Kohl's Children's Museum bringing pop-up museum to Round Lake Beach
The Kohl Children's Museum of Greater Chicago will bring some of its collection to Round Lake Beach in the form of a pop-up museum starting Tuesday and running through May 25.
Located at the Round Lake Beach Cultural Arts and Civic Center, 2007 N. Civic Center Way, the pop-up museum features elements from the Glenview-based museum's "Animal Secrets" exhibition, last on view in 2018. The exhibit includes the "Naturalist's Tent," where children can role-play working as a naturalist in a canvas tent outfitted with real field equipment.
Other features coming to Round Lake Beach include a puppet theater with three stations, an art studio and a reading nook.
Another portion of the pop-up museum will focus on open-ended experimentation with science, design and construction. Large wind tubes and a Bernoulli blower will encourage children to explore airflow, drag, symmetry, and gravity. Imagination Playground blocks and magnetic building blocks will offer a wealth of fun collaborative learning opportunities.
"Given the outstanding response to our pilot pop-up museum (in Waukegan) earlier this year, we look forward to continuing to extend the museum's offerings to underserved areas of the greater Chicago community," museum President and CEO Sheridan Turner said Monday in an announcement of the pop-up museum. The pop-up will be open to the public from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursdays and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays. There is no admission charge. It also will be open to preregistered school and child-care groups during weekday hours.
The pop-up is funded through a donation from Wintrust to the Play It Forward campaign, a major capital campaign announced earlier this year.
The museum also recently partnered with the United Way of Lake County in its Kindergarten Kickoff Summer Camp, held in Round Lake Beach, to provide in-school museum experiences benefiting children who did not attend preschool and who might be at a disadvantage when beginning kindergarten.
For more information, visit the museum's website, www.kcmgc.org, or call (847) 832-6600.