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Children's Museum Offers Specials, Fun During Holiday Break

Let the Children's Museum in Oak Lawn be your destination during the holiday break for visiting young ones.

If you’re entertaining out-of-town cousins or grandchildren for the holidays, the Children’s Museum in Oak Lawn is offering a variety of specials through Dec. 31.

The museum features a wide array of fun-while-you-learn exhibits, where kids can act in their own plays, experiment with gravity, make waves, become part of a paramedic team, role-play cops and firefighters and create masterpieces for the fridge in the Explore Art Studio. For more information about the exhibits, visit the Children’s Museum’s website.


Dec. 27 - Be the first person from your state to visit the museum and two people with you will get free admission. Adults must show photo ID. Extended hours 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.

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Dec. 28 - Members of the Children’s Museum can bring a friend and get free admission all day. Each child listed on your museum membership can bring a pal to the museum for free. Hours: 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Dec. 29 - Blue and Orange Day. Dress in the Chicago Bears’ team colors and receive a dollar off admission. This is the perfect opportunity to dress your Green Bay Packers’ loving cousin in Bears’ colors. Hours: Noon to 5 p.m.

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Dec. 30 - The museum store is clearing out older items from 2013 to make room for new items in 2014. When you make your purchase at the museum store, roll the two dice. Whatever number appears is your percentage off. Everyone is guaranteed 2-percent off of their purchases. Stock up for those 2014 birthday parties. Hours: 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Dec. 31 - Grandparents get in FREE all day. Celebrate New Year’s Eve at the museum with your grandparents from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. with a NOON countdown. There will be special games and crafts. Face-painting will be available for an additional charge. Grandparents can get their faces painted too. Hours: 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The Children’s Museum in Oak Lawn is located at 5100 Museum Place. Admission is $7 for adults and children; $6 seniors 55+; free for children under one. Free parking for museum visitors is available on the 5th floor of the commuter parking garage Monday through Friday.  There is an elevator on the northwest corner of the garage.


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