Utica Children's Museum
Description
The Utica Children’s Museum is in the process of being transformed into a hands-on, interactive destination that promotes learning through play. The Utica Children’s Museum was founded on August 1, 1963 and is housed in a beautiful historic building located in the heart of Utica’s downtown Bagg’s Square district. Originally named The Children's Museum of History, Natural History, and Science, now dba the Utica Children's Museum, the Museum currently offers approximately 60 exhibits and experiences throughout four floors of play space and is in the process of being transformed into a hands-on, interactive destination that will impact more than 100,000 visitors over the next five years.
The Utica Children's Museum is housed in the John C. Hieber Building, a historic commercial building located at 311 Main Street, Utica in Oneida County, New York. It was built in 1893 and is a five story, rectangular flat roofed, red brick structure, 60 feet by 100 feet, with a random ashlar stone foundation. It was built as a combined sales and warehouse facility. It was a work of Utica architect Frederick H. Gouge and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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facebook.comWe had an army of teens helping us out at the museum and we wanted to give them a huge THANK YOU!!!! NJROTC cadets and students from Thomas R. Proctor High School and Notre Dame Junior/Senior High School and friends from the The Midtown Utica Community Center were on hand to hide eggs, hand out baskets, dance the cha cha slide and be our “Easter Bunny body guards”! Amazing kids - thank you all!!!!
THANK YOU to all of the families and kids that came out to our EGGcellent Easter Event today!!! And a big thank you to our groovin Easter Bunny who kept the kids busy dancing while our volunteers kid eggs downstairs!
Alright, everyone! We're ready for our EGGcellent Easter Event tomorrow. We want to give you a sneak peek of the day so you know what to expect - we're anticipating a full house! • Doors open at 12 noon • Egg Hunt sign up and free play from 12:00-12:45pm • 12:45pm - everyone head up to the 3rd floor to meet our special visitor and we have a couple fun things in store for you while our volunteers hide eggs on the 1st and 2nd floor • We will line the kids up in two age groups (1-5 year olds and 6+ year olds). Members of our Board of Directors will lead the children to their respective floors (youngest visitors will be on the first floor and those 6+ will be on the 2nd floor) and they will wait until everyone is in place before starting the egg hunt! • There are almost 700 eggs that will be hidden on two floors AND 20 eggs that have a "Play for Free" Pass to the museum in them. • The Easter Bunny will visit kids as they hunt and will be available on the 1st floor near the front windows for photos. • We have TONS of egg dye kits to take home with you - grab one or two on the first floor before you leave! It's going to be a GREAT day... and everything is included in the cost of admission - we'll see you tomorrow!!!
Bunny jokes 🐰 We’re ready for tomorrow!
Our fun mirror on the first floor is always a hit!!!
Over 700 eggs to get filled for Sunday’s egg hunt and Joe and Lydia are on it!!! Visit us from 12-4pm this Sunday for our EGGcellent Easter Event!
Jim and Elma (originally from Amsterdam - the city in Europe... NOT the one just down the Thruway!!!) are visiting us today with their friend’s little ones David and Jacob. So wonderful to meet them!!!
We love getting wonderful mail like this! A creative batch of thank you cards arrived today from Mrs. Maneno’s class at Kernan Elementary School in Utica!
Thank you to Mohawk Valley Community Action’s Head Start Program for visiting us today and rocking out the dance floor!!!!
Springtime calls for more butterfly wings and dress up clothes! Visit our 3rd floor today to Check out the beautiful new costumes donated to us!
It's here!!! Happy Spring, everyone! It's still cold out of course, so celebrate spring inside with us this week! We'll be open Thursday through Sunday... with our big EGGcellent Easter Event on Sunday from 12-4pm.
Join us THIS SUNDAY for our EGGcellent Easter Event from 12-4pm. The Easter Bunny will be here, a 2-floor egg hunt and MORE! Everything is included in the cost of admission. Please share with friends and family! Admission costs: $8 for adults $6 for children ages 2-17 $7 for seniors/Veterans/Active Military and College Students Children under 2 are FREE!
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