The Creative Discovery Museum’s mission statement is “to inspire all children to explore, innovate, create and play.”
“We take that ‘all’ very seriously,” says Jayne Griffin, the museum’s director of education. “It’s not really capitalized in our mission statement, but it is definitely capitalized in our hearts. We are a museum for all children.”
These are among the museum programs for children with special needs. Some also involve typically developing children.
Sensory Night
Sensory Night, an after-hours program for autistic children, is held the first Thursday of each month. To avoid overstimulation, the museum limits admission to no more than 100 visitors and lowers lights and noise levels.