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  • 1.  Children's Section materials

    Posted 05-17-2018 02:09 PM

    Hello.  I am working on creating and building a new children's section at the museum and am curious if anyone has contacts for materials, such as the gas stations or fake cars that children can pretend to change tires, pump gas, etc...?

    The children's museum in Saint Louis has a great representation that my son loved and I am looking for the company to purchase from to create my space.

    I appreciate the recommendations.

     

    Tara Hitzig

     

    Tara Hitzig

    Executive Director

    Automobile Driving Museum

    310-909-0950

    www.theadm.org

     

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  • 2.  RE: Children's Section materials

    Posted 05-18-2018 10:14 AM
    Hi Tara,

    Our Central Children's Department frequently purchases items from Lakeshore or Discount School Supply.  The quality varies from product to product, but most of the larger items we've purchased - kitchenettes, activity cubes, etc. have a shelf-life of around a year.  That's with a flow of approximately 2,000 patrons per week coming through our doors.  

    I would advise contacting your local library branches and your local Please Touch Museum to see if they also have leads on manufacturers they prefer.  

    Best of luck!

    Chris

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    Christopher Brown
    Curator | Children's Literature Research Collection
    Free Library of Philadelphia
    Philadelphia PA
    www.freelibrary.org/clrc
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