Lois B. Cohan Museums to Go

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

Lois B. Cohan Museums to Go is made possible from an endowment begun by her husband Bob and their children Dan, Sara, Gary, Laurent and David in her memory.

2010 Applications Lois B. Cohan Museums to Go will be available in spring 2009

The Foundation is proud to announce the 2009 Award recipients and participating museums and institutions.

Recipients:

APM Community Child Care Center
Bustelton United Methodist Church Child Care Center
Caring Center, The
Caring People Alliance at FELS So. Philadelphia
Community Center Caring People Alliance at R.W. Brown Community Center
Caring People Alliance at W. Philadelphia Community Center
Children's Village Child Care Center
Childspace Too Day Care Center
Community Concerns No. 13 Inc., Multi Purpose Learning Center
DCS Dixon Day Care Center
DCS Western Community Day Care Center
Drueding Center Project Rainbow Childcare
Green Byrne Child Care Center
Ken Crest Kensington Center
Ken Crest North Center
Neighborhood Interfaith Movement
Norris Square Civic Association Children's Center
People's Emergency Center/Parent Child Education Program
Sound Start Childcare Center
Summit Children's Program
United Cerebral Palsy of Philadelphia
Washington Community Outreach Foundation at the Church of the Advocate
Westminster Mayfair Tracia Walzer Presbyterian Church Child Care Center

Participating Museums and Institutions:

Academy of Natural Sciences - "Academy on the Go"
African American Historical & Cultural Museum - "Tiny Tot" for Storyteller
ArcheDream for Humankind
Garden State Discovery Museum
Mlanjeni Magical Puppet Theater
Musicopia
New Jersey Academy for Aquatic Science
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
Philadelphia Insectarium
Philadelphia Zoo - "Little Zoo on Wheels" and "Tiny Tots"
Please Touch Museum
Spiral Q Puppet Theater
Walnut Street Theatre Touring Outreach Company

View photos of the Lois B. Cohan Museums to Go program