The Bronx Children's Museum is a children's museum founded in 2005. Its exhibition space is located in Mill Pond Park in the South Bronx, New York City. The Museum provides ongoing in-school, afterschool and summer enrichment programming throughout the borough at schools, community based organizations, shelters, libraries, local festivals and parks. Since 2011, the Museum has offered programming out of its Museum On The Go! bus, also known as the "purple bus".[5][6] The museum reaches about 10,000 people per year through the purple bus.[5][7] Upon completion, its primary exhibition space will be located on the second floor of the Power House building in Mill Pond Park.[3]
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.jpg) The Power House at Mill Pond Park (2024) | |
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| Established | 2005 [2][3] |
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| Location | Mill Pond Park, The Bronx, New York City[1] |
| Coordinates | 40°49′27.74″N 73°55′53.59″W / 40.8243722°N 73.9315528°W |
| Type | Children's museum |
| Visitors | 18,000[2] |
| Executive director | Carla Precht[4] |
| President | Hope Harley[2] |
| Public transit access | New York City Subway:    at 149th Street–Grand ConcourseNew York City Bus: Bx1, Bx2, Bx19, Bx41, Bx41 SBS Metro-North Railroad: Hudson Line at Yankees – East 153rd Street |
| Website | bronxchildrensmuseum |
Among the museum's supporters are Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and former Sesame Street star Sonia Manzano, both regular participants of the museum's "Dream Big" summer program.[8][9] Manzano has also written a children's book for the museum: The Lowdown on the High Bridge about the nearby High Bridge, which straddles the East River, and provided water to Manhattan from the old Croton Aqueduct.[10] Other celebrities associated with the museum include Kerry Washington, and Chazz Palminteri, both honorees at the museum's annual galas, and Sunny Hostin, who serves on the museum's board of directors. [7]
The groundbreaking ceremony for the exhibition space was held on July 12, 2017.[11][12] The permanent building was opened to the public on December 3, 2022.[13][14]
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edit- ^ "Bronx Children's Museum building". Bronx Children's Museum. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
- ^ a b c "Bronx Children's Museum about page". Bronx Children's Museum. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
- ^ a b Wirsing, Robert (July 24, 2017). "Bronx Children's Museum construction begins". Bronx Times. Archived from the original on July 22, 2018. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
- ^ "Bronx Children's Museum". Bronx Children's Museum. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
- ^ a b Hu, Winnie (August 15, 2014). "Adrift for Years, Bronx Children's Museum Finds a Place to Park Its Purple Bus". The New York Times. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
- ^ "Bronx Children's Museum". NYCgo.com. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
- ^ a b Wirsing, Robert (May 20, 2018). "Children's Museum Honors Stars". Bronx Times. Archived from the original on November 14, 2018. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
- ^ Palmer, James (July 25, 2013). "Sotomayor has supreme morning with Kingsbridge kids". The Riverdale Press. Retrieved August 6, 2013.
- ^ Gonzalez, David (August 2, 2015). "2 Proud Daughters of the Bronx Share More Than a Name". The New York Times. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
- ^ Manzano, Sonia (2014). The Lowdown on the High Bridge: The Story of how New York City Got Its Water. Bronx Children's Museum. ISBN 9780991424511. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
- ^ "Groundbreaking held for new Bronx Children's Museum". News12. News 12 The Bronx. July 12, 2017. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
- ^ Cheah, Selina (July 13, 2017). "Bronx Children's Museum in historic power station breaks ground - Archpaper.com". archpaper.com. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
- ^ "Bronx Children's Museum Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Celebrates NYC's Newest Cultural Institution". Bronx Children's Museum. November 17, 2022. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
- ^ Graeber, Laurel (December 1, 2022). "For Bronx Children's Museum, a Long-Awaited Home". The New York Times. Retrieved September 26, 2024.