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My husband and I visited The Children's Museum of Indianapolis as a couple before we had children. We both had fantastic memories of our time there with our parents as children. I loved the miniature houses and developed a doll house collection of my own. My husband still wonders at the water clock and it is always a pleasure to be there right before 1 pm to watch it empty for the next hours of the day.
As parents, we attended a baby shower hosted by the museum. In fact, we hadn't told anyone we were expecting yet so it was our first official "parenting" activity. We loved that our children would have the opportunity to visit often and that it would be a part of their culture growing up.
Now my oldest son is three. He loves the trains and the dinosaur exhibit. I love that he has grown from the baby area of playscape into the sand and water table area, the "construction zone" and that he isn't too big of a boy to give Mr. Bear a high five on his way in.
My youngest son is one and he loves to get down and crawl so the Playscape as well as the dino nests are a favorite for him.
On a recent visit, we heard that the Storytelling Avenue would be closing. We wanted to make sure that we saw it as it was often overlooked by our family We love that the Children's Museum gives our children the opportunity to explore other cultures through the Egypt exhibit, and even the Ruby Bridges and Ryan White exhibits.
Because of the Museum's special exhibits, my boys have been able to meet some of their heroes like Batman, Bob the Builder, and Dora the Explorer. We recognize that this kind of experience isn't available to kids everywhere and we feel fortunate to have the Museum near our home.
Name: Katie Dixon
As parents, we attended a baby shower hosted by the museum. In fact, we hadn't told anyone we were expecting yet so it was our first official "parenting" activity. We loved that our children would have the opportunity to visit often and that it would be a part of their culture growing up.
Now my oldest son is three. He loves the trains and the dinosaur exhibit. I love that he has grown from the baby area of playscape into the sand and water table area, the "construction zone" and that he isn't too big of a boy to give Mr. Bear a high five on his way in.
My youngest son is one and he loves to get down and crawl so the Playscape as well as the dino nests are a favorite for him.
On a recent visit, we heard that the Storytelling Avenue would be closing. We wanted to make sure that we saw it as it was often overlooked by our family We love that the Children's Museum gives our children the opportunity to explore other cultures through the Egypt exhibit, and even the Ruby Bridges and Ryan White exhibits.
Because of the Museum's special exhibits, my boys have been able to meet some of their heroes like Batman, Bob the Builder, and Dora the Explorer. We recognize that this kind of experience isn't available to kids everywhere and we feel fortunate to have the Museum near our home.
Name: Katie Dixon
