Children's Museum of History & Science Exhibits
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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 & 1,000's of exhibits, for kids from 1 to 101. (Download a neat blog created in April 2008 by a family visiting our museum) * Museum History & Exhibits 1st floor: Toddlers Play Space * Wooden Train * Exploration Station * Saturn Car * Train Exhibits * Microbe Room * Hyperbolic Funnel 2nd floor: LED interactive Play Dance Floor * IroquoisLonghouse * HistoryDiorama * Clowns/Dolls * Erie Canal * Dinorama/Fossils 3rd floor: Touchscreen PC's * Weather Room * Radio Room * Int'l Halls of Fame * Living Critters * Legoes Exhibit* Computers 4th floor: NASA / Space Exhibits * Fire/Police Exhibits * HotWheels Hall * Airplanes * NYC Switchboard * Surround Sound Theatre coming |
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4th floor
"Transportation Yesterday, Today, & Tomorrow:
The Children's Museum is the only
one adopted by both NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
and the Department of Energy's Office of Science. View the numerous
exhibits .
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 I weigh how much on which planet?? |
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 Wow, I'm making electricity! (with the help of Princeton Plasma Lab's John DeLooper) |
 Visitors of all ages enjoying |
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 All ages know how to work the NASA kiosk! |
 Lined up for an airplane ride |
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 Adia Bulawa entry, Amelia, displayed between Interactive Space Scale & Mars Rover model |
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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.
Future plans are for 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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 Left: Paleontology Corner; Above: Rock collection |
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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 & Computer Exhibits,
plus Arts & Crafts area
Located on the Children's Museum's 3rd floor.
 Our Science Room exhibits & computers |
 Summer 2009, older children and adults love trying to stump the Touch Screen interactive History exhibits! |
 Weather Room, sponsored by WKTV, Quadsimia, Advanced Technology Solutions & GE Elfun's |
 Our live Weather Station in our Weather Room |
 Our 3rd floor Computer Corner & Science Room |
 Enjoying our 3rd floor Arts & Crafts Center |
Our Children's Museum
Living Science Center
Located on the Children's Museum's 3rd floor
 Now showing daily in our 3rd floor Living Science Room, the CA Butterfly Wranglers DVD, showing the grace, beauty & wonder of the incredibe butterfly metamorphosis |
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 Our Living Science Room features lots of critters |
 Herbie the Hamster, Gerby the Gerbil, stuffed creatures |
 Including our active Beehive and Hank the Snake |
 Our tropical fish, Rocky the Turtle |
Our Children's Museum
Trains & Legoes
Located on the Children's Museum's 1st floor, 3rd floor,
and 4th floor
 July 2009 - Opening of our new Interactive Lionel Train Table, on our 3rd floor. . Read July '09 OD Viewpoint written by Director Brown |
 July 24th ribbon cutting of our new Lionel Train Table interactive exhibit, sponsored by GE Elfun's. View video wav file & video.avi shot by CM Vol Earl |
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 Kids enjoy entering our Lego contest |
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 Thomas the Train interactive exhibit on 3rd floor enjoyed by kids of all ages |
 The switchboard used by NY Central on our 4th floor |
 Our Toddlers PlaySpace train with sound on our 1st floor |
 Exploring our interactive local History Diorama & Erie Canal exhibits |
 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. |
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/Train/History/Space.
The Museum also has several neat Fire and Police department
exhibits on our 4th floor along
with the original
 Kids enjoying our 4th floor UFD exhibits |
 Kids enjoying our 4th floor UPD exhibits |
 Kids enjoying our interactive police exhibits |
 our antique fire equipment |
 The switchboard used by NY Central Railroad is on our 4th floor |
 Our airplane rides on the 4th floor 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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 Congressman Sherry Boehlert & former Astronaut Mike McCulley, CEO of United Space Coalition, bring NASA exhibits to the museum and present Director Marlene Brown with a check for $5,000 for the Children's Museum. |
 Above: Our popular 2nd floor stage area karaoke |
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! The Big CM Wooden Train in this area, outside the gate, is open to children of all ages. |
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 PlaySpace has a new safety rail in our Toddlers area, courtesy Urban Contractors! |
Volunteers Ric Rosero & Earl Lewis moved PlaySpace door into new half wall they built |
Children of all ages enjoy our Big Wooden Train while toddlers keep their secure space |
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This train can be viewed from inside & outside PlaySpace |
 This Brio wooden train for pre-schoolers is popular |
 Our Main St., USA stoplight |
 Pint sized tables are just the thing |
 Mom & youngster enjoy reading room |
1st Floor, including PlaySpace
for children under the age of 3;
Exploration Station for children ages 3 and
up; The Museum's own Main Street USA, the Saturn car exhibit, musical exhibit,
hyperbolic funnel, mini shopping mall, and more!
| Exploring our interactive local History Diorama & Erie Canal exhibits |
 Everyone likes watching the coins go round & round in our Funnel |
 Our super big fish tank, with neat goldfish |
 Our Gift Shop |
 Kids of all ages love "exploring stores" in our two-story Exploration Space |
 Kids of all ages love "exploring stores" in our two-story Exploration Space |
 Our History Wall |
 Photos of our building's beginning |
 Our PlaySpace Nursing Room area |
Our PlaySpace Library |
 Exploration Space - Downstairs |
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 Exploration Space - Upstairs |
 Our Main Street exhibits, Above: and our hyperolic funnel, Right, intrigue kids of all ages! |
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Our LED Interactive Play Dance Floor & Musical Stage
 Kids of all ages enjoying our Interactive LED Play Dance Floor! |
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 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
 Our new 1st floor Mircobiology Room, courtesy of HCCC |
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 Our 3rd floor Truck Stop, courtesy of the GE Elfun's |
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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 The official ribbon cutting L to R: Dale Rood, John Stephenson, CM Bd (hidden), Pat Costello IBEW #43, CM Director Marlene Brown, Margaret Splain (OIN & CM bd), Joan Shkane (CM Bd), Steve Genett, Marilyn John, Brian Patterson |
 The Wampum Belt & LaCrosse exhibits, at the end of the Longhouse, near the kiosks |
 The popular & educationally fascinating kiosks |
 The creators of the kiosk, from OIN's Four Directions Studio |
 New OIN exhibits join existing CM exhibits |
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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
 WKTV meteorologist Jill Reale and Adam Musyt present a field trip program for Bradley Elementary 2nd graders in front of our Weather Room with our live weather station |
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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. View more |
 Hot Wheels sponsored by Mike Zarnoch, Krellman Group. |
Community Events - Holiday On Main Street, an Annual event where kids of all ages enjoy!
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| 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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