Bucks County Children's Museum Unveils New Exhibit

The Bucks County Children’s Museum this weekend introduced a major expansion which doubled the size of its current interactive educational facility.  The expanded space will house a new exhibit area, “Airways to Waterways”, as well as a multipurpose and programming room.

The new exhibit will invite young learners to investigate the power of air as they experiment with objects being propelled through a 20 foot pneumatic (compressed air) tube system, according to information from the museum.

"Developed by the College of New Jersey, Waterways will offer visitors the opportunity to navigate boats through a lock system on the Delaware Canal. An interactive jumbo video projection combined with state of the art robotics will allow guests to turn gears and operate the watertight gates on the canal, helping boats to reach their destination," the museum announced.

The new space opened to the public Sunday. The Bucks County Children's Museum is located in New Hope.

The expansion was funded by support from the Connelly Foundation, Visit Bucks Tourism Grant Program, the Atkinson Foundation, Worth & Company as well as other local businesses, foundations and individual donors.

The nonprofit Bucks County Children’s Museum opened in the fall of 2011 and was recognized as “One of the Top 10 Reasons to Visit Bucks County” by Visit Bucks.  

For hours, admission and more information about the Bucks County Children’s Museum visit www.buckskids.org.