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The Glazer Children's Museum is located at 110 W Gasparilla Plaza, Tampa, Florida. It is located downtown, next door to the Tampa Museum of Art and Curtis Hixon Park, alongside the Tampa Riverwalk. It is part of the Waterfront Arts District. The Glazer Children’s Museum promotes learning through hands-on, interactive play. The majority of the Museum’s effort is focused on visitor experience and educational programming. The Museum offers a variety of programs ranging from formal curriculum based classes for visiting schools, to informal workshops for visiting families, to camps and specialized programs. Based in a 53,000 square foot facility in downtown Tampa, Florida, the Museum has 170 hands-on exhibits in multiple themed areas. Exhibits are designed to engage children in the discovery process through play. Traveling exhibits supplement the Museum’s permanent collection twice throughout the year. These 3-4 month exhibits are meant to create an additional level of engagement for visitors and enhance the guests’ educational experience. Recent awards to the Museum include: *2012 WEDU Be More Award winner for Outstanding Educational Outreach *2012 Tampa Downtown Partnership Urban Excellence Award Recipient *2012 Tampa Bay Business Journal Arts Culture and Humanities Non-Profit of the Year . thumb ==History== The mission of Glazer Children’s Museum is to create learning environments where children play, discover and connect to the world around them to develop as lifelong learners and leaders. The Children’s Museum of Tampa, Inc. was founded in 1987 by dedicated community volunteers and with support of many private and public partners. The Children’s Museum of Tampa served children and families in Tampa Bay for over two decades. From humble beginnings in a small storefront location, the Museum provided exhibits that gave children a safe place to learn and play. As the Museum’s popularity grew, more space was needed. In 1989, with support from the City of Tampa, the Museum moved the location next to the City’s zoo. This site did business under the name Kid City and consisted of a series of outdoor miniature buildings simulating a small town. From 1989 – 2003 Kid City was an ideal space for the Museum to provide curriculum centered on the value of community. Kid City served over 750,000 visitors from the Tampa Bay area and became an important part of the cultural and educational fabric of the Community. In 2003, Museum volunteers and staff began looking at the next step of expansion to meet the community need. After conducting a feasibility study and gathering input from over 400 people, plans were drawn for a new 53,000 square foot state-of-the-art children’s museum in downtown Tampa’s new Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park. After a $22 million capital campaign to build the new building, the Museum opened in September 2010 operating as Glazer Children’s Museum. In its first year of operation, the Museum served 250,000 guests, donated over 25,000 admission tickets to underserved youth populations, and hosted 26,000 children during school field trips and educational programs. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Glazer Children’s Museum」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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