Ashlen and Jules tell their crazy stories from the museum, and discuss our habit of taking on big, ambitious projects. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dsm-childrensmuseum/message

We have our first guest! Meet one of our board members, Christine Weiland, and hear about how she helped the museum get started offering monthly Sensory Sensitive Playdates. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dsm-childrensmuseum/message

Ashlen and Jules discuss our decision to offer the first ever summer day camps at Des Moines Children's Museum. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dsm-childrensmuseum/message

Ashlen and Jules attended the Interactivity conference in New Orleans the last week of April. There will be secrets! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dsm-childrensmuseum/message

Should children's museums have seating for parents? Wi-fi? And how many signs is too many? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dsm-childrensmuseum/message

Early on people would ask us if we had done a feasibility study. We didn't even know what they meant by that. Sometimes people asking didn't even know what they meant either. So we learned, and we did one. Listen to us reflect on our feasibility study. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dsm-childrensmuseum/message

Hello! We're Jules and Ashlen, the Executive Director and Programming Director at Des Moines Children's Museum! We've started this podcast as a way to share the crazy journey that is operating a growing Children's Museum. In this intro episode we'll introduce ourselves and tell you a little bit about ourselves and why we love Children's Museums. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dsm-childrensmuseum/message