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929 E. Wisconsin Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53202
414-390-KIDS (5437)
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| Hours and Fees: |
| Tuesday-Saturday |
9am - 5pm |
| Sunday |
Noon - 5pm |
Open Mondays
(June-August) |
9am - 5pm |
| See calendar for special hours. |
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| Adults & children age 1 and older |
$6 |
| Seniors (age 55 and older) |
$5 |
| Children younger than 1 year |
FREE |
| Members |
FREE |
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Home Town now open, featuring the all-new Brady Corporation, Jr. and Under Construction - Go Green!
NOW OPEN!
Sponsored by: Brady Corporation Foundation, with additional support provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the Elizabeth A. Brinn Foundation
The former A Trading Place now features two new exhibits, a new "Main Street" and a brand-new name!
Museum visitors will enjoy a fresh hometown feel when they step into the newly named Home Town, formerly known as A Trading Place. New streetscaping and business additions to our little main street enhance the role-play experience as children go to work!
Recently, we welcomed Brady Corporation, Jr. and Under Construction – Go Green!, generously sponsored by the Brady Corporation Foundation, with additional support provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Little visitors can try their hands at big jobs in Brady Corporation Jr., a pretend manufacturing environment. Kids can have fun as they assemble safety signs, pack them up, and then use an interactive world map to locate where they will proudly ship their finished product. With additional support from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, kids can grab a hard hat and work together as architects, engineers, contractors and project managers to build a pretend ecology center using eco-friendly materials in Under Construction – Go Green!
The exhibits highlight the importance of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education and help children understand the people, processes and places that make a community work. |
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NOW OPEN! The Real Estate Office
Through October 3
Sponsored by: Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage
 The Real Estate Office, an exciting new exhibit presented by Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, debuted at the Museum on Saturday, July 3. The new exhibit complements the Museum’s A Trading Place exhibit area, which provides an immersive environment for children to learn as they play while exploring commerce and the people, processes and places that make a community work.
The Real Estate Office gives children the opportunity to role-play as the real estate agent or the homebuyer and help find the perfect “home sweet home” as they build important skills. The bustling real estate office features pretend tools of the trade, including “online” home listings, a neighborhood wall map with coordinating properties for sale, sell sheets, and a working telephone and changeable answering machine to help little agents keep up with the fast-paced workplace.
Kids will discover facts about home styles and design as they measure and calculate square footage using prepared floor plans, stage rooms in a miniature house and explore a flip book that lets them mix and match architectural styles and learn new terminology. The Museum’s youngest visitors will love the interactive Coldwell Banker yard sign and a latch puzzle that provides a fun challenge.
The Real Estate Office will be open for business through October 3 and will return again in 2011. New businesses will open quarterly throughout the year in this A Trading Place rotating storefront. |
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Kohl's Healthy Kids: It's Your Move!
NOW OPEN!
Sponsored by: Brought to you by Kohl’s Department Stores and created in partnership with Children’s Hospital and Health System
 Kids can jump into a giant interactive board game and play their way to a healthy lifestyle in Kohl’s Healthy Kids: It’s Your Move!, the Museum’s new feature exhibit brought to you by Kohl’s Department Stores and created in partnership with Children’s Hospital and Health System.
The 2,000-square-foot exhibit offers a colorful winding path that leads players to action-packed activity stations where they explore nutrition, activity and rest, safety and personal care. Visitors can follow the game board using oversized spinners and game cards to move through fun health challenges, or explore the exhibit at their own pace.
As kids move, crawl, climb and slide their way through the exhibit, they will learn the benefit of making good decisions and the consequences of making poor choices. Children can try to maneuver across the Pit O’ Germs, wash with a giant set of hands, order at a kid-sized fast-food drive-up window, dance in sync with music, test their knowledge about bicycle safety, and more! A central ball tower connects the exhibit’s four key health messages and presents opportunities for players to make the contraption’s chutes and tracks come to life. At the end of the game, a multilevel climbing structure offers a computer-based “Health Challenge Quiz” and an exciting end for players who learn the winning combinations for good health. |
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