We’re excited to share that the Math Room at the Louisiana Children’s Museum was the focus of a recent FOX 8 News segment! The piece highlights how families can explore hands-on math through creative, open-ended activities. We’re thrilled to see this space getting some well-deserved attention. 🎥 Watch the segment here. If you’re in New Orleans, come visit the Math
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Opening the MathHappens Math Room at the Louisiana Children’s Museum this past weekend on Saturday, November 1st and Sunday, November 2nd was so much fun! Everything came together beautifully. We started bright and early on Saturday, meeting up with the team to unpack all our models and materials and set up the space. As the museum opened, families began trickling
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We had a great time joining the Spooktacular celebration at the Bullock Texas State History Museum! Families came dressed in costumes, explored hands-on activities, and enjoyed a night full of creativity and discovery. Our team brought a few of our favorite math activities to share, and it was so fun to see kids and families diving right in – building,
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This past weekend, we launched our newest Math Room at Play Sharity in Deming, New Mexico! From the moment we arrived, we could feel how connected the Play Sharity community is. The staff greeted so many kids by name, and it was clear that this is a place where families truly belong. We’re so grateful to the amazing Play Sharity
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On the weekend of October 3rd, 2025, MathHappens celebrated the grand opening of a brand new Math Room at the Wise Wonders Science + Discovery Museum in Billings, Montana! The space officially opened with two lively shifts, one on Friday from 2–5 pm and another on Saturday from 12–3 pm, and both days saw a steady stream of families exploring,
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On Sunday, September 7th, MathHappens Foundation officially opened the doors to its newest Math Room at the North Country Children’s Museum! This exciting collaboration is part of MathHappens’ ongoing mission to create accessible, hands-on math experiences in community spaces across the country. The North Country Children’s Museum now joins a growing list of partners bringing math to life in fun,
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Did you know MathHappens has 7 Math Rooms across 4 states? In this post, we hear from Monique Harrison, Ed.S about the Benjamin Banneker Math Room at the Northwest African American Museum (NAAM). “This space is more than just a place to explore mathematics—it is a vibrant community hub where children, parents, and educators come together to engage with math
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The MOXI is a museum in Santa Barbara, CA with a maker focus that has created a space that is both soothing and inspiring. We met STEAM Education manager Jasmine Thompson at our booth at a museum conference in Chicago in Fall of 2024. She was interested in using some of our materials in their programs. So of course we
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Sunday Funday means hands on activities at the Neill-Cochran House Museum in Austin, TX and MathHappens was the invited program on Sunday March 9, 2025. On special exhibit currently, but also part of the regular collection… Quilts!!. This museum invites visitors to “step into Austin History” and the quilt collection is a visitor favorite. Paul Cato, Communications Director at
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We love a special event at MathHappens. We do several dozen per year through our local partnerships as well as with distant organizations. An example of an event type we do is running our usual math room programming on a special day. This year, we spent Presidents Day at The Works Museum in Bloomington, MN. Our math room there is
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