It’s been slower going than hoped, one with many technical challenges to overcome, but the clock is now counting down to a grand opening for “Let’s Go Sailing.” “Let’s Go Sailing” will be the Great Lakes Children’s Museum’s newest exhibit and the third new exhibit opened between July 2014 and June 2015. “Let’s Go Sailing” […]
Staff from the Grand Traverse Lighthouse were at the museum today to present programming on Remotely Operated Vehicles. Participants got to see an operating ROV complete with camera, propeller, and servos. Participants were also able to build their own vehicle from PVC Pipe. As a special treat, the museum opened up the “deep section” of […]
About 260 people braved the cold and blustery morning weather to attend the 2014 Countdown to Noon celebration. Activity started as soon as the doors opened at 10:00 am with people bustling in and moving into the Great Lakes Room to make noise makers, hats and to decorate the giant ball. At about 11:45 am, […]
The Great Lakes Children’s Museum recently received a $712.00 grant from the Genuine Leelanau Charitable Endowment to fund one session of a new program called “Arts in Action.” “Arts in Action” is designed to showcase art forms and artists in a way that allows guests to experience not only the explanation of the art but […]
Recap of Thursday, December 4, Holidazzle Fund Raiser at the Great Lakes Children’s Museum Hosted by: Teri Gorsline, Kristy Kurjan, Erica Mohr, Hesper Smyth, Marissa Wege, the entire Great Lakes Children’s Museum Events Committee, and the Great Lakes Children’s Museum Trustees 105 turned out for the inaugural event raising nearly $8,000 in under 3 hours. […]
Are you a “day-after-Thanksgiving shopper?” What if you had a place where your potty trained children could enjoy the morning in a group (4 children per sitter)? The Great Lakes Children’s Museum will be offering “Drop and Shop” services the morning after Thanksgiving. Sitters will be here, and the Museum will be open starting at […]
Let’s Make Like A LEAF and … Summer’s officially behind us as of September 22 (If you’re not sure of the meaning of that date google “Autumn Equinox Meaning”). So as we have been looking at the colors starting to change, of course, being life-long learners we start to ask questions. Some of our questions […]
The bridge building challenge, scheduled for Saturday, 9/27 has been cancelled. There were no registrations made in advance so we did not schedule programming staff to cover the event. Enjoy the weather. Perhaps we’ll schedule this again but later when it’s cold and dreary out!
As promised, Building Bridges, the Museum’s newest exhibit opened to the public at Noon today (9/26/14). The exhibit includes 4 stations to experiment with bridge construction, and a set of kid-sized building blocks which, when correctly assembled, form a bridge large and sturdy enough for Museum visitors to cross. The exhibit backdrop is filled […]
September 25 was Member Night at the Museum. 26 attended and took a quick sneak peek at Building Bridges which officially opens at Noon on September 26 (Friday). Building Bridges is a collaboration between Paul Maurer General Contracting Inc, Team Elmers, Museum personnel and volunteers. Last night’s member night was a fun night – and […]