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Friday, January 28, 2011

madison children's museum

madison has a new children's museum, and after a year of intending to do so, we've finally joined! it is a wonderful place, and will only become more fun and interesting for ramona with each year.

a play table features a miniature wooden madison, with some of my least favorite (mg&e smoke stacks) and most favorite (bascom hall) madison buildings.

the museum has lots of re-purposed (re-claimed?) stuff, which appeals to me greatly. also, how does one get their hands on old piano keys to make a bench, or on old school gymnasium flooring to floor a museum (or, more specifically, the awesome house i am always daydreaming about building)?


ramona was enchanted by a hallway filled with the faces of children and babies.

a cozy little reading nook made a nice place for a tired one year old to rest.

4 comments:

Amy Mertz, Communications Coordinator, Madison Children's Museum said...

Hi - Glad you are enjoying your museum membership! Thank you for sharing your photos and commentary with your blog visitors!

Nana said...

I can't wait to visit it with her. When our kids were young we had to go to Lansing to see a Children's Museum.

MOM said...

Are these the Photo Booth pictures that Marta sends you every morning? Very happy ladies!

Anonymous said...

If you ever want to start the home-building process, I have a friend who just built the highest-rated LEED home outside of Appleton. He has a reclaimed gym floor room! He'd definitely be able to help you get started.

The museum looks great -- and so does Ramona! :)

-Kristin