Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree Rock with Santa!

Happening this Saturday, December 11, 10am – 1pm !

This Saturday Santa will be visiting us at the Children's Museum of Memphis!! Do you know what the coolest part of it is...Can you guess!? He will be arriving in a helicopter from the NORTH POLE!!

To celebrate his arrival we will have all sorts of fun activities! We will have horse and carriage rides with Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Santa’s Workshop, plenty of crafts, Christmas Tree Lane, caroling, and a performance by the University of Memphis’ Suzuki String Program.





The event is included with museum admission and FREE for members!

CMOM Love!

Spotted: This succinct love letter to our beloved museum was found in the Art Smart Studio on Saturday. Thanks so much for your words of appreciation, Sydney! You rock, too!

NEW HOURS!!

Have you heard the good news!? Well the word out is that......




CMOM will now be OPEN 7 days a week from 9-5!


Now there will be more hours to fly the airplane, go fishing, read a story, play dress-up, shop in our grocery, climb the skyscraper, see yourself on TV, and much much more! We are so excited, and we hope you are too!

Ezra Jack Keats

If you have joined us recently for Storytime, you have probably heard an Ezra Jack Keats story. Many people are familiar with The Snowy Day, which won a 1963 Caldecott Medal. However, Keats was a prolific children’s book author, and this classic is just one of many great stories from the author. Lately, we’ve read A Letter to Amy, Peter’s Chair, Whistle for Willie, and Pet Show!.

Ezra Jack Keats was born in Brooklyn in 1911, and New York City serves as a backdrop to his stories. The stories feature children from diverse backgrounds who face timeless childhood dilemmas, like how to adjust to a new sibling (the issue at hand in Peter’s Chair.) Check out one of Ezra Jack Keats’ classics soon!

Congrats to Lena!

A very belated but highly sincere congratulations to Lena, our cashier/programming expert. She won our staff costume contest, dressed as Leftovers!

Come Hang with Spongebob and the Gang at CMOM this Saturday!!!!!

Spongebob Squarepants will be at CMOM this weekend to celebrate Thanksgiving! You will get the chance to meet with Spongebob and play Fry Cook Games, try your luck in the Bikini Bottom Hula Hoop Contest and bounce in Spongebob’s Moonwalk! Lots of door prizes, fun and excitement for everyone! There will be plenty of awesome crafts like Ziplock fish bowls, Picture frames, and jelly fish! This event is included with museum admission and is FREE to members!

DONT FORGET!!! Spongebob will be here from 10AM-1PM! We cant wait to see you there!

Think Pink

October is national Breast Cancer Awareness Month! Here at The Children's Museum of Memphis, we're showing our support in a BIG way! CMOM's iconic building block letters will get a new hue for the month of October. On October 4th, museum CEO Dick Hackett started painting the letter "C" pink. We pick C to stand for Cure!!! The pink C is followed by the letters MOM. Check out these pictures of Dick Hackett getting his hands dirty and showing support fo Breast Cancer Awareness! For more infromation of Breast Cancer Awareness Month check out:

http://www.nbcam.org/about_nbcam.cfm

or

http://www.cancer.org/