Community Collaborators

The children’s museum industry is very collaborative in nature. We feel very fortunate to have several wonderful community schools, libraries and organizations we can collaborate with to provide interactive, hands-on learning for the children of the Magic Valley.  Our core values include in all things, we will maintain a spirit of collaboration within our community as we place children at …

Why a children’s museum?

Imagine a community gathering place that builds wonder and curiosity. Together, we’re building a place that inspires children to create, dream, explore, and discover with their families. If you can imagine it, we can achieve it! We are an emerging hands-on facility in Twin Falls, Idaho. Our mission is to engage children of all ages and abilities in learning through …

Museum for All

The educational wonder of the children’s museum is open to all Magic Valley families. We look forward to participating in the national Museums for All program, which provides subsidized memberships to qualifying families. Children may have the exciting opportunity to have the museum visit their school for a special program or even take a field trip and spend the school …

STEM Family Nights

We are proud of the STEM outreach program we have designed specifically for our local elementary schools. STEM is an acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Our goal is to provide hands-on learning as students imagine, create, dream, explore, and discover together at STEM Family Nights. Through many generous grants from Idaho STEM Action Center, the DART Foundation, Pioneer …

St. Patrick’s Day Parade

What a fun day walking the St. Patrick’s Day Parade! After the parade, we had an informational table with a rainbow hands-on activity for families to explore and learn more about our efforts to build a children’s museum. 

Art and the Heart

Our first fundraiser was sponsored by Magic Valley Mall in February 2019. This was the first time most families had heard about CMMV, and we could feel their excitement at the prospect of having a children’s museum right here in our community! Kids of all ages got to work playing, creating, and learning . Community member Tara Rueda donated a …

Letters of Support

College of Southern Idaho Twin Falls School District Twin Falls Board of County Commissioners Twin Falls City Manager St. Luke’s Community Health

Civic Community Meetings

In January 2019, we held our first community meeting at the Twin Falls Public Library to share with the community our desire to build a children’s museum within the Magic Valley. We presented the steps we had already taken, such as joining the Association of Children’s Museums, receiving our non-profit 501(c)3 status in November 2018, drafting our mission and vision …

Educational Outreach

The Children’s Museum On the Go Outreach program offers engaging science, technology, engineering, art and math activities that make learning fun, accessible and appealing. These activities are designed for children and caregivers to explore together. It is geared toward students in Kindergarten-5th grade. Since launching the Outreach Program Summer 2019, 21,750 people have played at 150 events or 45 Family …