Thanksgiving Greetings!

We want to express our thanks to each of you - our visitors, our sponsors, our Board of Directors - for your wonderful support of our Museum and our work.

The Museum will be closed on Thanksgiving Day, but will reopen Friday at 10 a.m. and resume normal hours. Please note that there is no preschool program on Friday the 26th.

May you enjoy your Thanksgiving holiday!

The temperatures are dropping, the wind is showing who's boss, and the kids are filled with candy and ready for the next holiday...

which is Veterans' Day on Thursday, November 11, when we will be open our regular hours, 10-4, and ready to welcome you!

We are serving as a collection spot for Valley Opportunity Council's "Operation Gratitude" campaign. They are putting together "care packages" for our troops overseas so please consider helping with donations, such as blank holiday cards, disposable cameras, travel sized personal care items, prepaid phone cards, stamps, white socks, knitted hats and scarves, or food items (beef jerky, energy bars, powdered packets of hot/cold drinks, nuts, sunflower seed, trail mix).

Children can make cards that we will include with the donations. Help us show our troops that they are in our thoughts...

Halloween fun!

Halloween fun is in appearance this week at the Children's Museum... follow the recipes in the Witch's house (make sure you put on the hat or cape!), and cook up a delightful concoction in our cauldron. On Saturday, October 30, join the other ghosts and goblins in the Park from 1-4 pm for the annual Spooktacular hosted by Holyoke Parks and Rec Dept. $1 entry fee for the Spooky Scavenger Hunt and goody bag! If your child is in costume, rides are half price at the Merry-Go-Round as is admission to our museum!

And don't forget the littlest ghouls: Miss Beth's "Ready to Grow" preschool program on Friday morning (Oct.29) at 9:30 is definitely a must! Silly skeletons abound! And just $6 for a family of goblins who flutter in by 9:30 (regular admission fees apply for late arrivals).

Tag Sale!

Is your idea of a good time looking through stacks of miscellaneous items in search of a bargain?

If so, join us on Saturday, October 16, between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. and peruse the piles of perfectly priced paraphenalia... and support your children's museum!

The sale will be held in the upper level of the museum's building at 444 Dwight Street in Heritage State Park in the room opposite the public picnic area. Cash only, please.

You don't need to sail across the ocean to find new worlds...

Sail into our Museum on Columbus Day.. we will be open from 10-4 and ready to help you

EXPLORE ... DISCOVER .... IMAGINE .... CREATE

museum play

museum play

How about an indoor space, with colorful large blocks and shapes and tubes and whatevers that kids can manipulate and build and create their own indoor playscape...
Help us make this dream come true at the Children's Museum at Holyoke!

Click on the link above and join the fun!

Fall into Fun!

The last of the dustbunnies has been sheparded out the door, and we are open for play...!

We are open Wed-Sat 10-4 and Sun noon-4. Our preschool program, Ready to Grow, will resume October 1st, 9:30-10:30. Our Littlest Explorers will discover fun in Fall activities. Remember to arrive by 9:30 a.m. to participate in the program at the discounted price of $6/family. Late arrivals will have to pay full price of $6 per person. Members are free.

September 25 we will have a table at the Education Fair at the Nuestras Raices Harvest Festival from noon to 4:30. There will be food, music, games and more at this exciting annual festival at Nuestra Raices' farm on Jones Ferry Road off lower Main Street. It is a great start to the new school year, and a wonderful family outing opportunity!

(photo courtesy of wikivisual)