Contact Megan Fischer, Director of Communications & Marketing, at (401) 273-5437 ext. 126 for additional information about the Museum and to obtain press releases and high resolution photos.
Museum Publications
- Spring 2012 Newsletter (PDF)
- Winter 2012 Newsletter (PDF)
- Fall 2011 Newsletter (PDF)
- Summer 2011 Newsletter (PDF)
- Spring 2011 Newsletter (PDF)
- Winter 2011 Newsletter (PDF)
- 2011 Annual
Report (PDF)
- 2010 Annual
Report (PDF)
- 2009 Annual
Report (PDF)
- Play With Your
Kids! A How-To, Why-To Guide for Parents
(PDF)
Download a three-page sample of the Museum's guide for parents, caregivers, social service agencies and others who work with families. Includes a form for ordering copies of the booklet. - Partnering
with the Child Welfare System (PDF)
The Museum's Families Together program received the 2006 MetLife Foundation and Association of Children’s Museums Promising Practice Replication Award and created this tool kit to inspire children’s museums across the country to develop similar programs based on the Families Together model.
Articles & Essays by Museum Staff
- Social Media and the (Mission-Driven) Message, Hand to Hand, Winter 2009/2010
- The Power of Play: Innovations in Messaging the Mission, NEMA News, Winter 2010
- The Power of Play, Museum Executive Director Janice O'Donnell's essay for the "This I Believe" segment on Rhode Island's NPR station
- Play Power!,
November 2008
(PDF)
- Partners in
Wonder, July 2008
(PDF)
- Hanna and the
Oobleck, February 2008
(PDF)
- Get Out!, May 2007
(PDF)
- Magical Moment,
December
2006
(PDF)
- Moms at
Play, May 2006 (PDF)
- GRAND
Parenting, September
2005 (PDF)
Other Articles of Interest
- The
Importance of Play in Promoting Healthy Child Development and Maintaining Strong Parent-Child Bonds (American Academy of Pediatrics) (PDF)
- The Importance of Play: Focus on Children in Poverty (American Academy of Pediatrics) (PDF)
- Time for Play
(Alliance for Childhood) (PDF)
