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The Minnesota Children's Museum has a rooftop ArtPark that has a sand  
play area. You can see a not-too-descriptive photo of it here:

http://www.mcm.org/rooftop.shtml

Adele Binning
Exhibit Developer
Science Museum of Minnesota
120 W. Kellogg Blvd.
Saint Paul, MN 55107
(651) 221-9497



On Mar 9, 2006, at 12:37 PM, Jonah Cohen wrote:

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> I've been doing some looking into water play areas, and in a  
> presentation at
> last year's ACM conference, came across this tidbit from the San Jose
> Children's Discovery Museum (home of a slammin' water play area - I  
> am WAY
> too amused that they have a component named "the ball-cano"):
>
>
>
> "Water Play is one of the most open-ended and appropriate play  
> [types] for
> children (along with clay and sand play)"
>
>
>
> I've seen many water play areas, and I've seen many individual exhibit
> components that use sand... but I don't recall ever seeing a "sand  
> play"
> area comparable to a water play one. Anyone know of any?
>
>
>
> Jonah Cohen
>
> Outreach & Public Programs Manager
>
> Science Center of Connecticut
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