Hohhot Laoniu Children's Discovery Museum Loretta Yajima Founder & Chair, Hawaii Children's Discovery Center Fu, Dejuan Deputy Director, Hohhot Laoniu Children's Discovery Museum Location Hohhot • Population of 3,126,400 • Metro area of nearly 17,224 square kilometers • 500 km from Beijing How We Started • In 2011, Mr. Gensheng Niu visited Hawaii Children's Discovery Center. Visit to the American Association of Museums in Visit to the White House Washington, D.C. Children's Museum Tour in the U.S. Getting started with the work in China • Initial workshops Inner Mongolia Initial site donated in Hohhot Six years of planning and construction… Keywords Scale Scale Collaborative ModelInner Mongolia StorylineStoryline Inner Mongolia Soft Opening Soft Opening Collaborative Model 25,860 m2 (6.39 acres) facility footprint 6,488 m2 exhibit space • Project Components • EXPLORE Museum • Public Square • INVESTIGATE Museum • Underground Parking (800 parking spaces) • Affiliated Preschool (500 3-6 year olds) Facts and Figures • Exhibits • 6,488 m2 • 8 + 6 galleries • Designed by CambridgeSeven • Building • 73,187 m2, new construction • Children's museum: 27,990 m2 • Affiliated preschool: 8,267 m2 • Public square: 10,886 m2 • Underground parking: 36,929 m2 • "EXPLORE" building (5 levels) & "INVESTIGATE" building (7 levels) • Designed by CambridgeSeven (except preschool) Collaborative Model Planning Operations Governm • Land Governm • Funding ent • Most Funding ent Laoniu Local • Operations Foundati • Funding Team Management on • Professional • Professional CMRC Support CMRC Guidance Storyline Educational Objectives Core Values Clear Understandi ng of the World Make Respect Family Grit Reasonable Judgment Children Learning Children Correct Confidence Values Collaborat Perseveran ion ce Creativity Imagination Inner Mongolia Soft Opening Started on June 1, 2018 Operational Data (by April 2019) • More than 59,000 visitors • Family visitors: 34,000 • Group visitors: 25,000 • Program sessions: 60 • Media reports: 120 • 32 employees • More than 1,000 volunteers Traveling Exhibits Parenting Lectures Team Building Challenges Parents Commercial Schools Amusement Parks Children‘s Funds Museum Thank you very much!.