Madison Children's Museum

Madison Children's Museum
Established	1980
Location	100 N. Hamilton St, Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Coordinates	43°04′37″N 89°23′04″W / 43.0769°N 89.3844°W / 43.0769; -89.3844
Type	Children's Museum
Visitors	over 150,000 visits annually[1]
Public transit access	Any bus line which comes near the Capitol.
Website	http://www.madisonchildrensmuseum.org

The Madison Children's Museum is a museum for children in Madison, Wisconsin, that contains exhibits on the arts, sciences, history, culture, health, and civic engagement.

History

Madison Children’s Museum was founded in 1980 by a group of early childhood specialists. The founding board of directors and volunteers built traveling exhibits that were displayed at neighborhood centers, parks and playgrounds. They also operated a pilot museum in the basement of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. The success of the pilot program prompted the museum to relocate to a warehouse at Bedford and West Washington.

After a successful capital campaign, Madison Children’s Museum opened its doors in another rented location on 100 State Street in 1991. The museum once again outgrew its space.^[2] In 2005, MCM acquired a $5 million, five-story office building through the generosity of W. Jerome Frautschi.^[3] The museum undertook a $10 million capital campaign to renovate the building, create an accessible green roof, and install new exhibits. The new facility opened on August 14, 2010, and greatly expanded the museum’s capacity.^[4]

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