Santa Fe Children's Museum

The mission of the Santa Fe Children’s Museum is discovering the joys of learning, play, and community. The Children’s Museum builds upon a child’s sense of joy and discovery by cultivating habits of inquiry in the arts, sciences, and humanities. The Santa Fe Children’s Museum, a non-profit organization was incorporated in 1985. It was founded by four local educators who perceived a need for learning opportunities in the community that would be distinctly different from those provided in school or home settings. Convinced that experiential learning is a necessary complement to traditional education, the founders sought to create a dynamic, hands-on, exploratory environment that included ample opportunity for social interactions. The Children’s Museum opened in its current location on Old Pecos Trail in February of 1989.