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The Escondido Children's Museum
 Located at the North End of Grape Day Park,
Downtown, Escondido

 

Escondido Children's Museum back yard

This image shows what you see of the facility from the main
parking lot at the California Center for the Arts, Escondido.
Enter the lot from N. Escondido Blvd or Broadway and Woodward.
The Center for the Arts/Grape Day Park Complex features two pedestrian entrances from the parking lot.

 

View of Museum from Grape Day Park

This photos shows the Art Studio Building from the south.
Before or after enjoying the Escondido Children's Museum, visitors
can enjoy beautiful climbable sculptures by Niki de Saint Phalle,
the nearby California Center for the Arts Museum,
the Escondido Historical Center, Grape Day Park,
Escondido City Hall, and Grand Avenue just two blocks to the south.

 

Indoor Exhibits

 

Escondido Children's Museum muralVarious structures and multi-sensory activities develop gross
and fine motor skills in 0-4 year olds with plenty of seating
room for "kids at heart".

 

Treehouse

The Wildlife Treehouse, funded by Qualcomm, 760 Pro Display, and the McCarthy Family Foundation, features an amazing climbing structure with a growing array of exhibitry on native plants
and animals.

 

Light table exhibit

Light Table Exhibit.

 

Ethnic Archway

Puppet play encourages creativity and helps develop confidence and language skills along the way. When children get together to make a puppet show, magic happens!

 

Multipurpose Room Activities

"Understanding the Fires" presents information about fires to children in an educational and non-threatening way. Special thanks to all our donors (see below) who helped make this important exhibit possible!

 

Etiquette Classes

Diverse group activities, birthday parties and facility rental opportunities take maximum advantage of the museum's space.

 

Adobe Camp Fun

Natural light streams in the northern exposure window wall of Studio One, illuminating the exhibits and group programs.

 

Kids Playing at Activities Table

Kids 0-9 years old and their caregivers have lots of fun discovering
new things about themselves, their neighborhood, community,
region and the whole planet!

 

Outdoor Exhibits

 

Adobe Ramada

Part of ECM's "California Courtyard," the Children's Garden
represents a major collaboration between the museum, Nature Designs Landscaping, the Kiwanis Club of Escondido, and many
other donors and volunteers. Featuring plants that are either native, waterwise or of historic importance for the region, the garden also
has a raised bed for children to participate in gardening activities.
Importantly, the Courtyard and Garden border Escondido Creek,
which makes it a lot easier to understand where water comes from
and where water goes in Escondido.

 

Adobe Ramada

Adobe Ramada Exhibit.
The bricks were made by hand with clay from the base of
Palomar Mountain. Since this photo, the museum has added
signage and hands-on props to help children imagine life
during the California's Mission period.

 

Storage Barn

The Escondido Kiwanis Club along with the Woodworker's Club of North County supplied eager volunteer labor to transform a new garden shed donated at below cost from Storage Barns of San Marcos. Now completed, the "Pioneer Schoolhouse" exhibit enables visitors to imagine life as a pioneer in 19th Century Escondido, complete with dress-up clothes, authentic books, maps, flags,
photos, and report cards. History is fun in this exhibit!

 

Weather Station

Our newest exhibit, The Science Shack, holds a variety of hands on science experiments inlucing a Lightning Plasma Ball, A magnification station, and miscroscopes and slides.

 

New Shade Structure

The shade structure, sponsored by the Las Patronas
Foundation, creates a comfortable and appealing heart to the museum's California Courtyard.

 

Kids Playing at the Bubble Table

Water play is one of several active, multisensory play activities
available in the museum's California Courtyard.

 

 

Special thanks to the following donors for their contributions to our Fire Exhibit: Escondido City Fire, Cal Fire, City of Escondido, North County Times, and Linda Karanewsky.

The Escondido Children's Museum has exhibits in various stages of development. If you would like to help create multi-sensory exhibits, please contact the Director: kragazzi@escondidochildrensmuseum.org

 
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