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Children's Discovery Museum, Topeka: Pretend Science |
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Imaginosity, Dublin: Imaginosity, The Climber The Town Centre |
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McKenna Children's Museum: Entry Corridor Lend a Hand Ranch |
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Nevada Discovery Museum
(Designer: Haizlip Studios)
Housed in the former Reno City Hall, the Nevada Discovery Museum is at the heart of the city, and is closely tied into the life and spirit of northern Nevada. The Nevada Discovery Museum has been carefully designed to be a wondering place, a place where imaginations roam freely, test boundaries and soar (and are sometimes carefully reeled back to earth!). It is a family place for sharing both educational experiences and joy. . From the moment they enter the museum, visitors begin experimenting, learning, creating, exploring, and making connections with one another, their city and their region.
Under the Stars
Little Discoveries (Full Image)
A special place for the youngest museum visitors, Little Discoveries is just for infants and toddlers and their adult caregivers and provides a perfect, protected environment where they can roll and creep, sit and stand, look and feel, pile and build, experience and pretend, explore and discover. |
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Kohl Children’s Museum: Hands On House Car Care Center |
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The Children's Museum of Brownsville: Fishing Boat Fountain |
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The Children's Museum of Winston-Salem: Animal Alphabet Enchanted Forest |
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The Children's Museum of Naples: Banyan Climber Company Farm |
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Austin Children's Museum: Rising Star Ranch Song of Korea |
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Peoria PlayHouse: Peoria Then and Now By Your River Sweetly Flowing |
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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.
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