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~ Fall Newsletter ~ 11/08 Gala & Festival of Trees ~ 11/08 Holiday on Main Street ~
~ Sidewalk Opening ~ Educational Visits ~ Exhibits ~ Historic Building ~ Breaking News ~

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Family Boo Bash
Folk Art Festival

Anniversary Gala

Int'l Halls of Fame
Spring Break
Brick Sidewalk Proj
Summer Camp
Brochure /CM 1 of 10
Science Fair
Mars /Birthdays
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Sponsors * 4th Fl
SpaceScience/WCML
Winter Break
Hot Wheels
Windows Heroes
Easter Egg Hunt
FieldTrips /Hamilton
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BlastOff /NASA
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Starship * Cyber
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Mike Zarnock's Hot Wheels Collection at the Children's Museum in Utica NY featured in the 2008 Ripley's Believe it or Not!
Sept., 2008 - Mike Zarnock's in the new Ripley's Book, featuring his amazing hot wheels collection on the 4th floor of our CM!

Aug. 2008, local native Jen Kaido competes in Summer Olympics in Beijiing, China, Women's Quadruple Sculls. Jen will be present to be inducted on Saturday, Oct. 11th, with others, into our CM Int'l Halls of Fame: Bicycling, Rowing, Canoeing, Kayaking

August, 2008 - the Children's Museum Annual Folk Art Festival featured several cultures, crafts & performances
Children's Museum Executive Director Marlene Brown and NYS Senator Joe Griffo assisted by Sammy in cutting the ribbon for the Children's Museum new Commemorative Brick sidewalk
July 25, '08 L. to R.: Board member John Stephenson, Executive Director Brown, Les Kernan (whose wife Mackie, was one of the museum founders), Alice Pender-O'Shea & Melva Max, two other museum founders, and Board member Art Rapp Jr. at the official opening.
Children's Museum Executive Director Marlene Brown and NYS Senator Joe Griffo assisted by Sammy in cutting the ribbon for the Children's Museum new Commemorative Brick sidewalk
The Commemorative Brick Sidewalk project ribbon cutting with Executive Director Marlene Brown, her grandson Samuel, and NYS Senator Joe Griffo.

July '08 L. Roma Welsh stands beside her Barbie doll collection, donated to the museum

July '08 Roller Derby participants visit our museum, where they made Scrapbooks w/Melissa Crever

Savannah Crew, 10, of Ocean Springs, Miss., left, and Theresa Roberts, 11, of Remsen, have fun making beaded jewelry Tuesday July 1, 2008, during the summer camp program at the Children's Museum in Utica. Savannah was in town visiting her cousins. Photo: courtesy Utica OD

CM renovation continues w/wiring to the roof!

2008 Children's Museum Spring Break

2008 Children's Museum Spring Break

2008 Children's Museum Easter Egg Hunt

2008 Children's Museum Science Fair winners
Mayor elect Dave Roefaro with Marlene Brown at 2007 Children's Museum Anniversary Gala
Mayor-elect Dave Roefaro welcomed by Director Brown at 2007 Anniversary Gala * View pictures here & plans for next year!

HOMS Santa & Mrs. Claus & the Elf always a big hit!

10-07 Above, Right, and Below - the MV Chamber Business After Hours at The Children's Museum drew nearly 100 business folks



Saturday, November 17, 2007: Annual Anniversary Gala combined in 2008 with a Community Festival of Trees!

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NYS Senator Joe Griffo secures $55,000 grant for Children's Museum to renovate historic building's lighting! L. to R.: Museum Executive Director Marlene Brown, Griffo, NYPA's Ann Cianfrocco, & CM Board Chair Dan Trevisani
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12-06 Gala - Congressman Sherry Boehlert, NYS Senator-elect Joe Griffo, & Congressman-elect Mike Arcuri joined in

View more pictures of our Anniversary Gala

Our 3rd floor Train Exhibits area

Our 2nd floor Oneida Indian interactive kiosks

Our 3rd floor Truck Stop, courtesy of the GE Elfun's

Our 2nd floor Dino Dig, courtesy of the GE Elfun's

School Group enjoying our musical stage


Hands-on fun with karaoke TV, pianos, xylophones & more!


Our 2006 Inductees into the museum's Int'l Halls of Fame - Front Row L. to R. Eric Jackson, Kayaking; John Allis, Bicycling; Back Row L. to R. Peter Crowley, Kayaking; Mrs. Eugene Jensen, Canoeing; Bernie Wooten, Kayaking; Dick Jordan, Bicycling

Dick Jordan donates to the Hall the shirt he wore on the first Sarah's Ride, with Team Members Earle Reed, Joe Kelly, Frank Williams, and Bob Wood

Rotary eClub member, Maria vonHarpe, from Paris, France, visits the museum, and tours with Director Marlene, her husband Earl, & Maria's husband, Mike (a member of the Paris, France Rotary Club)

Oneida Nation Foundation's Chuck Fougnier presents plaque to Director Brown & Board Member Margaret Splain at our new 2nd floor Trading Post, courtesy Oneida Nation

Joan Shkane accepts a donation from Joanne Palumbo Mozloom, President of The Junior League, founders of the museum

Mohawk Valley Business Women's Network President Christine Schram presents Patricia Laino with Woman of Year award. Children's Museum Director Brown accepts as one of their silent auction beneficiaries.

