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Call it a coming-of-age: several leading children’s museums have recently expanded, all while serving as models of environmental stewardship. Brooklyn Children’s Museum, the nation’s first for kids, sports a new canary-yellow, Rafael Viñoly–designed upper level incorporating solar panels, and has display cases made of compressed sunflower seeds. See the just-unveiled permanent exhibit on Brooklyn’s natural habitats (yes, New York City’s most populous borough has woodlands and ocean tide pools). Boston Children’s Museum acquired a striking glass-walled extension with a light-up dance floor and a three-story vertical maze—plus rooftop gardens and a storm-water reclamation system that earned it LEED certification. San Diego’s art-minded New Children’s Museum (619/ 233-8792; thinkplaycreate.org), built from the ground up, has studio space where kids can decorate a 1973 VW Bug. And in October, Philadelphia’s Please Touch Museum (215/963-0667; pleasetouchmuseum.org) reopens with triple the space after a move to the Beaux Arts Memorial Hall. Among the additions: a 40-foot replica of the Statue of Liberty’s arm and torch—a nod to Philly’s hand in building Lady Liberty’s pedestal—and a 1924 Dentzel carousel in a pavilion next door. Sure beats Mom’s lecture on Impressionism.
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Open / CloseLove San Diego's New Children's Museum!
We recently took our 4 year old daughter to San Diego's New Children's Museum and she loved it. They had so many wonderful interactive features for her. In fact, she didn't even get to explore the whole thing that day so we'll likely be going back the next time we're in the San Diego area. I would highly recommend it.
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