
BETTENDORF, IOWA (December 17, 2019) — The grownups get to have their New Year’s Eve fun at night, so the Family Museum offers kids a chance to celebrate the arrival of 2020 during the daylight hours with “Noon Year’s Eve,” a countdown to 12:00 noon! This event will be on Tuesday, December 31, 9AM-12PM, with a countdown at Noon. The Museum will close at 2PM.
Festivities include firework rings, chalkboard party hats, confetti cones, face-painting, music from the Myers Brothers, and a countdown to Noon with a balloon drop and lots of confetti. This event is sponsored by Ascentra Credit Union. Event is included with membership or paid admission.
About the Family Museum
With 44,000 square feet of programming space, the Family Museum provides interactive exhibits, various Drop-In classes, pre-school classes, school and community outreach, dance classes, and a variety of programs geared toward children 8 and under. Visitors to the Family Museum’s interactive exhibit gallery will discover how food moves from the modern farm to the local store by caring for animals, driving a combine, and moving grain, in the farm exhibit; explore the Mississippi River by adding obstacles and raising or lowering water levels as they watch their boat make its journey down a 28-foot indoor waterplay table resembling an actual stretch of the Mississippi River; chat with neighbors or wave to the mail carrier in the town square exhibit which includes features of everyday life; and make alphabet soup, wash the laundry, and splash around in the virtual pond (without getting wet!) in PlayHouse. Admission is $9 for ages 1-59; seniors 60+ are $5; children under 1 are free.