The Children's Museum in Easton is a children's museum

Children's museum

Children's museums are institutions that provide exhibits and programs to stimulate informal learning experiences for children. In contrast with traditional museums that typically have a hands-off policy regarding exhibits, children's museums feature interactive exhibits that are designed to be...

 in Easton

Easton, Massachusetts

Easton is a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 23,112 at the 2010 census.Easton is governed by an elected committee of selectmen and a town administrator.- History :...

, Massachusetts

Massachusetts

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...

 dedicated to educational, cultural, and social learning for children and families with a primary focus on children ages 1-8. It is located at 9 Sullivan Avenue in North Easton inside of a historic firehouse. The museum is three floors of different activities designed for interactive learning. It is also located close to Stonehill College

Stonehill College

Stonehill College is a private Roman Catholic college located in Easton, Massachusetts, United States, founded in 1948. Situated in North Easton, Massachusetts, a suburban community of 23,329 people, Stonehill is located south of Boston on a campus, the original estate of Frederick Lothrop Ames...

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History

The Children's Museum was started in 1986 by four Easton women, all mothers of young children in search of hands-on educational experiences for their children. The location at that time was a historic firehouse built in 1904. By 1986, it had not been a functioning firestation in decades, and the town of Easton had decided to sell it. The mothers proposed the museum to the town, and the vote went to selectmen. The vote passed, with the museum promising to donate $100,000 of its admission profits back to the town. The mothers had no corporate sponsors, so it took five years of fundraising acitivties through the community until the museum received enough support to open in 1991.

PBS Kids Tie-Ins

The museum has collaborated with WGBH

WGBH-TV

WGBH-TV, channel 2, is a non-commercial educational public television station located in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. WGBH-TV is a member station of the Public Broadcasting Service , and produces more than two-thirds of PBS's national prime time television programming...

 Boston first having a ZOOM

Zoom (1999 TV series)

ZOOM is an American educational television series, created almost entirely by children, which aired on Public Broadcasting Service originally from January 4, 1999 to June 24, 2005. It was a remake of a 1972 TV series by the same name. Both versions were produced by WGBH-TV in Boston...

show tie-in and later using FETCH! with Ruff Ruffman

FETCH! with Ruff Ruffman

FETCH! with Ruff Ruffman, sometimes shortened as FETCH!, is a children's television series for children ages 6–12 on PBS during the PBS Kids GO! block of educational programming. It is a game show/reality show that is hosted by an animated anthropomorphic dog who dispenses challenges to the show's...

. These collaborations are usually interactive science labs for children where they perform an experiment and learn the science behind it.

Classes and Programs

• Kidspace I & II
• Pee Wee Singers
• Pee Wee Music Makers
• Play Pals
• Mom's Morning Out
• Friday Frolics
• Summer Mini Camps
• Science Roadshow
• Young Learners Program
• Tile Making 101
• Science through the Seasons
• My doll & me: A Heritage doll program
• Pet Pals
• Vacation Week Programs
• Early Release Day Programs
• Brownie and Cub Scout
  Cub Scout
  A Cub Scout is a member of the section of the worldwide Scouting movement for young persons, mainly boys normally aged about 7 to 11. In some countries they are known by their original name of Wolf Cubs and are often referred to simply as Cubs. The movement is often referred to simply as Cubbing...
  
  Programs
• Field Trips
• Sleepovers
• Group Visits
• Junior Volunteer/CIT Programs
• Babysitting
• Music in Action
• Judy's Art Studio

External links

• The official website

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