Our Permanent Exhibits
Ricketts Corner Store gives children the opportunity to shop the old fashion way in this replica of Boca Raton’s first grocery.

KidsCents Bank teaches the workings of a bank with teller windows and a working vault. Reading is important for this activity as prizes can be retrieved from the vault if word problems are answered correctly.

Oscar’s Post Office offers the opportunity to make handmade postcards to send to a favorite friend. If you know their address you even get a stamp and place it in the Museum’s Mailbox.

FACES Multicultural Room features musical instruments, try-on clothing, books and crafts from countries around the world.

Audubon & Friends is a naturalist living exhibition from rodents to seaside crabs. Lessons are given for taking care of these animals as pets.

Dr. Dig’s Back-Porch features fossil and artifact identification along with a terrific life size puzzle created by British artist, .

Lillian’s Kitchen is "look only" but has the treasured articles of “Singing Pines” (our historic name) owner, Lillian Williams on display.

Children of the Wilderness exhibit showcases the pioneer history of Singing Pines, the hand-built wooden home (circa 1913) that houses The Children's Museum.  Visitors can step back in time to the early days of Boca Raton through the lifestyles of its children. "Imogene's Closet" is an interactive display of child-sized clothing with old-fashion dolls waiting to be played with.  There are toys, games, crafts and other items to evoke the "pioneer" experience. 

Imogene Alice Gates, an original pioneer child of Boca, has recounted the adventures of these "Wilderness Children" in a memoir collection of vignettes and pictures.  Her stories bring readers into community gatherings, children's play, visiting homes that still exist in Boca Raton, and special events such as the day President Teddy Roosevelt needed help to navigate the intracoastal waters.

Rounding out the exhibit, freelance artist Dick Randall has constructed a light-wall display featuring the Myrick family, who built Singing Pines and were its first residents.