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Read about our Commemorative Brick Walkway


12-05 Director thanks 42nd Anniversary Gala Chairs

Our new 1st floor Mircobiology Room, courtesy of HCCC

We are hoping our 4th floor will be completed in 2008, including our Surround Sound Theatre and Mission Control Center, thanks to the support from our elected officials. Read the Press Release here.


Amanda Gabeler, WKTV's Chief Meteorologist, delights visitors with her program on Weather Phenomonan & Predicting, in our museum Weather Room, during Winter Break


Princeton Plasma Lab's John DeLooper returns to the Children's Museum again, enthralls visitors with his Science Toys / More pix

 

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Breaking News & Children's Museum Calendar Events:

Come enjoy our climate controlled, fully handicapped accessible Children's Museum. Admission of $9. Adults, $8. Seniors, $7. children 2 to 17, children under 2 & members free, covers day's activities as well as viewing the 100's of interactive exhibits on all four floors! It's the best bang for your buck in a safe, educationally enjoyable fun environment for kids from 1 to 101. Group rates available. Download Brochure / Ck Calendar.

Children's Museum Commemorative Brick Walkway

Honor the Past & Pave the Future by taking part. For only $75. you can purchase a personalized engraved brick for the Commemorative Brick Sidewalk in front of the Children's Museum. Read more here

October 2008 News: our 5th annual International Halls of Fame: Bicycling, Rowing, Canoeing & Kayaking Induction Ceremony takes place on our 3rd floor of the museum on October 11th, 2008.

November 2008 News: Saturday, November 1st, from 10:00am to 2:00pm, kids of all ages will enjoy our Halloween Boo Bash a safe fun environment.

Friday night, November 21st, and all day Saturday, November 22nd, The Children’s Museum 46th Anniversary Holiday Gala (black tie optional) will this year be combined with a Festival of Trees!

Saturday, November 29th, from 10:00am to 4:00pm, kids & families from 1 to 101 will enjoy The Children’s Museum’s Annual Holiday on Main Street.

December 2008 News: Families and Visitors and Tourists will enjoy the holidays in our gaily decorative festive museum, now a NYS and Federal historic building!

September 2008: During this month, we gear up for Fall and close a couple of additional days each week in order to do renovations. We've begun a new pricing structure: $9.00 for Adults, $8.00 for Seniors, $7.00 for children 2 to 17, children under 2 & members free. Check our online Calendar.

August 22nd & 23rd, 2008: our Annual Folk Art Festival, featured various cultures who contribute to our community's diversity.

July 25, 2008: We cut the ribbon on our new Commemorative Brick sidewalk!

July & August 2008: We offered cool Summer Camp Programs! Check out the lineup here.

June 2008: We chartered The Galaxy Rotary Club (for kids, parents, grandparents, scouts, home schoolers, etc.) at The Children’s Museum, hosted by Rotary eClub NY1 (earthly headquarters at The Children's Museum). Members will have access to special events in the “Rotary Kids Room” activites - targeted to individual Mom’s & Dad’s; Mom’s &/or Dad’s Clubs; Grandparents; Home Schoolers; Cub & Brownie Scouts - at an affordable price. It will contain information on Character Building, Honesty, Fairness, Ethics, Safety, and Friendship: all the things we need to teach our children while they’re young, so they become instilled as a part of them when they’re going through the tough older years. Galaxy Rotary Club members also have access to the Children's Museum, and the webcam! Read more here.

May 2008 News: In May & June we featured The Vincent Ruggio "Paper Cities" exhibit! Vincent, age 10, of Manlius, will exhibit his "life’s work" during the months of May & June at the Children's Museum at 311 Main Street in Utica, NY. Named after the artist Vincent Van Gogh, he will be the first child to have his own art exhibit at the Children's Museum. View more here.

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April 2008 News: week of April 11-18, '08, the Children's Museum Spring Break week once again featured neat activities, as per the schedule.

March 2008 News: Saturday, March 8th, we held our Annual Science & Technology Fair Our thanks to Event Sponsor Pratt & Whitney HMI Metal Powders, Prize Sponsor Prevalere Life Sciences, Exhibit Sponsor NASA's Goddard Space Center.View 2007 pictures and fair entry forms. Saturday, March 22nd, we'll hold our Annual Easter Egg Hunt, fun for kids and families! Schedule: 10:30-10:45am for children ages 1 to 3; 10:55-11:10am for ages 4 to 6; 11:20–11:30am for ages 7 to 10. View more info and last year’s pictures.

February 2008 News: Winter Break week (Feb. 15th to 20th) featured lots of neat cool programs, activities & new really exciting exhibits! Read more here.

January 2008 News: During January, we are only open 4 days a week - Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday. We're closed the other days for renovations & staff vacations. We reopen for five days a week in mid-February. Check our online calendar.

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