While the worst downturn in 75 years took hold of San Diego, slowing the activities of most nonprofit organizations, The New Children’s Museum reinvented itself, constructed a landmark green building, and raised tens of millions of dollars. These counter-trend accomplishments could not have come at a more critical time for San Diego’s children. While state and local budgets contracted, leaving public schools without arts programs, NCM expanded to provide arts education to 34,500 school children. Swimming against the economic current is a unique group of San Diegans serving on the NCM board, who themselves represent a counter-trend reality: they are a new, very young generation of board leaders. This sector of the site tells their story.

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Fast Facts

Leadership Board President, Patsy Marino. Executive Director, Rachel M. Teagle, Ph.D.

History The New Children’s Museum opened its doors on May 4, 2008. The original Children’s Museum opened its first facility in 1983 in La Jolla, and relocated to a downtown warehouse at 200 West Island Avenue in 1993.

Visitors The Museum served 337,000 visitors in its first two years of operation.

Building Designed by award-winning architect Rob Wellington Quigley, The New Children’s Museum is one of the first green museums in California and signals the Museum’s commitment to environmental sustainability. The 50,000-square-foot building is a dramatic three-level structure.

Location 200 West Island Avenue in the Marina District of San Diego across from the San Diego Convention Center.