VALLEY YOUTH MUSEUM TO GET GRANT.Byline: Daily News LAKE VIEW TERRACE - A San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. children's museum Children's museums are institutions that provide exhibits and programs that stimulate informal learning experiences for children. In contrast with traditional museums that typically have a hands-off policy regarding exhibits, children's museums feature interactive exhibits that are proposed near Hansen Dam Hansen Dam in Los Angeles County, California was built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District in 1939 and 1940. The project is located near the northern edge of the San Fernando Valley on Tujunga Wash, about one mile below the confluence of the Big Tujunga Wash just received an $850,000 boost from Uncle Sam Uncle Sam, name used to designate the U.S. government. The term arose in the War of 1812 and seems at first to have been used derisively by those opposed to the war. Possibly it was an expansion of the letters "U.S. . The funds were added to a 2001 federal appropriation bill last week and will go toward establishing the Valley campus of Children's Museum of Los Angeles The Children's Museum of Los Angeles is a museum specifically catered to children whose purpose is to educate, entertain and enrich children's lives in the greater Los Angeles area. It was modeled from the children's museums in Boston, Indianapolis and Brooklyn. , which will be the region's largest museum. ``The Hansen Dam campus will provide a safe, nurturing and educational environment where children can engage in learning activities, explore their surroundings, discover their own interests and strengths and learn to work together,'' said Rep. Howard L. Berman, D-Mission Hills, in a press release. After years of wrangling about the next site, the Children's Museum is being relocated to Lake View Terrace and Little Tokyo from downtown. The new museum and environmental awareness center for children between 2 to 10 will be established on 60,000 acres on the Hansen Dam campus at Foothill Boulevard The following streets are named Foothill Boulevard:
The entire project is expected to cost $32 million, including $9.5 million in city park bond money. City officials say the museum will be a key component in renovating the Hansen Dam Recreation Area. Last spring, Berman lobbied trustees to move the museum to Hansen Dam, where he'd helped secure funding for two large swimming and boating lakes. Museum officials said they are thrilled about next year's appropriation. ``We are extremely excited and grateful to Congressman Berman,'' said Sally Thompson, president and chief executive officer of the museum. ``We applaud his continued leadership for the Children's Museum of Los Angeles.'' |
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