Museums to Go Child Care Award

The Museums to Go Child Care Award provides $500 to select inner-city child care centers to bring an age-appropriate cultural program from outstanding local museums to the classroom.

Museums to Go Child Care Awards are made possible from a generous gift from Lois & Bob Cohan and Dan & Sara Cohan.

The Foundation is proud to announce the 2008 Award recipients and participating museums and institutions.

Recipients:

Academy for Early Learning
Child Readiness Center
Children's Village
Childspace Day Care Center
Childspace Too Day Care Center
Community Women's Education Project Kids Early Learning Center
Drueding Center Project Rainbow Childcare
ECS St. Barnabas Mission-Butterfly Program
Franklin Day Nursery
Green Byrne Child Care Center
Hope Day Nursery
Ken Crest Kensington Center
Lassin Center-Federation Early Learning Services
Neighborhood Interfaith Movement
Paley Early Learning Center
People's Emergency Center/Parent Child Education Program
Porter's Day Care and Education Center
Sound Start Childcare Center
SPIN 1616
SPIN Ups & Downs
Summit Children's Program
The Caring Center
United Cerebral Palsy of Philadelphia and Vicinity

Participating Museums and Institutions:

Academy of Natural Sciences - "Academy on the Go"
Adventure Aquarium
African American Historical & Cultural Museum - "Tiny Tot" for Storyteller
Franklin Institute - "Hot and Cold Show"
Mum Puppettheatre
Musicopia
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
Philadelphia Zoo - "Little Zoo on Wheels" and "Tiny Tots"
Please Touch Museum
Spiral Q Puppet Theater
Walnut Street Theatre Touring Outreach Company

View 2007 Museums To Go pictures

Applications for the 2009 Museums to Go Child Care Award will be available late summer 2008