KidsQuest Children's Museum

Entrance to the museum in the Marketplace @ Factoria.

KidsQuest Children's Museum is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that provides hands-on education and experiences to children birth-8 years, located in Bellevue, Washington. Exhibits and classes are intended to encourage cognitive, physical and emotional development through play with an emphasis on science, technology, engineering, art and math (STEAM). ^[1]

History

KidsQuest Children's Museum was conceived in 1997 in response to a survey in Eastside Parents Magazine identifying a children's museum as the "most needed facility or service" for the communities east of Lake Washington.^[2]

The museum opened on December 11, 2005 in the Marketplace @ Factoria in Bellevue and was designed to accommodate 60,000 visitors per year.^[2] As of 2014, the museum averages over 155,000 visitors per year, and has had over a million visitors since opening.

References

↑ "New KidsQuest Children's Museum by the Portico Group Opens Sunday". Dexigner. 2005-12-09.
↑ 2.0 2.1 KidsQuest History

External links

Official website
"KidsQuest receives $20,000 grant". The Bellevue Reporter. 2008-05-03.
"Adults at carnival to benefit KidsQuest Museum". The Bellevue Reporter. 2009-04-24.
Grindeland, Sherry (2006-12-28). "Thousands free their inner child at museum.". The Seattle Times.

Museums in the Puget Sound region

Art	911 Media Arts Center Bellevue Arts Museum Frye Art Museum Henry Art Gallery Monarch Contemporary Art Center and Sculpture Park Museum of Glass Museum of Northwest Art Olympic Sculpture Park Rosalie Whyel Museum of Doll Art Seattle Art Museum Seattle Asian Art Museum Tacoma Art Museum Whatcom Museum of History and Art

Aviation	Flying Heritage Collection Future of Flight Aviation Center & Boeing Tour Heritage Flight Museum McChord Air Museum Museum of Flight Olympic Flight Museum Port Townsend Aero Museum

Children's	Hands On Children's Museum KidsQuest Children's Museum Seattle Children's Museum

Culture	Nordic Heritage Museum Northwest African American Museum Suquamish Museum Wing Luke Asian Museum

History	DuPont Museum Eastside Heritage Center Edmonds Historical Museum History House of Greater Seattle Issaquah Historical Museums Karshner Museum Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park Museum of History and Industry Renton History Museum Seattle Metropolitan Police Museum Seattle Underground Washington State History Museum

Maritime	Browns Point Light Center for Wooden Boats Coast Guard Museum Northwest Northwest Seaport Snagboat Heritage Center Working Waterfront Maritime Museum

Military	Coast Guard Museum Northwest Lewis Army Museum McChord Air Museum Naval Undersea Museum Puget Sound Navy Museum Washington National Guard Museum

Natural sciences	Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture Museum and Arts Center, Sequim, Washington

Science and technology	America's Car Museum Bellingham Railway Museum EMP Museum Georgetown Steam Plant Living Computer Museum Museum of Communications Pacific Science Center SPARK Museum of Electrical Invention Vintage Motorcycle Museum

See also: List of museums in Washington and Museums and galleries of Seattle

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