The Children's Museum of Los Angeles is a museum specifically catered to children whose purpose is to educate, entertain and enrich children's lives in the greater Los Angeles area. It was modeled from the children's museums in Boston, Indianapolis and Brooklyn. It opened to the public on June 11, 1979, and was located for 21 years at the Civic Center of Los Angeles.
Due to the need for space and access the museum's Board of Governors decided to ...
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The Children's Museum of Los Angeles is a museum specifically catered to children whose purpose is to educate, entertain and enrich children's lives in the greater Los Angeles area. It was modeled from the children's museums in Boston, Indianapolis and Brooklyn. It opened to the public on June 11, 1979, and was located for 21 years at the Civic Center of Los Angeles.
Due to the need for space and access the museum's Board of Governors decided to close the museum on August 27, 2000 with the intention of creating a new state of the art facility at the San Fernando Valley's Hansen Dam.
While the new facility is being planned and built, the museum offers mobile programs called Children's Museum2Go. The programs include an environmental arts program that creates art from household and scrap items, and a reader's theater program designed to encourage reading and bring books to life.
The museum filed for bankruptcy on April 17, 2008, after an investor had his assets froze by a judge after...
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