Boynton Beach residents will have to do without their award-winning children’s museum for the next few weeks.
The Schoolhouse Children’s Museum, 129 E. Ocean Ave., is closing its doors Aug. 31 and sprucing itself up a bit to reopen Sept. 15.
“It is our annual refurbishment that we do every year, with painting, fixing up, cleaning, remodeling of exhibits and planning for the next year,” said Kelsey Harris, director of operations.
Harris said the planning for the upcoming fall includes the home schooled classes, a junior Toastmasters class and the fall carnival.
Some of the exhibits Harris refers to that need remodeling include Curstan the cow and the farm exhibit with the tractor. These renovations costs thousands of dollars, Harris said.
“Curstan the cow is a favorite of our children that come here,” she said. “She needs paint and an utter job after we have 40,000 kids come in here every year.”
The refurbishings are made available to the museum from its annual fundraiser, which takes place this year 6:30 p.m. Sept. 11 at Benvenuto, 1730 N Federal Highway.
“The fundraiser helps to pay for the fixes we need for our exhibits and gets the word out about the museum to the community,” said Marisa Guida, program director of the museum. “Plus you would never guess how much damage a 3-year-old can do to an exhibit.”
For information about the museum, call 561-742-6780.
Mike Rothman can be reached at mkrothman@tribune.com.