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Since its inception in 1976, Omaha Children’s Museum has been a special place where children can challenge themselves, discover how the world works and learn through play. It is Omaha’s primary participatory museum and provides a variety of hands-on exhibits, workshops, programs, presentations and special events that put children in touch with their ever-changing world.
Educational programming is an area of strength for Omaha Children’s Museum. Special offerings such as focus field trips, summer camps, workshops, presentations, and birthday parties help round out the experience for young visitors.
The imaginative environment at Omaha Children’s Museum reaches beyond home and school experiences, nurturing growth and development as young children and their adults explore the world together.
Mission Statement
The mission of Omaha Children’s Museum is to engage the imagination and create excitement about learning.
Our Beliefs
Omaha Children’s Museum believes play is a path to a brighter future. We support children in reaching their full potential as learners and valued members of society by providing equitable learning opportunities that involve learning and play through positive childhood experiences in the company of caring adults. Omaha Children’s Museum is a place where children are free to express themselves and envision a brighter future.
We are committed to ensuring that all children of our community see themselves through interactions with the Museum. As an organization, we will reflect the children and families we serve, honor their lived experiences, and respect the community wisdom that informs the world around us.
We envision a museum where every child feels welcome to explore, play, learn, and grow. A museum free from prejudice, exclusion, and inequity. To make this vision a reality, we are committed to the following:
To our guests – We will offer educational exhibits and programs that support learning and development in early childhood. Our services, exhibits, activities, and programming will reflect a variety of cultural representations, languages, ethnicities, identity, socioeconomic situations, beliefs, faith, abilities, ages, and family configurations.
To our community – We will incorporate our community’s ideas and unique needs into developing our exhibits and programs. We commit to collaborating with and supporting the work of fellow organizations that reach underserved communities.
As an organization – We will build an organization of individuals who reflect the rich diversity of our community. We commit to creating a culture where our employees know they belong and are valued as unique individuals. We will support a welcoming environment where every individual’s unique identity and perspectives are valued.
To our partners – We will seek out and align ourselves with partners who share our values, striving to work with local organizations and businesses whenever possible.
Type of Organization
501(c)(3) Non-profit
We are committed to the cognitive, social, emotional, physical and intellectual growth of our young guests. We recognize the importance of sharing the value of this growth with parents, educators and our community. We are committed to creating an environment where children and families can strengthen their bonds through learning, exploration and time spent together. The museum recognizes that only with growth and innovation will the organization continue to flourish. We believe in the growth of our staff both personally and professionally as well as the positive growth of Omaha Children’s Museum as an organization.
We believe in treating others as we would like to be treated and respecting other people’s feelings, recognizing the value of people, property, the environment and ourselves. We treat our team members, guests and all others we encounter with respect and sensitivity. In addition, we respect what is taking place at our organization and in each individual life.
Fun and play is at the heart of what we do and it is contagious. Play is one very significant way that we learn and for the early childhood audience, it is critical to learning and development. Omaha Children’s Museum is committed to being a positive place for our guests, employees and all other stakeholders. We believe in the power of teamwork and the strength of happiness.
We believe in the importance of well-being of our employees, our guests, our board of directors the community and our organization. The museum is committed to doing its part to promote well-being in the lives of the people it impacts. Our organization strives to be a safe harbor where individuals can express themselves freely and can expect to be safe from harm. Omaha Children’s Museum recognizes that behind every great organization, there are great people. When well-being is thriving among people involved in and associated with the organization, the organization can thrive as well.
Tuesday – Friday: 9 am – 4 pm
Saturday – Sunday: 9 am – 5 pm
Monday: Closed
See calendar for holiday and special event hours.
| Members | Free |
| Under 24 mo. | Free |
| Adults & Children | $17/ea. |
| Seniors | $16/ea. |
