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RAMP-ARTS award (given to DCM staff Clemens and MacRae) for a commitment to work with people with disabilities. Presented in January 2005 from the city of Naperville, Mayor's Advisory Commission on Persons with Disabilities.
 

Accessibility Award from the Western DuPage Special Recreation Association in June 2003. The Museum is the first agency not a park district to receive the award!
 

Listed under 2 categories in the "Best of the West" issue of West Suburban Living magazine, April 2003. The Museum was listed as "Best Local Museum" and as one of the "Best Place To Take Kids".
 

Given the "Exemplary Partnership Award" by Naperville School District #203 at the Business/Community/Education Partnership Breakfast in March 2003 for work with Washington Jr. High School.
 

The Museum was awarded the Distinguished Building Award in 2003 by the Chicago chapter of the American Institute of Architects.

Article "Children's Museum Reaches Out", an article about how the Museum uses visual tools to reach out to children with autism. Written by Sandy Trusewych, the Museum's Community Access Coordinator, the article was published in the November/December 2002 issue of Autism/Aspergers Digest.

President Bush presented the USA Freedom Corp award for Volunteerism to Dick Treadway, a Museum volunteer in July 2002.
 

Fodor’s Around Chicago With KIDS listed as a HIGH FIVE for Museum Category.
 

The Business Ledger 2002 Business Achievement Award for Educational Institutions
 

“Best Museum in the Western Suburbs” by West Suburban Living Magazine - 2002
 

Spring 2005 Forbes "Best Of The Web Pick" for Children's Museum Web Sites
 
 

 
Aunty Math:
 

Child Magazine, Feb. 2002 - The Museum was listed as one of the top 10 web sites with it's "games, experiments, and other educational activities that bring a little bit of the museum home for kids." The article specifically noted Aunty Math.
 
 

"Launch Point Award" for Best Math Web Site for Children - Los Angeles Times, June 1999.
 

Featured Website March 1999 issue of Teaching Children Mathematics, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
 
 

Swarthmore Math Forum "Hot Site of The Month" June 1998. Swarthmore College acknowledgement for Aunty Math and Angela Andrews' credentials.
 
 

Best Primary Math Site" Award - Classroom Connect, 1997
 

 
Kids Design Network (KDN):
 

Finalist in 2003 for "Best Educational Use" for a website at the "Museums and the Web" Best of the Web Conference (International audience).
 
 

Listed in summer 2003 as one of the 10 cool sites for Educational Excellence on the Exploratorium web site.
 

Winner of the Gold MUSE award in 2002 from the American Association of Museums.
 
 

Listed as an exemplary example of a museum supporting school curriculum in book Promising Practices to Connect Schools with the Community by Diana Hiatt-Michael (Editor), Eddie Jacqui Robinson.
 
 

Included in book Essential Websites for 21st Century Educational Leaders by James Lerman.