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Our Children's Museum of History, Natural History, Science & Technology has 4 floors (6,000 square feet per floor) with 60 Pavillions and 1,000's of exhibits, for kids from 1 to 101. Play Space * Exploration Station * Saturn Car * Train Exhibits * Microbe Room * Hyperbolic Funnel IroquoisLonghouse * HistoryDiorama * Clowns/Dolls * Musical Stage * Erie Canal * Dinorama/Fossils * Weather Room * Int'l Halls of Fame * Living Science CritterRoom * Hall of Legoes * Computer Corner NASA exhibits * Space Exhibits * Fire & Police Exhibits * Hot Wheels Hall * Our Airplanes COMING SOON- Interactive Robots on every floor / Expanded History Section / Surround Sound Theatre / Mission Control Center |
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Erie Canal
Hall of Fame:
The Museum has a great Erie Canal
Hall of Fame exhibit area, with lots of information on the canal and
the impact it had on Utica and Central NY, and artifacts from that era.
Coming soon is an interactive canal exhibit where kids of all ages can
send the boats down the canal, through the locks! This enhances our
multi-media CNY History Diorama.
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Our Erie Canal Exhibit is a popular 2nd floor stop |
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The NYS Canal Corporation loaned us their interactive Canal exhibit, located on our 2nd floor with our Erie Canal exhibits |
| Dinorama: Lewis S. Brown, an anthropology curator at the Museum of Natural History, originally created Dinorama. Recently renovated in 1999, the new Dinorama now includes sounds, multi-media, lighting and even a working model of a volcano! Dinorama displays dinosaurs and their habitats, and even includes a life size Baby Brachiosaurus. Also on the 2nd floor is a hanging model of a Pterodactyl, and an Paleontology Activity Center. All of these are viewed by visitors and also used for educational programs. |
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International
Halls of Fame:
The Museum is home to the International
Hall of Fame for Bicycling,
Rowing, Canoeing, Kayaking on our 3rd floor, along with Train and Legoes
exhibits, our Science room and our Weather room. Click on the link
above to view our inductees.
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 Fascinating exhibits to view, read about, and interact with on our 3rd floor's Bicycling, Rowing, Canoeing, Kayaking Halls of Fame |
Science & Lego Exhibits,
plus Arts & Crafts area
Located on the Children's Museum's 3rd floor.
 Our Science Room Electromagnetic Spectrum |
 Our Science Room exhibits & computers |
 Weather Room, sponsored by WKTV, Quadsimia, Advanced Technology Solutions & GE Elfun's |
 Hot Wheels sponsored by Mike Zarnoch, Krellman Group |
 Our Computer Corner & History Wall |
 Enjoying our Arts & Crafts Center |
 Our FL voting machine |
 Our live Weather Station in our Weather Room |
Our Children's Museum
Living Science Center
Located on the Children's Museum's 3rd floor
 Our Living Science Room features lots of critters |
 Including our active Beehive, Turtles and Fish |
 Danny the Hamster, Gerby the Gerbil, Hank the Snake |
 Matt the giant Pacu fish from the Amazon River |
Our Children's Museum
Trains & Legoes
Located on the Children's Museum's 1st floor, 3rd floor,
and 4th floor
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 Kids enjoy entering our Lego contest |
 Above: Thomas the Train interactive exhibit on 3rd floor enjoyed by kids of all ages; Right: Teamwork with trains! |
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 The switchboard used by NY Central on our 4th floor |
 Our Toddlers PlaySpace train with sound on our 1st floor |
Doll & Clown Exhibits,
plus Toys BC (before computers)
The Museum has several of these neat exhibits on our
2nd floor.
 Part of our 2nd floor doll collection |
 And more of our doll collection |
 Our unique 2nd floor Paper Mache' marionette collection |
 Our 2nd floor puppet theatre |
 Our 2nd floor Toys BC (before computers) |
 Our 2nd floor Clown collection |
Fire/Police/History/Space.
