Hands On Children's Museum
About Hands On Children's Museum
Hands On Children's Museum is a children's museum in Olympia, Washington, United States. Founded in 1987, the museum is located on Olympia's East Bay waterfront at 414 Jefferson Street NE. It is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to stimulate curiosity, creativity, and critical thinking through interactive exhibits and learning experiences for children, families, and the community. The museum serves children and families throughout the South Sound region and describes itself as the most visited children's museum in the Pacific Northwest, with approximately 300,000 visitors annually.
The museum's current facility opened in November 2012. The approximately 28,000-square-foot, three-story building contains indoor exhibit space as well as a half-acre Outdoor Discovery Center. The building is LEED Gold certified and received three Green Globes certification for sustainable building practices.
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- Founded
- 1987
- Annual visitors
- 150K
- 150,000
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Make a day of it. 4 more museums are within 1.1 miles of Hands On Children's Museum; the closest, Olympia Arts & Heritage Alliance Museum, is about a mile away.
