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The New Children's Museum
The New Children's Museum is located in downtown San Diego, California. Established in 1981 the Museum is focused on stimulating creativity in children through contemporary art. The Museum welcomes over 250,000 visitors each year to it's landmark building designed by Robert Wellington Quigley. Built in 2008, this unique 50,000 square feet space contains three floors of interactive art installations, classrooms, a cafe and store.

Mission
The New Children's Museum is a new model of children's museum whose mission is to stimulate imagination, creativity, and critical thinking in children and families through inventive and engaging experiences with contemporary art. Throughout its history, the Museum has commissioned unique, interactive installations by contemporary artists that are engaging to both children and adults.

Awards
In 2019 the Museum received the prestigious National Metal for Museum and Library Service from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). This is the nation's highest honor for Museums and is awarded to only five each year.

Education and Programs
The Museum hosts over 10,000 Title-1 students for field trips each year and conducts community outreach programs including Partners in Creativity, Mass Creativity and Artists-in-Residence which engage thousands of students in communities across San Diego County.

Commissions and Collaborations with Contemporary Artists
Artists who have been commissioned by the Museum include: Adele Naudé Santos, Victor Ochoa, Alberto Caro, Carmel Castrejon, Nina Katchadourian, Jean Lowe, Chris Burden, Dennis Oppenheim, Roy Lichtenstein, Ernest Silva, Allan Kaprow, Danielle Michaelis, Dawn Martinez, Danielle Michaelis, Andres Torres, Sheldon Brown, Tanya Aguiñiga, Marìa Alòs, Gustavo Artigas, Lee Boroson, Alberto Caro, Brian Dick, Maurycy Gomulicki, Mark Mulroney, Renè Peralta, Jim Gates, Jim Brown), Nick Rodrigues, Roman de Salvo, Aaron T. Stephan, Diana Thater, Zlatan Vukosavljevic, Felipe Dulzaides, Sam Easterson, Jason Hackenwerth, Jeff Irwin, Sun K Kwak, Julio Morales, Marcos Ramírez, David Goldberg, Roman de Salvo, Mungo Thompson, Perry Vasquez, Alison Wiese, Mike Eastman, Kota Ezawa, Kianga Ford, Mark Allen, Jessica McCambly, Vik Muniz, Jason Rogenes, Shinique Smith, Chris Sollars, Ross Karre, Marisol Rendon, Leah Rosenberg, Phil Ross, Tattfoo Tan, Jason Torchinsky, Nina Waisman, Joe Yorty, Jesse Kaminsky, Alison Pebworth, Mary Rochon, Nick Rodrigues, Wes Sam Bruce, teamLab Kids, Tashiko Horiuchi MacAdam.