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From the Farm to a Healthy Me is a new agricultural exhibit at the Children’s Discovery Museum in Normal, Illinois. This immersive experience teaches children about modern farming following crops from the field, to the food and products found in stores, to how nutrition affects our bodies. Ravenswood has spent the last few years working…

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Visitors will soon be able to explore Conner Prairie’s newly renovated Museum Experience Center (MEC). The six signature experiences in the MEC, “designed to spark curiosity and connection, span several areas, including:  Read the full article from the Indianapolis Recorder here.

MoMath, the National Museum of Mathematics, is an award-winning museum that highlights the role of mathematics in illuminating the patterns and structures all around us. Its dynamic exhibits, galleries, and programs are designed to stimulate inquiry, spark curiosity, and reveal the wonders of mathematics. The New York Times recently visited and reviewed the new building…

Exhibitions like In Slavery’s Wake: Making Black Freedom in the World are vital not only for the museum and cultural industry but also for the visitors they serve. This exhibition addresses the global legacy of slavery with honesty, depth, and innovation. Help us in honoring this exhibition by voting for In Slavery’s Wake in the…

Following the 24th anniversary of 9/11, the Warhawk Air Museum will unveil its War on Terror expansion, featuring the stories of Idaho veterans. Years in the making, the expansion sits in a former airplane hangar behind the museum’s main building. Glass display cases feature memorabilia, photos and gear donated to the museum by vets. Each…

Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center has announced the opening of a new satellite museum, Illinois Holocaust Museum presents Experience360. The location opened on 26 August in downtown Chicago at 360 N. State St. Launching during Skokie Museum renovations, the new location ensures the museum’s vital mission continues amid rising antisemitism and hatred, making Holocaust…

The City of Milpitas was once home to a 300-acre Western Pacific Railroad industrial park and is still known as the Crossroads of Silicon Valley. Storybook SCCLD’s Milpitas Library Railway Rollick is filled with fun activities for children 0-10 years old. Find a quiet reading nook on the train, or test out your balance skills…

At the Glazer Children’s Museum, the new bilingual exhibit “Let’s See,” presented by the Glazer Vision Foundation, invites families to explore the science of vision through fun, hands-on activities. Visitors can discover how eyes work by mixing colors, walking through a giant kaleidoscope, casting colorful shadows, and peering through a water sphere that mimics how…