Jason Hoekema
Children's Museum Expansion
Children interact using wooden trains at the Children's Museum on Wednesday, Jan . 3, 2018, in Brownsville, Texas. The exploration and activity center is seeking to expand its interior. (Jason Hoekema/The Brownsville Herald via AP)
Jason Hoekema
Children's Museum Expansion
The exterior of the Children's Museum is shown Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018, in Brownsville, Texas. The South Texas youth activity and exploration center is looking to expand the interior of its facility. (Jason Hoekema/The Brownsville Herald)
Jason Hoekema
Children's Museum Expansion
A young girl walks through the Children's Museum on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018, in Brownsville, Texas. The youth activity and exploration center is seeking to expand the interior of its facility. (Jason Hoekema/The Brownsville Herald via AP)
Jason Hoekema
Children's Museum Expansion
A parent and child play at an activity station in the background at the Children's Museum on Wednesday, Jan 3, 2018, in Brownsville, Texas. The deep South Texas children's activity center seeks to add new activities and space. (Jason Hoekema/The Brownsville Herald via AP)
Posted: Saturday, January 6, 2018 10:05 pm
Children’s Museum seeks to add more space
By KAILA CONTRERAS | Staff Writer
Brownsville Herald
To accommodate the large number of visitors the Brownsville Children’s Museum receives on a yearly basis, officials are looking to expand the facility in order to add more programs and storage space.
Children’s Museum Executive Director Felipe Peña said, during the past year, the Children’s Museum has had more than 63,000 visitors, the museum’s highest attendance rate in years.
“Normally a museum that’s having as many visitors as we have should be between 15,000 to 25,000 square feet, and we only have 7,500 square feet on the inside,” Peña said.
The Children’s Museum is at 10,500 square feet, which includes the exhibit it has outside.
James Walker, Children’s Museum executive assistant, conducted a survey during the summer and asked parents if the museum would benefit from having more space available. About 92 percent said yes.
kcontreras@brownsvilleherald.com
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