WOW! Children's Museum, Children's museum in Lafayette, Colorado.
WOW! Children's Museum is an interactive museum in Lafayette, Colorado, featuring art rooms, a bubble station, a pirate ship, a sand pit, music rooms, a ballroom, and a theater area. Dedicated spaces for infants and toddlers are designed to serve visitors of different ages.
The museum was founded in 1996 by Lisa and Dario Attallah and moved from Louisville to Lafayette in 2004. In 2019, the institution expanded with outdoor programming space, strengthening its role in the local community.
The museum runs special programming for children with autism through sensory-friendly events and maintains a dedicated room to support children with sensory processing challenges.
The museum is geared toward children under 12, with dedicated spaces for infants and toddlers. A 2019 expansion added an outdoor programming space, so part of a visit can take place outside. Designated sensory-friendly events, including a sensory room, are scheduled for children with autism or sensory processing disorder.
The museum's original name, World of Wonder, survives in the acronym WOW!. Its founders, Lisa and Dario Attallah, started it in Louisville in 1996, and the 2004 move to Lafayette preceded the 2019 addition of an outdoor programming space. In 2015 the Early Childhood Education Zone placed it among the top 25 children's museums in the United States.
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