London Children's Museum
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Established | 1975 |
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Location | 21 Wharncliffe Road South London, Ontario N6J 4G5 |
Coordinates | 42°58′45″N 81°15′46″W / 42.9791°N 81.2629°WCoordinates: 42°58′45″N 81°15′46″W / 42.9791°N 81.2629°W |
Type | Children's museum |
Visitors | 100,000 |
Founder | Carol Johnston |
Executive director | Amanda Conlon |
Website | www |
The London Children's Museum is a private, not-for-profit museum located in London, Ontario, Canada.[1] It was the first children's museum established in Canada,[1] founded in 1975 by Carol Johnston two years after visiting Boston Children's Museum during a family trip. It receives over 100,000 visitors each year.[2] Its current executive director is Amanda Conlon.[1]
The original museum was based in the old City Centre.[1] After several moves in its early days, it acquired the building of the former Riverview Public School in 1982 with a grant from the Richard Ivey Foundation.[1] In 2014 it sold the Wharncliffe Road building to a London developer, but will remain a tenant until at least 2021.[1]
Afterwards, the museum will move to a former and refurbished Kellogg's cereal plant in the city's east end factory district at 100 Kellogg Lane.[1][3] The museum will occupy the building's fourth floor, which has 25-foot (7.6 m) ceilings.[1][3] After the move, the museum plans on creating new exhibits.[1] In 2018, the museum hired an Oakland, California company to design the exhibits in the new building.[4] These include eight "immersive and interactive areas for children and their families", among them a garden patio, a main street-themed exhibit, a river-themed exhibit, and a room dedicated to archaeological discovery.[4] It will also include a large rooftop playground.[3]
Exhibits include Bellina, a whale skeleton suspended in the atrium, an arctic exhibit, and a dinosaur exhibit.[1]
Affiliations
The Museum is affiliated with: CMA, CHIN, and Virtual Museum of Canada.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "London Regional Children's Museum to find new home in old Kellogg's plant". CBC News. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
- ^ "Our Story". London Regional Children's Museum. Archived from the original on 2008-04-17. Retrieved 2008-04-09.
- ^ a b c Ibeto, Ozioma (15 May 2018). "London Children's Museum reveals new location". Global News. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
- ^ a b "London Children's Museum unveils new look designed by California firm". CBC News. 14 December 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
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