Room to Play
Project Update | Spring 2016
U N D E R C R E AT I V E C O N S T R U C T I O N Just like the children who visit Minnesota Children’s Museum, our expansion and renovation project is moving FAST! We’re only a few months into construction and already certain areas of the Museum are unrecognizable. While it is bittersweet to say farewell to beloved experiences, our young visitors don’t seem to mind. One mention of the new fire truck exhibit or the four-story climber that is on its way, and they’re sold! But we’re not making them wait a year for fun new experiences. Throughout construction, the Museum is finding creative ways to ensure a consistently positive visitor experience.
We transformed a conference room next to the Atrium into a mini-version of the Our World gallery (reusing a variety of components) and turned an adjoining office into a Surprise Room with constantly changing activities. A classroom on the fourth floor is now a superhero green screen experience. Best of all, we’re giving kids a front row seat to observe real construction workers in action. Windows throughout the Museum as well as “peep holes” in the construction walls provide a perfect preview of what’s coming next spring.