The Museum moved to its current location at the heart of the Seattle Center in 1986, creating new exhibits along the way. In 1995, a capital campaign allowed the Museum to expand to the 22,000 sq feet that it is today. Since those renovations were completed, over 3.2 million guests have played, pushed, opened and closed, dropped, rolled, picked up, put down, built, crawled into, peeked around, and simply loved the Museum. It’s no surprise that the Museum shows the signs of the wear and tear.

The learning objectives of the exhibits have stood the test of time and continue to provide age-appropriate learning for our children. However, the exhibits are worn. Some areas only require paint and elbow grease, yet for others it would be more cost effective to remove sections and update with new elements.

You can download our Renovation Narrative here for more detail.

Below is a list of immediate wishes for the Museum and the price tag.  Big and small, every donation helps us reach our goal.

Click on the TCM Gift Box to give a gift to the Museum!

Or click here to give to our current renovation project.

$25 can buy:

• Authentic Play Food Items to add to our Global Village.
• New books for our Story Telling Circle.
  
• Waterproof aprons for toddlers at the water wall in Discovery Bay.
• 100 plastic golf balls for the Cog City Roller coaster.

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$50 can buy:

• New bat costume for the Mountain.
• New dress-up cape for the Bijou Theatre.
• Culturally authentic books for Global Village.
• Six gallons of paint for the Imagination Studio.

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$100 can buy:

• A new "dashboard" like the real fire trucks for our Fire Truck in the Neighborhood.
• Materials to repair the glacier slide on the Mountain.
• Materials to update the gas pump for the Bus in the Neighborhood.
• Clay for approximately one month in the Imagination Studio.  
• New hair salon items for the Ghana Hair Salon in Global Village.
• New pots and pans for all the kitchens in the Global Village.

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$250 can buy:

• New carpet sweeper for day-time use, like those used by the restaurants.
• Commercial grade diaper dispensers for all of our bathrooms.
• New rice paper siding for the Kobe House.
• Soft sculpture, safe-play area for our youngest guests. 
• Materials to modify and create nursing area.

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$500 can buy:

• Additional soft play furniture for Discovery Bay.
• Materials to adapt area in Global Village into a "cultural puppet stage". 
• Platform step for children to reach the sinks in the bathroom.
• Materials to create a writing station as a focal point for our literacy programming. 

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