The Louisiana Children’s Museumhasannounced that theyare moving. They are building a new $45.5 million Children's Museum in the city'sNew Orleans City Park.
The museum's existing 30, 000-square-footsitehas been in the city'sWarehouse District for the last 30 years. This current location has parking issues and the new site will make the museumreadilyaccessible toeveryonethroughout the state.
The Louisiana Children’s Museum Moves Outside
The Louisiana Children’s Museum in City Park will have both indoor and outdoor environmental facilities.These will include bridges, decking, decks, sensory and edible gardens, a floating classroom and a newly restored wetland area.The LEED certified building will sit on less than one acreof theeight and a half acre plot.It will overlook alagoon.
Other facilities on thenew museum campus will include a literacy center, five new indoor, interactive exhibit galleries, a cafe anda parent-teacher resource center.
An Experiential Floating Classroom
Furthermore, the grounds will boasta huge, interactive chess board. Thiswill teach children about New Orleans history.There will also be an experiential floating classroom on the edge of the lagoon. The Mighty Mississippi exhibit will tellthe story of the journey of the River from the Twin Cities, through St. Louis and Memphis, throughto the Port of New Orleans and the Gulf of Mexico.Bland said, “While we will have these wonderful new exhibits, LCM is not going to forget some of the much-loved features from Julia Street, including the grocery store and bubbles. Guests will enter through the ‘VestiBlue, ’ a nod to our iconic big blue doors.”
Expected to open in 2018, the museum hopes to attract up to225, 000 visitors ayear.
The museum raised the $45.5 million costof the project through a combination of private donationsand federal grants. There was furthersupport from the state of Louisiana.
https://wgno.com/2017/01/25/louisiana-childrens-museum-relocating-to-45-5m-site-in-city-park/
