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Kidzu celebrates 100,000 visitor


Kidzu Children's Museum
in Chapel Hill welcomed its 100,000 visitor this week since opening in March 2006. The visitor took home a membership to the museum. Officials report attendance is up 30 percent from this time last year.

The children's museum, which you all should know by now offers free admission on Sundays, also is marking the year anniversary of its first original exhibit, Kidzoom, with new works of art by local artists.

The artists and their pieces are:

  • Textile artist Elaine O'Neil created a vibrant fabric collage in Kidzu's new Lemonade Stand, where children can pretend to squeeze fresh lemonade and other thirst quenchers, while practicing math skills such as counting, measuring and sorting.
  • Master carpenter Jeff Johnson is making KidZoom sing with its first musical interactive, the "Noodle Music Xylophone." Colorful sound tubes mounted in a beautiful frame of salvaged wood invite Kidzu's young composers to play familiar tunes or create their own songs.
  • Potter Debbie Englund has kept Kidzu's Potters' Wheel spinning all year long with fabric jugs, snowkids, and most recently, lively potted flowers, all of which can be adorned with whimsical facial features.
  • Kidzu is best for kids 0 to 8 and is open every day except Monday. Weekday mornings and Saturdays tend to be the busiest days for the spot on Franklin Street. Click here for more information.
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    Sarah Lindenfeld Hall

    Sarah is in charge of content for TriangleMom2Mom.com and writes about family-friendly events, local moms groups and other topics for the site.

    She lives in Raleigh with her husband and three-year-old daughter. Sarah has written for newspapers since she was a teenager living in snowy Central New York. After graduating from the University of Virginia, she traipsed a bit around Europe and Mount Airy, N.C., before settling down in the Triangle. She moved here in 1999 to take a job with The News & Observer. She once aspired to play flute professionally. More recently, her daughter started crying when she played it.

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    Posted on July 16, 2009 by slindenf.

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