programming! We are experimenting with flying beads to understand physics in our STEAM Lab and creating paper plate fans to cool off from the summer heat in our Art Studio! We are reading Yoga Bunny at Storytime on Tuesday at 10:30AM and Friday at 2:30PM. Come listen in and show us your best yoga moves!
High Point, NC is the first Certified Autism Destination on the East Coast. 🧩 If you're coming to town soon, you won't want to miss the Nido & Mariana Qubein Children's Museum. From sensory-friendly play sessions to noise-reducing headphones, they have everything you need for a safe and fun experience! 🙌 Start planning your trip today!
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Have you tried some of the amazing food in our Museum Cafe? We have lots of fresh options for you and your little ones to enjoy during your visit. Fresh made sandwiches, salads, and snacks by local restaurant Basil Cafe & Catering are definitely a highlight🥗🥪!!
Join Our Team!
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Spend the week with us before heading back to school🖍! We will be testing the density of oranges as our STEAM Pop-Up Experiment🍊, and creating dinosaurs our of popsicle sticks in our Art Studio🦖! Don't forget about Storytime on Tuesday at 2:30, and Friday at 10:30! Lastly, the High Point Amateur Radio Club will be taking over our STEAM Lab on Saturday📻!
Have you ridden on our double decker carousel🎠? Pick an animal or our spinning teacup and enjoy the ride with your whole family!
We have an action-packed week prepared for you! We are using the force on pennies in our STEAM Lab for daily Pop-Up Experiments! Create your own pom pom popsicles using every color of the rainbow! We will read "Yoga Whale" at Storytime, with some yoga moves incorporated in!
Wildfires, glaciers, and tornadoes, oh my!
Are you ready for some excitement on this dreary day?
Check out Nat Geo Movies’ latest film, Extreme Weather, now playing on the giant screen in our Cinema!
Come see us at the museum as we enjoy the last few weeks of summer! Our Pop-Up Experiment is making pinwheels spin using balloons in our STEAM Lab. We will also have Mrs. Cottontail and Friends for Storytime on Tuesday!
Our museum caterpillar turned into a butterfly yesterday morning🦋! We are so excited to see Oscar out in the wild and enjoying our Community Garden! Come visit this afternoon and see if you can spot him amongst our flowers🌷!
We have had so much fun already this week and great pictures to prove it! Visit us today and tomorrow for fun inside and outside! Also don't forget to grab a freshly baked cookie in our Cafe before heading home!
Our Courage Climber is looking particularly ready for climbing today! Come give it a try and see how high you can get💪!
Start your August with us! We will be experimenting with marshmallows and toothpicks in our STEAM Lab and making fuzzy bugs with pom poms in our Art Studio! Come create art, experiment with building, and hear an awesome story at the museum this week!
Come join us for our next Sensory Friendly Play Session desisgned for children with varying sensory, developmental, or physical needs. Including a Calm Cottontail Class - get the hops out with bunny breaths, stretches, stories and cuddles with a real bunny!
Please register here: https://www.qubeinchildrensmuseum.org/accessibility
Who’s ready for an out-of-this-word adventure? Travel lightyears to witness the beauty of our planet, our Solar System, and the universe in the film Hidden Universe! Showing daily in our Cinema!
Join us this week to create your own catapults and kites🪁! Design and decorate your own kite in our Art Studio and see what you can launch with your catapult in our STEAM Lab! We can't wait to have fun with you this week!
Our garden is BLOOMING! 🌽🌺 Kids are picking tomatoes, corn, okra, beans and cucumbers. Our zinnias are bringing in the pollinators! The cucamelons will be ready soon. Be sure to check out our community garden when you visit and pick your produce!
*Thank you for helping us name our friend. Let us introduce you to Oscar!
Thank you to everyone that submitted name entries online and at the museum.*
Stop by to see our new friend at the Welcome Desk🐛🦋! Please comment your best name suggestions below and we will reveal the winning name soon!
We are bringing the outdoors in this week with clouds and butterflies! Make clouds in a jar in our STEAM Lab and clothespin butterflies in our Art Studio this week. We will also be reading What if Everybody Did That. Come see us this week to have lots of fun!
Our National Ice Cream Day celebrations were a success! Lots of happy faces from our winners of Dippin’ Dots. Congrats on finding our Lego astronaut “Mini” who was hidden throughout the museum this weekend!
It's been a colorful day at Main In Color Art & Design Festival. We had so much fun bubble painting with you!
Come make snow with us❄️! Now through Sunday we are cooling off by making fake snow in our STEAM Lab. We may also have some cold and yummy surprises this weekend to celebrate National Ice Cream Day😉🍦!
