Bootheel Youth Museum

The Bootheel Youth Museum in Malden, Missouri—population 4,277—has only three full-time and three part-time staff members, and some volunteers. Yet it entertains, educates, and inspires "insatiable curiosity" in 30,000 visitors each year. This vibrant children’s science museum combines sound science and a thirst for adventure with innovative exhibits like BYM Children’s Village, This Island Mars: A Space Adventure, and Making Tracks on the Lewis and Clark Trail.