Ever wonder how the world’s biggest and best children’s museum creates such extraordinary exhibits and programs that are as compelling for adults as for children? Well, the museum uses a host of criteria we call “Criteria for An Extraordinary Family Learning Experience.” These include:
- Rich content across the arts, sciences and humanities
- Relevant
- Inter-generationally appealing
- Audience appropriate
- Developmentally appropriate
- Entertaining, fun, and safe
- Unique
- Collection/object-connected
- Compelling
- Fundable
- Production/operations friendly
- Linked to other media/content creators and providers
At the museum, ideas for exhibits and programs can come from anywhere, and frequently do! Our best exhibits typically involve a team comprised of an exhibit developer, exhibit designer, family learning and interpretation expert, collections curator, marketer, operations expert, etc. For the museum’s larger permanent exhibits, the process from idea to funding to production and opening can take five years. For our international traveling and temporary exhibits, the museum can create and produce these exhibits in 1 to 2 years.
What ideas do YOU have for permanent or temporary exhibits at the museum?
Many families are super-busy this time of year. At The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, we realize how important holiday memories may be for you and your entire family. So we’ve designed a number of 
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