Adventure! Celebrates 10 Creative Years at the Museum!

March 31, 2017, Adventure! Children's Museum opened to the public! Our starter exhibit hall was approximately 3000 square feet in the former Terrace Cafe space here at Valley River Center. We had a campsite, a news room, a Lego table, a tiny stage, a dinosaur dig, an art room, and a pile of yoga blocks for building.
Our first day was SO exciting! We were an all-volunteer run, nonprofit museum, and the board welcomed a couple hundred of you over the course of that first day.
Some of you saw the same potential we did and you have supported us through ten years, two expansions, dozens of new and altered and improved exhibits (some of which have stood the test of time, others were prototypes that flopped). You have supported us through rent increases and snow storms, a pandemic and hvac outages and broken escalators. We went from all-volunteer to our current twelve full- and part-time staff members. And here we are! 15,000-square-feet. 40 exhibits. And no admission increase since 2023. Still nonprofit, still community-supported, still here for the public good.
Celebrate 10 years of community-minded, upcycled Adventures! Special birthday crafts and activities will be provided all day throughout the museum.
March 31 only, donate what you like for your admission -- could be something from our wishlist or a box of cereal for our Feed Your Neighbors pantry or $50 per person; you choose what gift to give Adventure! for our 10th birthday!
A whole decade! Wow!
** Adventure!'s expanded space typically doesn't go over capacity, but our birthday may be a high-traffic celebration! There may be a short wait at the entrance. **