Lincoln Children's Museum among top 20

[eomaha]

Here I always thought Omaha's was pretty good... apparently Lincoln's is ranked in the top 20 in the nation. Guess I'll have to take me grandkids (when I have some) there... since my kids are too old now.

Child magazine online story

Top 50 Children's Museums

1. The Children's Museum of Indianapolis

2. The Children's Museum of Houston

3. The Children's Museum, Boston

3. (tie) Port Discovery, Baltimore

3. (tie) Discovery Center, Rockford, IL

6. Brooklyn Children's Museum

7. Strong Museum, Rochester, NY

8. Minnesota Children's Museum, St. Paul

9. Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose, California

10. Madison Children's Museum, Wisconsin

11. Children's Museum of Richmond, VA

12. Children's Museum at Holyoke, MA

13. Creative Discovery Museum, Chattanooga, TN

14. Children's Museum of Maine, Portland OR

15. Exploration Station, Bourbonnais, IL

16. Garden State Discovery Museum, Cherry Hill, NJ

17. A.C. Gilbert's Discovery Village, Salem, OR

18. Lincoln Children's Museum, NE

19. Providence Children's Museum, RI

20. Children's Discovery Museum of the Desert, Rancho Mirage, CA

21. Children's Museum of Portsmouth, NH

22. Children's Museum at Yunker Farm, Fargo, ND

23. Children's Museum of Illinois, Decatur

24. Buell Children's Museum, Pueblo, CO

25. Magic House, St. Louis, MO

26. Pittsburgh Children's Museum, PA

27. Children's Museum of Southeastern Connecticut, Niantic

28. Exploration Place, Wichita, KS

29. Ollie Mae Moen Discovery Center, Waco, TX

30. Children's Museum of Denver, CO

31. Chicago Children's Museum, IL

32. Museum of Discovery, Little Rock, AR

33. Staten Island Children's Museum, NY

34. Children's Museum of Manhattan, NY

35. LIED Discovery Children's Museum, Las Vegas, NV

36. Greensboro Children's Museum, NC

37. The Discovery Museums, Acton, MA

38. Hands On! Regional Museum, Johnson City, TN

39. Betty Brinn Children's Museum, Milwaukee, WI

40. Lynn Meadows Discovery Center, Gulfport, MS

41. Treehouse Children's Museum, Ogden, UT

42. WOW! Children's Museum: World of Wonder, Louisville, CO

43. Virginia Discovery Museum, Charlottesville

44. Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, TX

45. Discovery Depot, Galesburg, IL

46. EarlyWorks Museum Complex, Huntsville, AL

47. Lexington Children's Museum, KY

48. Please Touch Museum, Philadelphia, PA

49. Stepping Stones Museum for Children, Norwalk, CT

50. Wonderscope Children's Museum, Shawnee, KS

[jsheets]

If you haven't been there, the Lincoln Children's Museum is MUCH better than the Omaha's version (and Omaha's is already good). Lincoln's is really that much better, from the structure itself to the exhibits inside. I don't want to rag on the Omaha Children's Musuem because it is really nice, but the Lincoln one is in another league.

[adam186]

I served my service hours in LCM and it was pretty nice, especially for Linclon. I have never been to the one Omaha though, so I can't really compare.

[Sodak]

Lincoln's Childrens Museum is fantastic. It is superior to Omaha's, although Omaha hired Lincoln's museum director away in its continued efforts to improve. Its also nice to see that the Minnesota Children's Museum in St. Paul also received recognition. If any of you are up here with kids, it is definitely worth a stop, along with the Science Museum of Minnesota, which is close by.

[adam186]

I remembering hearing a while back that Omaha's Children Museum will be completly renovated and remodeled. They even had renderings (well drawings) of what it would look like. Does anyone else remember this?

[MTO]

Yeah I remember the same, so WTD?