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Lied Children’s Museum
Lied Children’s Museum
The Lied Children’s Museum opened its doors in 1990 and has welcomed more than 1 million children and adults. With more than 100 handson displays, mostly geared to children ages 6 to 12 in 25,000 square feet of exhibit space, the facility is one of the largest children's museums in the country.
On the First Floor
The first floor is the arts and humanities floor, where children can hopscotch up and down a musical pathway, freeze their shadows on a wall, perform on a small stage or hear the same message in several different languages, including Navajo, Yiddish and Swahili.
On the Second Floor
On the museum's second floor, children and adults alike can try out K-KID, the in-house radio station, or take in electricity exhibits such as the Plasma Ball and the Human Battery.
Other Exhibits
Other exhibits to visit include the Visual Perception area and the Magic Eye. The museum also has on display the eight-story Science Tower with echo tubes, 30-foot glass tubes that demonstrate the effect of air pressure on fluids and a fiber optic and neon sculpture that is activated by a keyboard. There is even a Cultural Gallery, which displays travelling exhibits from other museums and educational organizations around the country. These exhibits usually stay at the museum for about three months. There is also a travelling exhibit called "Face to Face," which deals with discrimination and prejudice and opened at the beginning of 2003
Exploring While Learning
Children can thoroughly explore for example the house in "Goldilocks and the Three Bears." On the front porch, they can measure themselves and compare their height in inches, feet and hands to the three bears and other visitors. Children also can compare their feet to the bears' footsteps.
Special Events
Like its neighbour, the Natural History Museum, the children's museum also can be used for special events. Clients can rent the museum by floor or the entire building. Prices vary depending on what clients want, however, the museum does have base prices.
To rent either of the museum's floors, each can accommodate 1,300 guests reception-style or 600 people banquet-style, the base price would be $1,000 plus a $4 per person fee. To rent the entire museum, which can hold 2,000 people reception-style and 1,000 people banquet-style, the base price would be $1,200 plus a $4 per person fee. The rates are based on an eight-hour event and include setup and breakdown. Using the space for group functions is something the museum has been doing since its inception.
Other Information
The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesdays through Sundays.
Admission is $6 for adults and $5 for senior citizens, military personnel and children aged 1 to 17, there is no admission charge for museum members. For additional information of the Museum there is a website at www.ldcm.org.
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