Buell Children's Museum, Interactive children's museum in Pueblo, United States
The Buell Children's Museum is a place where children can explore and experiment across multiple zones. Visitors find interactive areas for creative work, scientific activities, and performance art all in one facility.
The Sangre de Cristo Arts & Conference Center opened in 1972 with funding from the Economic Development Administration and Pueblo County. A 1982 expansion funded by Puebloan Helen T. White added three galleries, a gift shop and a small precursor children's museum. In 2000 a further expansion added the 12,000-square-foot, two-level Buell Children's Museum and the Jackson Sculpture Garden.
The museum's name honours Pueblo philanthropist Helen T. White's 1982 gift, which added three galleries, a gift shop and a small precursor children's museum to the Sangre de Cristo Arts & Conference Center. The El Pomar Magic Carpet Theater lets visitors watch a program or star in their own theatrical production, and the Artrageous Studio is set aside for making arts and crafts.
The museum occupies 7,500 square feet of interactive gallery space on two levels, reached through the Sangre de Cristo Arts and Conference Center at 210 N. Santa Fe Avenue. A café and a gift shop are on site, and the Buell Baby Barn sets aside a barnyard-themed area for children under four.
The museum's El Pomar Magic Carpet Theater lets visitors either watch a program or star in their own theatrical production. The 2000 expansion that created the museum also added the Jackson Sculpture Garden, and the whole facility is accredited through the Sangre de Cristo Arts and Conference Center by the American Alliance of Museums.
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