Though Stepping Stones Children's Museum will be closed until November, Chief Operating Officer Kevin Carter wants people to know that they will still be very active in the community and helping to spread the word about the day they re-open their doors. Stepping Stones held a huge block party on Sunday to say goodbye to the museum as it was.
"We wanted to hold this block party as a sendoff to the first 10 years of the museum," Carter said. "To celebrate what it was and to get everyone excited for what is coming."
Stepping Stones Museum will be closed until November 20, when they plan to re-open their existing facility and also christen a new, 22,000 square-foot building, complete with an energy lab, rainforest adventure and multi-media suite.
Even though the museum will be closed, the courtyard at the back of the museum will be open on select weekdays for playdates. Some concerts will even be held while the museum is closed. The museum will also have a "street teams" doing traveling education and letting people know about everything that is going on, Carter noted.
The block party included a karate demonstration, bands playing throughout the day, blow-up attractions and a Touch-a-Truck area with a police car, fire engine and ambulance.
"There are major new exhibits opening up and there's just so much going on," Carter said. "The block party gave us a chance to fundraise, but also a chance to say goodbye."
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