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Outreach Programs

Let the Louisiana Children's Museum bring the fun and learning to YOU! A LCM outreach coordinator can travel to your classroom with these entertaining and educational lessons:

The Earth Balloon

Step into the center of the Earth! The Earth Balloon is a 22-foot inflatable, portable classroom that gives students an up-close, inside look at earth science, geography and the world we live in. An Earth Balloon lesson is 20-30 minutes in length. Pre and post-visit materials are available. Please note: The Earth Balloon is a 22-foot sphere. The presentation area must be indoors (or covered) and large enough to provide at least 23-feet of clearance. Appropriate for grades 1-12.

Cost: $200 for up to three lessons. $400 for four to six lessons. Maximum of 6 lessons per day($400). If you are located outside a 30 mile radius of the LCM, a mileage fee will be charged.

Li'l Stuffee

Standing seven-feet tall with bright blue hair and a wide friendly grin, Li'l Stuffee wins the hearts of all children! Students take an entertaining look inside the human body as removable pillow organs trace the digestive, circulatory and respiratory systems. The Li'l Stuffee lesson is approximately 30 minutes in length. Pre and post-visit materials are available. Most appropriate for grades Pre-K through 3.

Cost: $200 for up to three lessons. $400 for four to six lessons. Maximum of 6 lessons per day($400). If you are located outside a 30 mile radius of the LCM, a mileage fee will be charged.

Play Power

Named for its ability to empower the community one individual at a time, Play Power is an outreach program that creates the time and place for play to be appropriate. In the face of the massive recovery effort in New Orleans, Play Power can offer children the power of free expression and laughter. Play Power is brought into schools and neighborhoods that need the medicine of laughter. Just as the museum is literacy based, the Play Power sessions are based on rich children’s stories that serve as inspiration for free play activities and artistic expression.

Play Power is currently reaching 2,200 elementary school students in an area of greater New Orleans that is deeply impacted by the storm. It is our intention to increase our numbers significantly. We are investigating additional sites and organizational partnerships in our effort toward this expansion. We are focusing our site selections on libraries and schools that have the infrastructure to accommodate Play Power. Sites must have a safe facility with a stable administrative staff that we can form a tight relationship with for a healthy partnership.

LCM's Role Since Hurricane Katrina

Museum Receives America's Promise Legacy Award from Colin and Alma Powell

Museum Director Julia Bland Appointed to National IMLS Board

White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives Visits LCM

Museum receives America’s Promise Legacy Award from Colin and Alma Powell

Play Power's I Have a Dream:The Lower 9th Project

President of Mexico Visits LCM

First Lady Laura Bush Visits LCM

LA Children's Museum Uses Art and Literature to Rebuild Hope During Hurricane Katrina.