Get Rid of the Old and Do some Good

Madison Children's Museum needs some items that you might just be throwing away or recycling this week. Have any CDs or CD cases you were thinking about tossing? How about a couple shoe boxes, bubble wrap or ribbon from the holidays? Do you collect sea-shells when you go on vacation only to realize you have no place to put them when you get home? Drop them off at the Museum and they'll be used for educational purposes, plus you will keep these items out of the landfill!

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Wish List

Art Studio

To keep in line with our Sustainability Initiative, Madison Children’s Museum tries to use as much recycled and nature-based materials as possible in art projects. Please help us by collecting the following things at home.

For our recycling station: Cardboard tubes, yogurt/plastic containers, water bottles and caps, plastic and paper bags, egg cartons, spools, corks, film canisters, used CDs/CD cases, paper, yarn scraps, ribbon, string, twine, twist ties, fabrics, plastic containers, packing peanuts, bubble wrap, electrical or craft wire, dowels, craft tiles, shoe boxes, small cardboard boxes, and carpet squares.

For our nature-based station: Pine cones, cotton, hemp strings, pieces of wood, pebbles, river stones, dried fall leaves, dried flowers, acorns, sticks, twigs, vines, empty eggshells, sea shells, volcanic rocks, starfish, and seeds.

Materials not accepted include: Anything glass, pill bottles, computer and television monitors, and anything potentially dangerous to children.

If you have items to donate to the museum, please leave them at the front desk on your next visit.

Visitor Services

Items needed: Child’s wheelchair, weighted blankets. Please call 608.256.6445, ext. 149, to arrange for drop-off of your donation.

Rooftop Ramble

Items needed: Apparel for the Cultural Coat Closet (coats, wraps, footwear, and accessories from many cultures, countries, and climates throughout the world); good-quality juicer; hand-crank ice cream maker; flip-lid canning jars; acrylic specimens (animals, insects, plants, flowers); antique egg collecting basket; nature collections; fossil and rock collections; kid-size cooking implements (wooden spoons, bowls, small cast iron frying pans and pots); enamel cups, plates, pitchers, and bowls; small-sized silverware; magnifying glasses; heirloom/rare seeds; and books about chickens or pigeons.

Please drop off at the front desk or call 608.256.6445, ext. 142.