EXCITING NEWS!!! MINNESOTA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM ACQUIRES CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF ROCHESTER; PLANS TO OPEN ROCHESTER LOCATION IN EARLY 2012. Read Story here.
Play. Explore. Discover. Imagine. Create. Great things happen at children’s museums, and those great things have long inspired a group of Rochester parents, educators, and businesspeople to follow their dream of establishing a children’s museum in our community.
The vision is simple: the Minnesota Children’s Museum of Rochester (Minnesota) will inspire and illuminate, entertain and inform, stimulate and educate. Unlike more traditional museums, the Minnesota Children’s Museum of Rochester will be a lively, family-friendly campus where kids learn through play. Interactive activities and exhibits will be designed specifically to develop kids’ gross and fine motor skills and to enhance children’s creativity, curiosity, and unique learning styles. Our goal is to stimulate learning through hands-on experiences.
2011 has been a good year for us so far as we started it off celebrating with our "Snow Day Safari" event in February. We are out and about at the Rochester Area Builders Home Show also in February and then at the Aldrich Carnival and the Graham Park Legacy Festival in May. In June we were at Family Fun Night at Rochesterfest and then rounding out the summer we are at the "Taste of Rochester" at Soldiers Field in September.
We've had a wonderful year of raising awareness within the community, engaging community partners and laying the necessary foundation that will bring a first class children's museum to the greater Rochester area. First and most importantly we want to thank the families in our community who have expressed support and confirmation of the important role a children's museum will play in the lives of area children. We are very grateful to have received broad-based support from our community (individuals, families, media and corporate) partners.