The Museum has several neat Fire and Police department
exhibits on our 4th floor
 Kids enjoying our 4th floor UFD exhibits |
 Kids enjoying our 4th floor UPD exhibits |
 Kids enjoying our interactive police exhibits |
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 Our airplane rides are a popular thing to do! |
 Our 2nd floor dinosaur/fossil exhibits |
 Our 2nd floor NYS history exhibit |
 CNY Trivia exhibit |
 The CM Rocket Club |
 Above: Our CM Gift Shop is a popular 1st floor stop; Right: Sir John, our CM knight, greets visitors in our first floor foyer area |
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 The bikes & canoes get good workout on the 3rd floor! |
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 Above: Our popular 2nd floor stage area karaoke; Left: Two UFD officials viewing our 4th floor fire & police department exhibits |
Our Play Space
| Children are the exhibit in PlaySpace. For children 3 and under. Here infants, toddlers, and preschoolers can find toys and activitites helpful to their learning and growth. Adults in the PlaySpace can observe children in various stages of development, talk with other parents, learn home activities and explore resources for parenting. There is also a mini-library located in PlaySpace, which provides children's books and a quiet place to read. Every day of the week, at 11am, there's a special program just for pre-schoolers. Come enjoy! |
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 Little ones enjoy Museum's lifesize toy train in PlaySpace |
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 This train for pre-schoolers is popular |
This train can be viewed from inside & outside PlaySpace |
 Puppet Storytime in PlaySpace's reading area |
 Our Main St., USA |
 Hey, look at what I can do, Dad! |
 Pint sized tables are just the thing |
 Dad watches while kids enjoy stuffed animals |
 Mom & youngster enjoy reading room |
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Exploration Station for children ages 4 and up, The Museum's own Main Street USA, the Saturn car exhibit, musical exhibit, hyperbolic funnel, mini shopping mall, and more! |
 Our Main Street exhibits, Above: and our hyperolic funnel, Right, intrigue kids of all ages! |
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Our Musical Stage
 3-06 School Group enjoying our musical stage |
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 3-06Pianos bring out the musician in kids! |
 Enjoying our multi-musical stage instruments, hands-on fun! |
Our Microbe Room, Trading Post, Truck Stop, Dino Dig, & Computer Corner
 Our new 1st floor Mircobiology Room, courtesy of HCCC |
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 Our new 3rd floor Truck Stop, courtesy of the GE Elfun's |
 Our new 2nd floor Dino Dig, courtesy of the GE Elfun's |
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Our 3rd floor Computer Corner & Science Room |
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The Iroquois Native American Longhouse, the first exhibit created for The Children's Museum, first exhibited in 1963 in the basement of the Utica Public Library. This exact full-scale replica is located on the Museum's 2nd floor, along with numerous native American artifacts. This permanent exhibit is used for educational programs as well enjoyment of the daily museum-goer. The 2005 improvements to this exhibit include artifacts, interactive kiosks, longhouse display, historical and educational displays, all made possible by financial support from the Oneida Indian Nation and the Oneida Nation Foundation. Read article by Utica O-D. |
 12-15-05 L. to R. Oneida Nation Bear Clan Representative Dale Rood; Bear Clan Mother Marilyn John; director of CNY Nation Outreach Margaret Splain, Oneida Nation Bear Clan Representative Brian Patterson take part in the official ribbon cutting and unveiling of the new exhibits at The Children's Museum, updating our oldest exhibit, The Iroquois Longhouse |
 The official ribbon cutting L to R: Dale Rood, John Stephenson, CM Board (hidden), Pat Costello IBEW #43, CM Director Marlene Brown, Margaret Splain (OIN & CM board), Joan Shkane (CM Board), Steve Genett (CM board), Marilyn John, Brian Patterson |
 Oneida Nation Bear Clan Representatives Brian Patterson; Dale Rood; Bear Clan Mother Marilyn John; director of CNY Nation Outreach Margaret Splain, & Museum director Marlene Brown |
 The popular & educationally fascinating kiosks |
 Director Brown, right, welcomes board members John Stephenson & Joan Shkane to the unveiling |
 Director Brown with OIN Bear Clan Rep Brian Patterson |
 The creators of the kiosk, from OIN's Four Directions Studio |
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 Part of the group, gathered for the unveiling |
 Another new OIN exhibit, a Trading Post (under construction) |
 The Wampum Belt & LaCrosse exhibits, at the end of the Longhouse, near the kiosks |
 New OIN exhibits join existing CM exhibits |
 Meantime, kids took advantage of the many exhibits |
 Mike Zarnock "live" on air in museum with Lite 98.7 |
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 Our exhibit of old doll houses, churches, school desk, slate, and weaving loom on display on our 4th floor |
 Our "History of Utica Settlers" wall on the Children's Museum's 3rd floor with all sorts of neat historical facts and information on the founding of the City of Utica and the Mohawk Valley. |
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The Elfun's: The Museum has a GE Elfun presence, many of the exhibits were created and are maintained by Elfuns: Elfun Community Coordinator working on the "Freeze Your Shadow" exhibit. Elfuns created the Saturn Exhibit and helped modernize Dinorama. |
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NASA Space & Science Exhibits * Weather Room * Hot Wheels Exhibit Hall
| 7-16-04 The team who made it a reality L to R: Scott Gregory, Quadsimia Internet Presence; GE Elfun rep; Mike Spina, Quadsimia; John Stephenson, GE Elfun's; Matt Chmielewski, Advanced Technical Solutions; Rich Lupia, WKTV; Marlene Brown, Children's Museum Executive Director (not shown, photographer, Earl Lewis). View more. |
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 Our CM Mike Zarnock's Hot Wheels Exhibit Hall features 7 rooms of various decades of Hot Wheels collectibles. |
| Outdoor Trains : Real trains, including an Adirondack Railroad Engine, Dining Car, and a Caboose - sited on museum property outside our building, owned by the National Railway Historic Society of Utica and the Mohawk Valley, are available for visitors to walk around. |
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 Fall Fest brings rides, games, & fun! |
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We participate in Utica
Monday Nite |
We hosted the OD's blood
drive |
 Baby Dino Bones rides along with staff & kids in Mohawk Valley's July 4th Parade |
Christmas On Main Street, an Annual event where kids of all ages enjoy! |
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