Campaign for the New Hands On Children's Museum

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Imagine... a vibrant and inviting East Bay area centered around the new Hands On Children's Museum and a dynamic Public Plaza where people come together to enjoy the Olympia waterfront and take advantage of new learning opportunities.

 

Keep Checking Back for Updates on the New Museum!

 

Project Reaches First Major Milestone:

 

Thanks to generous gifts from our Capital Campaign and Board, a major grant from the Gates Foundation, and lead individual gifts, the Museum reached the $12M mark toward our $18M Capital Campaign to build the New Hands On Children's Museum on East Bay!  Architects unveiled the latest designs for the new Museum which include a waterfront-style warehouse building with an iconic water tower - representing the Museum's major focus on water both inside and out.  The new facility includes an expanded version of some of the Museum's favorite exhibits along with a new cooking studio, inventor's studio, and a new  gallery focused on the Wild Woods.  Designs for the new Outdoor Learning Center are especially exciting and include interactive water features, a wetland, driftwood forts, children's garden, forest look-out towers and many other exciting additions.  The new Museum is expected to break ground in about a year and open by early 2011.

 

Check out a great article on the New Museum in The Olympian!

 

An Investment in Children, Families, & Community

 

  • Build a permanent home for the region's premier youth Museum which has outgrown its space 3 times in 10 years

  • Invest in the whole child from the earliest years to build a foundation for future success in school, work & life

  • Revitalize Olympia's Easy Bay waterfront by creating vibrant public spaces

  • Create an exciting outdoor "Learning Landscape" - the first of its kind in the State!

  • Stimulate tourism to increase economic activity, spending and job growth

  • Provide entire families with access to the arts which build critical thinking skills, observation, and creativity

  • Touch the lives of over half the youth in the region through school field trips, teen volunteer service and Museum outreach

  • Enrich the lives of families for generations to come

    Click here to learn more about the New Hands On Children's Museum on East Bay!