Main Street Children’s Museum

Artist Vernon Grant’s work provides the inspiration for the Main Street Children’s Museum. Within this wonderful setting, imagination and curiosity merge into creative play! Nursery rhymes such as Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater and Simple Simon have been transformed into life-size, three-dimensional play and learning spaces for young children from birth to six.

Little Home

Knock, knock! Come in! Take a seat and be served a cup of tea. Step inside the charming child-sized home, perfect for role-playing and developing social skills such as communicating and sharing. Play along as your child takes the role of chef or takes part in a tea party.

Sailboat

Ahoy, Matey! Put on a sailor hat and let your child’s imagination guide your adventure! Children will explore and sail the ship, pretending they are sailors or pirates on the wide-open sea. With the bell, rudder, wheel, and periscope, children can investigate objects and movement.

Pumpkin House

Snuggle up with your little ones and get cozy with a good book. Designed specifically with the earliest learners in mind (infants 6-15 months), this area promotes all facets of child development through the selection of books and toys. Babies understand langauge sooner than they can speak, and their ability to understand increases more rapidly than their ability to talk. Read out loud with silly voices or ask your child to point to an object on a page. For the safety of our youngest guests, we ask that families with older children use the area as a quiet reading nook when babies are not using it.

Air Maze

Whoosh! Send a scarf ball, or pouf through the Air Maze and see air power at work. Children can experiment by sending different items through the Maze, directing the object’s path along the way, and making predictions about where the object will fly out and whether it will float through the air or fall to the ground.