Hands On Children's Museum

Hands on Children's Museum will develop a toolkit for museum professionals on building programs for families impacted by incarceration, one of the country’s most at-risk and underserved populations. The project will partner with the Regnier Family Wonderscope Children’s Museum of Kansas City, Kansas Children’s Discovery Center, and New York’s Sciencenter to draw on a diverse range of experiences, both inside and outside prisons. The team will jointly design, test, and pilot the toolkit to ensure its usability and adaptability for various types and sizes of museums. As a result of the project, the museum field will gain increased awareness of families impacted by incarceration and the ability to develop programs to support those families by partnering effectively with prisons and other community organizations.