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• The 10 Best Children's Museums in the U.S.

  Escape to a place where there's no need to use indoor voices, and your kids can touch EVERYTHING! Can't you almost hear their mental gears churning and feet pounding as they race down the hallways towards their next discovery? National Geographic's The 10 Best of Everything: Families guarantees you'll want to stay the whole day at these museums: 1.The Boston Children’s Museum  300 Congress St., Boston, MA 02210, 617-426-6500 There are two goals here: engaging families and building communities to help kids become creative, curious, global, green, and healthy. At “Boats Afloat,” kids can sail an assortment of boats and barges while controlling the current in an amazing 28-foot, 800-gallon tank. Come for the wonderful climbing structure! Read More... Posted May 05 2009, 08:00 AM by editors with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: kids, travel, museum, play, exploring, National Geographic Society, 10 Best, children's museums

• From Leave it To Beaver to the Louvre – Wally Gets Arty

  The Beav’s big brother has made it to the big time. Tony Dow, the actor who played Wally on Leave it to Beaver, will have one of his abstract sculptures on display at the Louvre, yes that Louvre, the one in Paris, France... Read More... Posted Nov 11 2008, 02:30 PM by SunnyChanel with | with no comments Filed under: museum, tv, art, Wally, leave it to beaver, louvre

• Museum-Quality Kids?

  It's cold here, y'alls, like 13 degrees and windchill of negative jillion cold. This doesn’t especially bother me, since I am really pretty much of a lazyass and welcome any excuse to lounge on the couch under a blanket. My extremely active daughter, however, hates it because she's been cooped up inside a lot and can’t run off all that energy. We've been searching for things to do that she'll like.  One of my favorite places to hang when I am by myself or with other grownups is our local art museum – it's in a big huge beautiful building in one of my favorite neighborhoods in the city and has a really interesting, varied collection. It just recently reopened after a giant renovation and has been wildly popular. What it's not, especially, is kid-friendly, at least not my kid Read More... Posted Jan 31 2008, 06:08 PM by Amy Kuras with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: museum, art, three-year-old, kids activities, winter

• Why Art? NYC Gallery Shows Children's Artwork

  There is so much kid art in my house, I sometimes expect the fire marshall to come shut us down. Even though most of it goes straight into the recycling bin (sorry, kids), the fridge still groans under the weight of it and every day I find drawings tucked into the strangest places. But not this strange of a place: The UBS Art Gallery in New York City is hosting "Why Art? An Exhibition and Examination of International Children’s Art" now through January 12. Presented by Jardin Galerie, an organization devoted to promoting and exhibiting children's art, "Why Art?" includes works from eight countries, the artists ranging in age from three to fourteen. The works are arranged by themes including family life, animals, the forest, and the ocean, and include a variety of media. The UBS Art Gallery is located in the UBS Building at 1285 Avenue of the Americas (between 51st and 52nd Streets) in New York City. The Gallery is on the ground floor of the building and open from 8-6 on weekdays. Admission is free--a perfect "school's out, now what the hell do we do?" outing. If you can't get to NYC to ponder the complexities of kid art, Jardin Galerie welcomes submissions to their archives. Check out their submission guidelines here. Hey, I'll submit anything to anybody if it means I can have my fridge back. Posted Dec 12 2006, 07:00 AM by Patti with | with no comments Filed under: activities, kid art, museum, new york city