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	Alaska Anchorage Imaginarium 737 West 5th Ave #G Suite 140 Anchorage AK 99501 Phone 907 276-3179 Web Site www.imaginarium.org Description Childrens Science & technology museum, marine touch tank Type of Resource Science Primary Focus: Children
	Alabama Florence Children's Museum of the Shoal 2810 Darby Drive Florence AL 35630 Phone 256 765-0500 Web Site www.shoalschildrensmuseum.org/contact.html Alt Web www.movingvan.com/local.cfm?cityID=88 Description hands on; Tennessee River, percussion, construction, forest, disabilities, Indian Mound Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus: Children AL Gadsden Imagination Place 501 Broad St Gadsden AL 35901 Phone 256 543-2787 Web Site http://www.culturalarts.com/ip.asp Description hands on exhibits KidsTown, Science Hall, Tree house, Adjacent to Hardin Center Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Children New or Updated: 7/2/2007 Alabama Tuscaloosa Children's Hands-On Museum 2213 University Blvd Tuscaloosa AL 35401 Phone 205 349-4235 Web Site www.dbtech.net/chom/ E-mail mailto:chom@dbtech.net Description ages 2-12 Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus: Children

Search this site	Arkansas Little Rock Children's Museum of Arkansas 1400 W Markham St #200 Little Rock AR 72201 Phone 501 374-6655 Web Site www.cmuseum.org Alt Web www.swbell.net/forkids/ Description Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus: Children
	Arizona Mesa Arizona Museum for Youth 35 North Robson St Mesa AZ 85215 Phone 480 644-2467 Web Site http://www.arizonamuseumforyouth.com/Home.aspx Description Hands-on art museum for kids Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Children New or Updated: 9/4/2007 Tucson Tucson Children's Museum 200 S 6th Avenue Tucson AZ 85701 Phone 520 792-9985 Web Site http://www.tucsonchildrensmuseum.org/ Description 125 hands-on exhibits Dinosaur Canyon, Ocean Discovery Center, Greatest Choice on Earth, Temple of Art, Wee World, Bubbles, Fire House, Life Rhythms, Electricity Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Children New or Updated: 03/31/2003

	California Bakersfield Lori Brock Child Discovery Center 3801 Chester Avenue Bakersfield CA 93301 Phone 661 852-5000 Web Site http://www.kcmuseum.org/ Description located within Kern County Museum complex Type of Resource Science Primary Focus Children Owner/Operator: Kern County Schools New or Updated: 9/25/2007 Berkeley Habitot Children's Museum 2065 Kittredge Street Berkeley CA 94704 Phone 510 647-1111 Web Site http://www.habitot.org/ Description six exhibit galleries emphasizing hands on multisensory experience - wind tunnel, wiggle wall, waterworks, stage, art studio Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Children New or Updated: 9/5/2007	Google

	California Carlsbad Carlsbad Children's Museum 300 Carlsbad Village Dr #103 Carlsbad CA 92008 Phone 760 720-0737 Web Site www.museumforchildren.org Description small hands-on museum. Castle, marketplace, art center, others Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus: Children
	California Chino Chino Youth Museum 13191 Sixth Street Chino CA Phone 909 464-0499 Web Site http://www.cityofchino.org/youth_museum/ Description located in a bank building that later held a hardware store, focus is on local history Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus: Children
	California Davis Explorit Science Center 3141 5th Street Davis CA 95616 Phone 530 756-0191 Web Site http://www.explorit.org/ E-mail mailto:explorit@explorit.org Description hands-on science lab with science, math, technology. Type of Resource Science Primary Focus Children New or Updated: 03/25/3003
	California Fresno Discovery Center Central Valley Science Center 1944 North Winery Ave Fresno CA 93703 Phone 559 251-5531 Web Site http://www.fresno.com/cvonline/museums.html Description hands-on science, with indoor and outdoor experiences Type of Resource Science Primary Focus Children Nature of Group or Site Animals Field of Study/Science Facility Ecology New or Updated: 04/06/2003 California Hacienda Heights Youth Science Center 16949 Wedgeworth Drive Hacienda Heights CA 91745 Phone 626 854-9825 Web Site http://www.youth.net/ysc/welcome.html Description branch of Fullerton center, exhibits in volcanoes, astronomy, insects Type of Resource Science Primary Focus Children New or Updated: 04/12/2003

