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Peoria PlayHouse Children’s Museum facebook.com/peoriaplayhouse
2218 N Prospect Rd • 323-6900 • www.peoriaplayhouse.org @Peoria_playhouse
@PeoriaPlayHouse

PlayHouse Exhibits
AT A GLANCE
The Peoria The PlayHouse features six exhibits and a wide variety of programs for children of all ages.
PlayHouse The exhibits draw on Peoria and Central Illinois, celebrating the past, present, and future
Children’s Museum of our community.
provides children with the
tools and inspiration they Sand Porch
need to be explorers and Dig, build, scoop, pound, and sculpt with moldable kinetic
creators of the world. The PlayHouse sand in our enclosed porch.
features six exhibits on three floors.
Young visitors can splash in the water Motion Commotion
table, mold kinetic sand, navigate Send balls through air tubes, shoot them from air cannons,
the chicken coop climber, and more. balance them on air currents, and more in this exhibit that
Older children will enjoy playing with explores momentum, gravity, speed, force and distance.
balls and air tubes in the Motion
Commotion exhibit and creating Family Farm
carpentry and art projects in Real Pick vegetables, gather eggs, and milk a cow, and then
Tools. sell your goods at the farmer’s market or make a delicious
meal in the farmhouse kitchen.
DIRECTOR
Rebecca Shulman Herz: By Your River Gently Flowing, Illinois
rherz@peoriaparks.org Learn about the ecosystem of the Illinois River by playing with boats, finding the animals
hidden under rocks, and listening to animal sounds. Experiment with water wheels, water
HOURS pipes and dams to change the flow of the water.
Monday 9 am-4 pm
Tuesday (members only) 9 am-12 pm Peoria, Then and Now
Wednesday 9 am-4 pm Explore a dentist office, diner, and day care in “Tot Town.”
Thursday 9 am-4 pm Drive a train and perform in our theater area. In the SciLab,
Friday 9 am-4 pm become a scientist and learn about corn-based products
Saturday 9 am-4 pm
Sunday 12 pm-5 pm and heartbeats, examine the world through microscopes, or
build with MagnaTiles.
ADMISSION FEES
Children under 1 Free All Construction Great and Small
Ages 1-64 $8 Dress as a construction worker to manipulate a loader and
Seniors 65+/Active Military $7 dump truck, and build with bricks and rocks. Walk on the
musical bridge to play a song. Leave time for the “Real
GIFT SHOP Tools” area, where children can learn to use hammers,
Looking for the perfect birthday saws, drills, and other tools, and make their own inventions
present? Visit the Peoria STOREia at to take home.
the PlayHouse! We have large and
small toys that encourage imagination, “My kids had so much fun! I was worried Volunteer at the
creativity, and play!
that my eleven-year-old son would be Peoria PlayHouse to
bored but he had a great time in the sand help kids become
RENTALS table and the ball area. I had to drag them
The PlayHouse is available to rent out at the end of our visit.” explorers and
for private parties and events. Call creators of the world!
323-6895 or see pg. 100 for more Scheduling is flexible.
information. Did you know? Volunteers (ages 14+)
You can purchase combination tour tickets for a can support the
BIRTHDAY PARTIES See pg. 102 discounted price and enjoy all of Glen Oak Park as a PlayHouse and
VOLUNTEERS See pg. 98 day long destination. Tickets include entry into the engage with our
CAMP See pg. 94 Peoria PlayHouse Children’s Museum, Peoria Zoo, and visitors in many ways.
Luthy Botanical Garden. What a great way to spend Learn more on
the day with your family! page 98.

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