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Awards and Recognition
DuPage Children's Museum and this web site have been recognized
as an excellent place to visit, for educational work done and for
contributions to the community. Please visit our news section for the lastest updates!
Museum Awards:
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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.
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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!
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Listed under 2 categories in "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".
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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.
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The Museum was awarded the Distinguished
Building Award in 2003 by the Chicago chapter of the American
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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 .
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President Bush presented the USA Freedom
Corp award for Volunteerism Dick Treadway, a Museum volunteer
in July 2002.
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Fodor’s “Around Chicago With
KIDS” listed as a HIGH FIVE for Museum Category.
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The Business Ledger 2002 Business Achievement
Award for Educational Institutions
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“Best Museum in the Western Suburbs”
by West Suburban Living Magazine- 2002
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Awards for the DCM Web Site:
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Spring 2005 Forbes "Best
Of The Web Pick" for Children's Museum Web Sites
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Aunty Math:
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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.
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"Launch Point Award"
for Best Math Web Site for Children - Los Angeles Times, June 1999.
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Featured Website March 1999 issue of Teaching Children
Mathematics, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
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Swarthmore Math Forum "Hot Site of
The Month" June 1998. Swarthmore College acknowledgement
for Aunty Math and Angela Andrew's credentials.
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Best Primary Math Site" Award
- Classroom Connect, 1997
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Kids Design Network (KDN):
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Finalist in 2003 for "Best
Educational Use" for a website at the "Museums
and the Web" Best of the Web Conference (International audience).
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Listed in summer 2003 as one of the 10 cool sites
for Educational Excellence on the Exploratorium
web site.
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Winner of the Gold MUSE award
in 2002 from the American Association of Museums.
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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.
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Will be included in upcoming book "Essential
Websites for 21st Century Educational Leaders" by
James Lerman.
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