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  • 1.  playset or play equipment on museum grounds

    Posted 02-26-2025 10:28 AM

    Hello all!

    Interested in connecting with other museums who have incorporated playset(s) or play equipment at the grounds of their history museum/site.

    Thank you!!!!

    Best, Steph Jarvis

    Texas Cotton Gin Museum



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    Stephanie Jarvis
    Director
    Texas Cotton Gin Museum
    Burton TX
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  • 2.  RE: playset or play equipment on museum grounds

    Posted 02-26-2025 10:57 AM

    Contact Conner Prairie   connerprairie.org.  



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    Lana Newhart-Kellen
    Collections & Facilities Manager
    Purdue University Galleries
    West Lafayette IN
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  • 3.  RE: playset or play equipment on museum grounds

    Posted 02-27-2025 01:31 PM

    You might also contact COSI in Columbus, Ohio - they had a car you could lift with a large lever as well as other fun physics stations. I recall them having an interesting outdoor space. New York Hall of Science also had a really fun outdoor space I used to bring my kids to. There was mini-golf as well as some water play for my little folks. Indianapolis Children's Museum did a big addition a few years back where they installed a series of sport-themed activity stations outside the museum, but they're only open seasonally. Super cool stuff, though. 



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    Sandra Saha
    Early Childhood Coordinator
    Indiana State Museum
    Indianapolis IN
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