	California Hemet Kidzone Riverside County Youth Museum 123 South Carmalita Hemet CA 92543 Phone 909 765-1223 Web Site http://www.kidzone.org/ Description Shake Zone (earthquakes), art, rowboat, city streets, TV studio, Fender guitars, water Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus: Children California La Habra La Habra Children's Museum 301 S Euclid Street La Habra CA 90631 Phone 562 905-9793 Alt Phone 562 905 9693 Web Site www.lhcm.org/ Description dinosaur fossil dig, dress-up theater, model trains - in 1923 depot Building Type Depot Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus: Children

	California Lake Arrowhead Lake Arrowhead Children's Museum 28200 Highway 189 Suite T-100 PO Box 321 Lake Arrowhead CA 92352 Phone 909 336-3093 Web Site www.mountaininfo.com/kids/indexa.html E-mail mailto:kids@mountaininfo.com Description hands-on learning for 12 & under. Bubble area, human habitrail, recycling crafts, Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus: Children
	California Los Angeles Los Angeles Children's Museum 301 North Main St Los Angeles CA 90012 Phone 213 687-8801 Web Site BROKEN http://geoparent.com/cgi-bin/links/losangeles/jump.cgi?ID=129 Description Take Care of Yourself, Sticky City, Art Loft, Legoland other areas Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus: Children My Jewish Discovery Place JCC Association of Los Angeles 5870 West Olympic Blvd Los Angeles CA Phone 213 857-0036 Web Site www.jewishculture.org/jewishmuseums/discover.htm Alt Web www.lathingstodo.com/myjewish.htm E-mail mailto:museum@zimmermuseum.org Description hands-on museum of Jewish history, tradition, customs, holidays Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus: Children Group Identity Jewish Los Angeles Ralph M Parsons Insect Zoo Natural History Museum of Los Angeles 900 Exposition Boulevard Los Angeles CA 90007 Phone 213 763-3166 Web Site http://www.nhm.org/education/discoverycenter/insectzoo.html E-mail mailto:info@nhm.org Description part of Childrens Discovery Center at larger Natural history museum, see and hold live insects Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Children Field of Study/Science Facility Insects New or Updated: 8/24/2005
	California Los Gatos Youth Science Institute - Los Gatos 296 Garden Hill Drive Los Gatos CA 95032 Phone 408 356-4945 Web Site http://www.ysi-ca.org/Vasona/VSHome.html Description animals and dinosaur display in Vasona Park Type of Resource Science Primary Focus: Children Nature of Group or Site Nature Center
	California Newport Beach Pretend City Children's Museum 1601 Dove St #185 Newport Beach CA 92660 Phone 949 553-8790 Web Site www.pretendcity.org/ E-mail mailto:info@pretendcity.org Description new museum to act as learning center for children -- not yet built Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus: Children California Oakhurst Children's Museum of the Sierra 49269 Golden Oak Drive #104 Oakhurst CA 93644 Phone 559 658 5656 Web Site http://www.childrensmuseumofthesierra.org/ E-mail mailto:cmos@sierratel.com Description Hands-on learning for 12 & under. Art corner, emergency services room, dress-up theatre, nature, science and castle room for parties (Text Courtesy of Children's Museum of the Sierra) Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Children New or Updated: 05/12/2003 CA Oakland Museum of Children's Art 538 9th Street Oakland CA Phone 510 465-8770 Web Site http://www.mocha.org/ Description art for children, some by children Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Children New or Updated: 09/25/2003

	California Palo Alto Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo 1451 Middlefield Road City of Palo Alto, Dept. Community Services Palo Alto CA 94301 Phone 650 329-2111 Web Site http://www.city.palo-alto.ca.us/ross/museum/index.html Description hands-on museum and zoo with 50 animals, most native Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus: Children Nature of Group or Site Animals CA Pasadena Kidspace Children's Museum 480 N Arroyo Blvd Pasadena CA 91103 Phone 626 449-9144 Web Site http://www.kidspacemuseum.org/site/PageServer?pagename=index E-mail mailto:info@kidspacemuseum.org Description participatory museum for 2-9 year olds, with art, science, music, communication Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Children New or Updated: 9/25/2007

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