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Greensboro Children's Museum turns 20

• Carl Wilson
• May 13, 2019
• May 13, 2019
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Children learn to plant seeds in the garden at Greensboro Children’s Museum in Greensboro, N.C., on Monday, May 13, 2019.

Woody Marshall/News & Record

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GREENSBORO — “I did it!” Emma Ballenger, 10, yelled as she exited the webbed tube connecting the tops of two climbing towers at the Greensboro Children’s Museum.

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Photos: Greensboro Children's Museum at 20

Greensboro Children's Museum

The Greensboro Children's Museum in Greensboro, N.C., on Monday, May 13, 2019.

Woody Marshall/News & Record

Greensboro Children's Museum on opening day, 1999

The Greensboro Children’s Museum on opening day, May 15, 1999.

News & Record file

Greensboro Children's Museum

Children learn to plant seeds in the garden at Greensboro Children’s Museum in Greensboro, N.C., on Monday, May 13, 2019.

Woody Marshall/News & Record

Greensboro Children's Museum

Luke Whitworth, 3, waters buckwheat seeds children planted in the garden at Greensboro Children's Museum in Greensboro, N.C., on Monday, May 13, 2019. His mother, Jennifer, said they visit the museum a couple times a month. Adding, "This is his favorite place. He wants to come here for his birthday every year."

Woody Marshall/News & Record

Greensboro Children's Museum

Heather Maness makes a dinosaur pose with her Busy Bee class at the Greensboro Children’s Museum in Greensboro, N.C., on Monday, May 13, 2019.

Woody Marshall/News & Record

Greensboro Children's Museum

The toddler's play area at Greensboro Children's Museum in Greensboro, N.C., on Monday, May 13, 2019.

Woody Marshall/News & Record

EMS exhibit 2014

The Aycock Middle School Drumline and Dance Team perform during the arrival of a Guilford County EMS ambulance donated to the Greensboro Children’s Museum, on Thursday, June 19, 2014, in Greensboro, N.C.

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EMS exhibit 2014

Children cheer the arrival of a Guilford County EMS ambulance donated to the Greensboro Children’s Museum, on Thursday, June 19, 2014, in Greensboro, N.C.

News & Record

Greensboro Children's Museum

The outdoor garden at the Greensboro Children’s Museum in Greensboro, N.C., on Monday, May 13, 2019. Elizabeth said they come every Monday for the Busy Bees program.

Woody Marshall/News & Record

Greensboro Childrens Museum turns 20

A class of children make its way to the Greensboro Childrens Museum in Greensboro, NC on May 9, 2019. (H. Scott Hoffmann/ News & Record)

H. Scott Hoffmann /News & Record

Greensboro Children's Museum announces changes, 2016

Students from Brooks Global Studies look at climbing towers graphic on display during announcement of additions to the Greensboro Children's Museum, on Thursday, October 6, 2016, in Greensboro, N.C.

Joseph Rodriguez/News & Record

Children's Museum 2017

A new outdoor plaza features a 30-foot-tall climbing structure. It includes two pyramids connected by a net tunnel that is suspended in air.

Sam McClenaghan/Courtesy of Greensboro Children’s Museum

Greensboro Children's Museum

Claire Kimball, 2, does the Hokey Pokey with help from her mother Elizabeth Kimball at the Greensboro Children's Museum in Greensboro, N.C., on Monday, May 13, 2019. Elizabeth said they come every Monday for the Busy Bees program.

Woody Marshall/News & Record

Mini Yogis Get Moving

Yoga instructor, Katie Page, upper right, leads a class of mini yogis, ages 3-5, at the Greensboro Children's Museum Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017, in Greensboro, N.C.

Lynn Hey/News & Record

Mini Yogis Get Moving

Mini yogis, 3-5 years old, dance during class at the Greensboro Children's Museum Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017, in Greensboro, N.C.

Lynn Hey/News & Record

Greensboro Children's Museum

The outdoor garden at the Greensboro Children's Museum in Greensboro, N.C., on Monday, May 13, 2019. Elizabeth said they come every Monday for the Busy Bees program.

Woody Marshall/News & Record

Greensboro Children's Museum

One of the chickens at the Greensboro Children's Museum in Greensboro, N.C., on Monday, May 13, 2019. Elizabeth said they come every Monday for the Busy Bees program.

Woody Marshall/News & Record

Contact at 336-373-7145 or at carl.wilson@greensboro.com. Follow on Twitter at Short_OrdersNR and on Facebook.

WANT TO GO?

What: 20th Anniversary Time Capsule Event

When: 3:30-5 p.m. Wednesday

Where: Greensboro Children's Museum, 220 N. Church St.

Details: Drop off items to preserve such as photos, letters and mementos no larger than a fist. The capsule will be sealed later this summer.

TIMELINE

1990: While on a layover at a San Francisco airport, businessman Jerry Hyman is inspired by a place called the Exploratorium, a museum for children using science and art. Hyman spends the next several years visiting other children's museums intent on creating one in Greensboro.

1994: Hyman approaches civic leader Cynthia Doyle about putting together a team to study the feasibility of creating a children's museum in Greensboro. 

May 15, 1999: The museum opens at a cost of roughly $4.6 million.

May 2000: The museum celebrates its first birthday. There were 130,000 visitors, 517 groups and 698 birthday parties.

September 2008: Plans are unveiled for a major overhaul of the museum.

May 2010: The Greensboro Children’s Museum is the first of its kind in the country to have an officially licensed Edible Schoolyard, based on chef and author Alice Waters’ original program in Berkeley, Calif.

Wednesday: The museum turns 20.

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