The New Children’s Museum empowers children to think, play and create through interactive installations, engaging art-making activities and in-depth educational opportunities. The Museum inspires new ways to see the world through the language of art. Including a cafe, abundant seating, quiet space for parents and infants and an outdoor park, the Museum provides a comfortable and engaging environment for the entire family to enjoy together. Plan your visit here.
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Current & Upcoming Exhibitions
El Más Allá
El Más Allá is a colorful, immersive environment with 20-foot murals, climbable geometric structures, giant foam blocks and a 40-foot slide transporting visitors to a world that is beyond our imagination!
Teatro Piñata
Discover an expansive backstage world in this immersive theatre installation! Teatro Piñata is a magical traveling caravan theatre with a secret ticket booth tunnel, costume-filled crate boxes, dressing rooms, a shadow puppet theatre and a stage for impromptu performances.
The Wonder Sound
Drawing influence from tree houses, empowered neighborhoods, canyons at night, sacred plants, silhouetted mountain ranges in the distance, animals that have never been seen, original stories, forgotten histories, whispered languages, ancient footpaths, imaginary places and the human condition, The Wonder Sound is an entirely new and complex culture that blends fact and fiction, the tangible and the ephemeral. It is a work of art that you physically enter into and discover.
Whammock!
Whammock! will raise you to new heights! This interactive, three-dimensional textile environment resembles a giant hammock of colorful crocheted circles, open pockets and dangling pendulums. Whammock! is located on the Museum’s Upper Level, where children (and adults) can climb, swing, crawl or simply choose to pause in the cradle of its embrace.
Wobbleland
An installation that resembles a giant kitchen sink filled with over-sized soft food sculptures! Infants and toddlers (4 and under) have exclusive reign in Wobbleland, where they can make creative discoveries: explore an avocado teeter totter, play with slices of a giant tomato, crawl through a cheese wedge, and so much more. Each sculpture presents challenges such as stacking, spinning, sorting and rocking and invites its young audience to explore.
Click here to see a full list of our current art installations and exhibitions.
Upcoming Events
Mar 4 | 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Youth Ceramics: At The Wheel – Ages 11-13 (4 week series)
Hosted by: The New Children’s Museum
Mar 4 | 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Sculpture & Sound: Curio Cityscapes – Ages 11-13 (4 week series)
Hosted by: The New Children’s Museum
Mar 4 | 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Youth Ceramics: At The Wheel – Ages 11-13 (4 Week Series)
Hosted by: The New Children’s Museum
Mar 4 | 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Handbuilding in Clay: Nonsense Tools! Ages 11-13 (4 week series)
Hosted by: The New Children’s Museum
Mar 4 | 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Youth Ceramics: At The Wheel – Ages 8-10 (4 Week Series)
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Mar 7 | 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Intro to the Pottery Wheel: Ceramics Workshop (Adults, Teens, Kids 8+)
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Mar 7 | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Clay Together: Ceramics At The Wheel (Ages 5–7 with Adult)
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Mar 8 | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Girl Scouts Badge Program – Accordion Sketchbook
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Mar 9 | 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Youth Ceramics: At The Wheel- Ages 8-10 (4 week series)
Hosted by: The New Children’s Museum
Mar 9 | 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Sculpture & Sound: Curio Cityscapes- Ages 8-10 (4 week series)
Hosted by: The New Children’s Museum
Mar 9 | 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Handbuilding in Clay: Nonsense Tools! Ages 8-10 (4 week series)
Hosted by: The New Children’s Museum
Mar 14 | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Clay Together: Handbuilding Workshop (Ages 5–7 with Adult)
Hosted by: The New Children’s Museum
Mar 14 | 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Intro to the Pottery Wheel: Ceramics Workshop (Adults, Teens, Kids 8+)
Hosted by: The New Children’s Museum
Mar 21 | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Clay Together: Ceramics At The Wheel (Ages 5–7 with Adult)
Hosted by: The New Children’s Museum
Mar 21 | 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Intro to the Pottery Wheel: Ceramics Workshop (Adults, Teens, Kids 8+)
Hosted by: The New Children’s Museum
Mar 28 | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Clay Together: Handbuilding Workshop (Ages 5–7 with Adult)
Hosted by: The New Children’s Museum
Mar 28 | 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Intro to the Pottery Wheel: Ceramics Workshop (Adults, Teens, Kids 8+)
Hosted by: The New Children’s Museum
Mar 30 | 8:45 am - 3:45 pm
Spring Camp – Teatro Pinata: Paper Playhouse
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Mar 31 | 8:45 am - 3:45 pm
Spring Camp – Wobbleland: Felt Feast
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Apr 1 | 8:45 am - 3:45 pm
Spring Camp – Odyssey: Imagined Landscapes
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Apr 2 | 8:45 am - 3:45 pm
Spring Camp – The Wonder Sound: Flora and Fauna
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Apr 3 | 8:45 am - 3:45 pm
Spring Camp – El Mas Alla: Faces and Feelings
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Apr 5 | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Girl Scouts Program: Stamps and Printed Patterns
Hosted by: The New Children’s Museum
Apr 18 | 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Clay Together: Handbuilding Workshop (Ages 5–7 with Adult)
Hosted by: The New Children’s Museum
Apr 18 | 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Intro to the Pottery Wheel: Ceramics Workshop (Adults, Teens, Kids 8+)
Hosted by: The New Children’s Museum
Apr 25 | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Intro to the Pottery Wheel: Ceramics Workshop (Adults, Teens, Kids 8+)
Hosted by: The New Children’s Museum
Apr 25 | 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Intro to the Pottery Wheel: Ceramics Workshop (Adults, Teens, Kids 8+)
Hosted by: The New Children’s Museum
May 2 | 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Clay Together: Handbuilding Workshop (Ages 5–7 with Adult)
Hosted by: The New Children’s Museum
May 2 | 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Intro to the Pottery Wheel: Ceramics Workshop (Adults, Teens, Kids 8+)
Hosted by: The New Children’s Museum
May 3 | 8:45 am - 3:45 pm
Girl Scouts Program – Maps & Creatures World-Building
Hosted by: The New Children’s Museum
May 9 | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Intro to the Pottery Wheel: Ceramics Workshop (Adults, Teens, Kids 8+)
Hosted by: The New Children’s Museum
May 9 | 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Intro to the Pottery Wheel: Ceramics Workshop (Adults, Teens, Kids 8+)
Hosted by: The New Children’s Museum
Jun 7 | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Girl Scouts Program – Accordion Sketchbooks
Hosted by: The New Children’s Museum
Jun 26 | 8:45 am - 3:45 pm
Summer Camp – Shaping Stories: Ceramics Studio (Ages 11-13) 6/22-6/26
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Jul 12 | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Girl Scouts Program – Stamps and Printed Patterns
Hosted by: The New Children’s Museum
Jul 13 | 8:45 am - 3:45 pm
Summer Camp – Making the Museum: Telling Stories Through Collections (Ages 11-13) 7/13-7/17
Hosted by: The New Children’s Museum
Aug 2 | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Girl Scouts Program – Maps & Creatures World-Building
Hosted by: The New Children’s Museum
Visit The New Children’s Museum
Address:
200 West Island Avenue
San Diego , CA
92101
Phone:
(619) 233-8792
Hours:
Monday: 9am-4pm
Tuesday: Closed
Wednesday-Sunday: 9am-4pm
Please see their visit page for more info.
Website:
200 West Island Avenue, San Diego, CA
