While working on the business plan and identifying the needs of our "target audience" is important, it's not the fun part of founding a children's museum. The number of potential exhibits for the children's museum in Oneonta is countless. You've probably come up with a few ideas just as you've read this blog. And that's what keeps me going!
My favorite idea is a train-themed exhibit with a real caboose for fantasy play (might as well dream big) and a working model of the largest roundhouse in the world (once located near River Street in Oneonta)--rugged enough for small hands.
An ecologically themed water play exhibit--Susquehanna Splash--is a close second favorite, but how about a digging site for Mammoth bones or Herkimer diamonds? Or a dairy and maple syrup farm (with tractors to play on)? And there are always ways to incorporate simple and even not-so-simple science lessons into every exhibit.
Narrowing down the ideas to those which will fit both budget and space constraints will be a challenge, but the most important challenge of all will be incorporating the ideas into a coherently themed play space that reflects the values, history, and people of our home in upstate New York.
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