Join our team!
We are hiring a Director of Education and Programming.
For more information and to apply, visit https://qubeinchildrensmuseum.org/work-and-volunteer-with-us
200 Qubein Avenue
High Point, NC
27262
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Wednesday | 9am - 5pm |
Thursday | 9am - 5pm |
Friday | 9am - 5pm |
Saturday | 10am - 6pm |
Sunday | 1pm - 5pm |
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Happy Labor Day from our hardworking staff! We are closed on Mondays but can't wait to see you the rest of the week!
Would you and your family like to visit the happiest place in High Point? Then, we invite you to this week! Get your tickets now! https://www.qubeinchildrensmuseum.org/buy-tickets
In one week, we will welcome families through our doors. We can't wait! Visit our website to reserve or purchase tickets! https://qubeinchildrensmuseum.org/buy-tickets #hpkidslearn #hpkidsplay #openingday #qubeinchildrensmuseum
Our clouds were created in our Playroom this week. This will be a place of free play where kids can create skits, play with puppets, explore our lighthouse, and even steer a shrimp boat through the marina! #Playroom #qubeinchildrensmuseum #hpkidsplay
We're having some BIG things happen at Qubein Avenue and N. Hamilton Street today! #qubeinchildrensmuseum #hpkidsplay #fabrication #exhibits #explore
🎥Our 75,000 square-foot museum was filmed from above by Fox 8. Thank you Fox 8 WGHP for sharing the aerial footage with your viewers! #Hpkidsplay #Qubeinchildrensmuseum #Highpointchildrensmuseum #HighPointNC #VisitHighPoint #outdoorplay
We've been growing up in downtown High Point throughout 2021. In 2022, we are opening our doors to you so you and your family can make memories that will last for generations to come! 🎉 #QubeinChildrensMuseum #OpeningSoon #hpkidsplay #KidsAtPlay #VisitHighPoint #VisitHighPointNC #HighPoint #HighPointNC #DiscoverHighPoint
Watch the video to see who arrived in their new home at the museum today. We will be introducing more of our Dino friends as they arrive at their new house! #triceratops #trixiethedino
This week was very exciting for the museum as 1220 Exhibits delivered and started installing our Mars Academy exhibit! Pretend to be an astronaut while exploring life on Mars. #hpkidsplay #space #Mars
Monty, Elmer, and…TRIXIE have exciting news to share! Our museum will have an outdoor adventure zone. 🔎🔦👀Search for fossils under the gaze of giant dinosaurs while pretending to be an archaeologist. #dinodig #dinosaur #triceratops #brachiosaurus #Megalania #fossils #VisitHP #discoverhighpoint #highpointnc
We had the outside signage for the Nido & Mariana Qubein Children's Museum installed today. Take a look! The installation process took 2 hours, but we captured it for you in a 13-second clip.
Take a look behind the scenes at our Mars Academy exhibit being built by 1220 Exhibits. Onboard the vessel, cadets can imagine themselves as members of a crew on Mars. #spacetravel #Mars #Gravity
Curious to see what's inside the World's Largest Chest of Drawers? We invite you to learn about the history of the famous landmark by watching our video. #WorldsLargestChestofDrawers #VisitHP #ChesterDrawersSelfie #insidepeek
Within just a few months, we will be opening our doors! We are growing each day and anticipate our exhibit installations in a couple of weeks. Keep watching for more information. Thank you, Visit High Point for capturing our progress and excitement! #VisitHP #hpkidsplay #QubeinChildrensMuseum #learn #play #discover #highpointnc
Our Superintendent with Frank L. Blum Construction Company, Joshua Cook, shared a construction update from the David R. Hayworth Gallery. Having the opportunity to know who the end-users are is his favorite part of this project and he cannot wait to see his three children play and experience the museum.
With our Power Crank, Megan practices exercising in space. We can't wait to see the Mars Academy cadets build up space muscles!
Comment below how many steps you think it takes to get to the Nido & Mariana Qubein Children’s Museum located at 200 Montlieu Ave, High Point, NC from the World's Largest Chest of Drawers 🧦?
Thank you for suggesting names for our Megalania Dinosaur. We are so excited to announce the name our community chose. Watch the video to find out! Megalania Dinosaurs are from Australia, and their closest relatives are the Komodo Dragon and Perentie. The monitor lizard is a carnivore. #VisitHP #dinosours #Megalania
Introducing our Courage Climber! This will capture children's excitement as they step into our Gallery! The climber safely challenges children of all ages.
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