Bellow features a selection of news articles featuring the Children’s Museum.
All members of the media should contact Jennifer Dudley jdudley@sichildrensmuseum.org or call 718-273-2060 ext. 150 (please be sure to include your media outlet, nature of your query, and daytime telephone number).
Recent News Articles
2022 News Articles
S.I. Children’s Museum celebrates Women’s History Month in March through art, cooking, creating, and portrait picture taking
Staten Island Advance, Posted March 01, 2022
Gowns, Puppets and Sharks: 8 Cultural Sights to See This Winter
The New York Times, Posted January 5th, 2022
Highest-rated museums in New York
Stacker, Posted January 2nd, 2022
2021 News Articles
Special ‘Noon’ Year’s countdown for kids in Staten Island
PIX 11, Posted December 31st, 2021
For NYC parents who have children with special needs, coronavirus mask mandates can be difficult to navigate
Staten Island Advance, Posted December 18th, 2021
Mark your calendars: ‘Joyful Noises and Seasonal Sounds’ at Staten Island Children’s Museum
Staten Island Advance, Posted December 9th, 2021
Columbus Day weekend roundup on Staten Island: Dance, eat, drink and be merry!
Staten Island Advance, Posted October 8th, 2021
Family Emergency Preparedness Day this weekend at the Staten Island Children’s Museum
Staten Island Advance, Posted September 24th, 2021
S. I. Children’s Museum is offering three series of engaging enrollment programs for tykes, ages 2 through 8
Staten Island Advance, Posted September 21st, 2021
Snug Harbor cultural institutions receive $11.1M for upgrades, expansions
Staten Island Advance, Posted August 26th, 2021
Staten Island Children’s Museum Reopens April 10: Here’s what you need to know
Staten Island Advance, Posted March 23, 2021
Staten Island Parent, Posted March 23, 2021
2020 News Articles
Staten Island Advance, May 16, 2020
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A Brief History
All about the Children’s Museum
Founded by a group of parents in 1974, the museum opened in 1976 in a small rented storefront with one exhibit and program. A series of “hands-on, minds-on” exhibitions followed about history, the natural science and fine arts. By 1980, space limitations drove the museum to seek larger quarters. The City of New York invited the Children’s Museum to join the Cultural Institutions Group, which included plans for the Museum to relocate to the ground so the newly acquired 83-acre Snug Harbor. Planning, funding and renovations for the new home at Snug Harbor Cultural Center took six years to complete and in 1986, the museum opened the doors to its new home. In 2003, the facility expanded to 40,000 square feet with the addition of the historic barn and the bi-level glass passageway. In 2013, the Museum completed another capital project, with the addition of a state-of –the-art tented picnic and performance pavilion on the East Meadow, and a vertical axis wind turbine and wind scoop addition to our roof.
