Children's Discovery Museum, Topeka: (Designer: architectureisfun, Inc.) The Kansas Children’s Discovery Center is in Topeka, Kansas. The exhibit experiences - both inside and out - are built in harmony with the museum’s remarkable setting in a city park. Exhibits are carefully designed to immerse visitors in a journey of imagination-powered learning. Exhibit experiences cultivate a sense of place: after all, this is the land of Oz and the center of everything! Pretend Science (Full Image) In a laboratory setting that is whacky, fantastical, spectacular, and is fitting for any respectable mad scientist, children experiment with Weather, Water, Wind, Wings, and other interesting things, in surprising ways. The focus is on scientific thinking (which can lead to unexpected discoveries!) rather than pre-determined outcomes. Here, we provoke curiosity, foster experimentation, and strengthen problem-solving skills through the exploration of simple science events.   Imaginosity, Dublin: Imaginosity, The Climber The Town Centre   McKenna Children's Museum: Entry Corridor Lend a Hand Ranch   Nevada Discovery Museum: Under the Stars Little Discoveries   Kohl Children’s Museum: Hands On House Car Care Center   The Children's Museum of Brownsville: Fishing Boat Fountain   The Children's Museum of Winston-Salem: Animal Alphabet Enchanted Forest   The Children's Museum of Naples: Banyan Climber Company Farm   Austin Children's Museum: Rising Star Ranch Song of Korea   Peoria PlayHouse: Peoria Then and Now By Your River Sweetly Flowing

Museum Consultant 1998 to present Knock Knock Children's Museum: Baton Rouge, LA: Museum Master Plan (new museum) National Museum of Aruba: Aruba: Archaeology Museum Family Experience Specialist (expanded museum) Kansas Discovery Center: Topeka, KS: Museum Master Plan (new museum) Healthy Kids Initiative: Children’s Discovery Museum, Normal, IL (Exhibit Master Plan) Imaginosity!, Dublin, Ireland: Museum Master Plan (new museum) Nevada Discovery Museum, Reno, NV: Exhibit Master Plan; Design Phase Content Specialist (new museum) Guangdong Science Center: Children’s WonderLand, Guangzhou, China: content development (new museum) The New Children’s Museum of Tampa, FL: Exhibit Master Plan (museum expansion) McKenna Children's Museum, New Braunfels, TX: Exhibit Master Plan (new museum) Children's Museum of Naples, FL: Exhibit Master Plan (new museum) Peoria Playhouse Children's Museum, IL: Exhibit Master Plan (new museum) Children's Museum of Iredell County (NC): Exhibit Master Plan (new museum) Children's Museum of Central New Jersey: Exhibit Master Plan (new museum) Phoenix Family Museum: Content Specialist (new museum) Mid-Michigan Children's Museum: Exhibit Master Plan, Exhibit Design Phase Content Specialist (new museum) Austin Children's Museum: Exhibit Developer, Freeman Foundation Asian Initiative; Exhibit Developer, Rising Star Ranch (Infant-Toddler Area); Exhibit Planning, 'Growing Up', NSF-funded exhibit Madison Children's Museum: Museum Expansion Preliminary Plan; First Feats Exhibit Developer (*exhibit was winner of Metropolitan Life-AYM Innovative Practices Award) Winston-Salem Children's Museum: Exhibit Master Plan (new museum) Kohl Children's Museum: Museum Expansion Exhibit Master Plan, Content Specialist Exhibit Design Phase Kohl/McCormick Teaching Awards Story Bus Moveable Museum: Exhibit Master Plan; Project Management Children's Museum of Brownsville, Texas: Exhibit Master Plan (new museum); Project Management 1913 Schoolhouse Museum, Boynton Beach, Florida: Museum conceptual plan Louisiana Children's Museum: Exhibit development Director of Exhibits: Kohl Children's Museum 1992 to 1998 1998: The Shoes We Use. 1000 square feet; budget $125,000 1997: Mighty Maze. 800 square feet; budget $10,000 1997: StarMax Technology Center. 800 square feet; $110,000 1996: Chagall for Children. 1300 square feet; budget $220,000 1996: Election '96. 600 square feet; budget $20,000 1995: Construction Zone. 1,000 square feet; budget $125,000 1995: H20: 500 square feet; budget $105,000 1994: People: 1,200 square feet; budget $250,000 1994: All Aboard: 1,000 square feet; budget $45,000 1993: Recycle: 1,000 square feet; budget $30,000 1993: Traveling Recycle House; budget $25,000 1993: Art and Technology Center: 1,200 square feet; $15,000 1992: Election ë92: 500 square feet; budget $5,000 1992: State of Illinois Daycare Center Playroom: budget $10,000 Publications 2005: Applying Research to Children’s Museum Exhibits. Hand to Hand, Quarterly Journal Association of Children’s Museums 2001: The Story Song lyrics; music by Ella Jenkins 1999: The Play's the Thing: Parent's Guide to Children's Media. 1998: What is a Good Toy? Parent's Guide to Children's Media 1998: Designing for Play. Hand to Hand, Quarterly Journal Association of Children’s Museums 1997: Computer Connections: Using Computers to Bring People Together. Hand to Hand, Quarterly Journal Association of Children’s Museums 1996: The Adult’s Role in Children’s Museums. Hand to Hand Quarterly Journal Association of Children’s Museums 1993: Children’s Concept of Play: A Study in Four Countries. Women Researching Play: Sweden 1993: Toys and Play. Toy Manufacturers of America: New York. 1993: Play and the growth of competence. In C. Schaefer (Ed.), The Therapeutic Powers of Play.Northvale, NJ: Aronson. 1990: Play is For All: Toy Libraries in an International Perspective. Women Researching Play: Sweden 1988: Come Play With Us. Parent booklet on play and toys. McKids Children’s Stores: Chicago. 1984-1990:“Toybox” column in Childsplay, newsletter of the U.S. Toy Library Association. 1986: Toys for Growing: Choosing Toys That Develop Skills. Chicago: Yearbook Medical Publishers.