Our vision
Learn who we are and why we want to bring a one of a kind, outdoor Children's Museum to the Santa Ynez Valley.
why
Many families complain of children absorbed by screens, unwilling to engage.
Music and art program budgets have been slashed in many state education programs.
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Santa Ynez Valley is a group of small commuter towns geared heavily towards tourism, with limited places for families to do wholesome activities together without driving 30-60 minutes. Families turn to screens and structured activities for lack of options.
how
The SYV Children’s Museum will be built in at least 2 phases over the next several years.
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We are currently raising $500,000 to cover building all our Phase One exhibits and our first year of expenses.
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Once we are open, we plan to raise over $1,000,000 to build Phase Two which will include our hillside slides, climbing hill, nature pathway, and playhouses.
When
We plan to develop the top portion of our lot first, and then fundraise for the bottom half of our space.
Future exhibits planned pending fundraising are a large splashable waterway shaped like a river bed, an immersive rain gazebo, a dino dig featuring casts of real fossils dug by a local paleontologist, multi level slides and tunnels, climbing structures and playhouses.
Children learn best by doing seeing touching playing.
We believe in the power of play to transform the lives of children.
SYV Children's Museum believes in providing enriching outdoor play opportunities for every family in our community and beyond.
All exhibits at our museum will be touchable, movable, buildable and diggable including a large waterway shaped like a river, themed playhouses that reflect the culture of our community, a mud pit, truck zone, organic garden and more.
Summer of 2021 + 2022 we offered 6 fun outdoor activities for our community. Click over to our GALLERY to see pictures of families making nature art, adobe bricks, fairy and gnome homes, giant bubbles, painted rocks and more.
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Take a look at our SITE PLAN and VISION BOARD for some examples of what we are building.
