Direct your feet to State Street, Madison's premier shopping and arts district,and discover Wisconsin's first hands-on Museum for Children! Madison Children's Museum is a private, not for profit museum featuring hands-on exhibits and programs for children ten year old and younger. Take a trip to an 1898 schoolhouse in the Museum's time machine, capture your shadow without the help of Peter Pan and plant vegetables in our garden. In addition to our award-winning exhibits,special programs give you the opportunity to test the laws of science, paint, sculpt and take part in celebrations from around the globe. We give you the place and time to explore, play and learn with your children.