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The 20th anniversary of KidSenses InterACTIVE Children's Museum will feature free activities Friday, October 4 at 9am. The "KidSenses Karnival" is a day of celebration and a thank you to the community for its support of the museum. Festivities conclude at 8pm. The observance will bring back decades of memories, play and family fun.
From 1 to 4pm there will be a special carnival themed party with classic carnival games, visits and interactions with vintage KidSenses pals, prizes and giveaways, cotton candy, fresh popcorn and a carnival costume contest.
"KidSenses is now entering its twenties," said Executive Director Willard Whitson. "For many of us that's when we begin to determine our path to the futures. That can be true of organizations, too. For two decades KidSenses has been enriching the lives of children, age ten and younger - over 600,000 and counting."
Whitson continued, "As we look to the next few decades we know that there is a need for the kind of self actualizing growth for youths in their teens as well. A few years back we determined that we had an important role in addressing that need. So we began envisioning a type of facility that could best serve that population. This process resulted in The FACTORY - A Place to Meet and Make," Whitson continued. The FACTORY is nearing completion as KidSenses "looks forward to engaging children and youths of all ages in the combined 27,000 square foot campus."
KidSenses officially opened its door for normal business hours Oct. 5, 2004.
KidSenses got its beginning when the late Laura Pocock was on vacation in New Hampshire with her family and visited a children's museum located in a town smaller than Rutherfordton. She shared that with friends and from her vision, grew a group of people willing to be aggressive enough to start planning the $2.5 million facility.
Steve Saucier was the museum's first executive director.
