Chicago Children’s Museum: 9/6 Notes
Interiors:
-use of bold colors on first floor – red, green, blue, yellow
-signage uses large, bubble-like letters, lower to the ground
-but many signs have lots of text
-many house-like structures to go into and explore
-different areas of the floor covered in different materials – wood, linolium, industrial-type carpet
-2nd floor lobby has a sky/cloud theme, painted pastel blue, exposed ceiling
-each area like a separate room with different age-group focus, subject theme
-many balcony-like spaces for watching children, different vantage points
Activities:
-building with nits and bolts, blocks (adults often assisting in these activities)
-oversized games of chess, checkers, tic-tac-toe, dominoes
-computer invention game
-arts/crafts
-most popular activities involved climbing, pulling, pushing buttons, throwing
-different areas designated by different age groups, but these separations mostly ignored by the kids
-most adults are there in an observatory, rather than participatory capacity
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