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The museum expanded exhibit and programming space adding a media center, an outdoor environmental center and an early childhood center. CMOM’s visibility and audience grew with the World of Pooh exhibit, created through a partnership with Disney. Wordplay, the first exhibit designed specifically for children 4 and younger opened. CMOM’s Executive Director, Andy Ackerman, served as president of the Association of Children’s Museum’s and hosted the 1999 ACM annual conference. In 2000, CMOM completed construction to add a new entrance, lobby, and supplement exhibit space. In 2005, the museum was among 406 New York City arts and social service institutions to receive part of a $20 million grant from the Carnegie Corporation , which was made possible through a donation by New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg . [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/06/nyregion/06donate.html?ex=1278302400&en=93a1beabd4ede5b8&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss] [http://carnegie.org/sub/news/anon2005.html] Recent popular exhibits include Body Odyssey, exhibit, and a new exhibit introducing children to the art of Andy Warhol in November, 2005. In May of 2006, they introduced a Clifford the Big Red Dog exhibit, and debuted the state of the art PlayWorks exhibit in September. The mission of the Children’s Museum of Manhattan is to inspire children and families to learn about themselves and our culturally diverse world through a unique environment of interactive exhibitions and programs. The Children’s Museum of Manhattan helps children learn in varied ways and at an individual pace, stimulates their imagination, and encourages exploration, creativity and application of knowledge in fun and challenging ways. CMOM features an active education program that performs workshops, classes, school trips, and outreach programs. CMOM offers programming for young children through graduate students. Each year, over 50,000 school children visit the museum. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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