idea Museum Foundation

Offers various camps for children, including Art Start: Kinder Readiness Camps for ages 4-5, Emerging Artist Camps for ages 6-8 focusing on diverse art forms, and Maker Lab Camps for ages 8-10 blending art with technology.

Offers various workshops and camps, including "Playful Printmaking" and "If I Were an Animal: Silly Self Portraits" mixed media workshops, Emerging Artist Camps for ages 6-8 focusing on diverse art forms, and Maker Lab Camps for ages 8-10 blending art with technology.

Operates various camps for children, including Art Start: Kinder Readiness Camps (ages 4-5), Emerging Artist Camps (ages 6-8) focusing on material exploration, and Maker Lab Camps (ages 8-10) blending art with technology.

Hosts various art and technology exhibits, such as "Rube Goldberg™, The World of Hilarious Invention!" and "Artfully Absurd: Quirks, Questions and Creative Chaos," encouraging visitors to engage as illustrators, storytellers, and inventors, and featuring compositions by artists like Alanna Airitam.

Features various interactive exhibits such as "Rube Goldberg™, The World of Hilarious Invention! Exhibit," "Artfully Absurd: Quirks, Questions and Creative Chaos," and an exhibit featuring Alanna Airitam's compositions, encouraging visitor engagement and creativity.

Hosts rotating exhibitions such as "Rube Goldberg™, The World of Hilarious Invention! Exhibit," "Artfully Absurd: Quirks, Questions and Creative Chaos," and exhibits featuring artists like Alanna Airitam, encouraging visitor engagement.

Maintains multiple public art projects on its exterior and in Downtown Mesa, including murals like "Saugo's Sonoran Serenade," "What’s the Big Idea," and "Bright Color Arches With Flowers," as well as interactive installations like "Giant Pinwheels" and musical instruments.

Maintains multiple public art projects on its exterior and in Downtown Mesa, including murals like "Saugo's Sonoran Serenade" and "What’s the Big Idea," interactive "Giant Pinwheels," and musical instruments along its walkway.

Maintains multiple public art projects on its exterior and in Downtown Mesa, including murals like "Saugo's Sonoran Serenade" and "What’s the Big Idea," interactive installations like "Giant Pinwheels," and musical instruments along its walkway.

Provides Access Memberships at a reduced cost for families with financial hardship, offers discounted museum admission through the Museums for All initiative, hosts free admission events, and provides free admission to active-duty military families during specific periods.

Offers discounted admission for families with financial hardship (EBT/WIC), free admission for active-duty military families, and provides accessibility features such as automated doors, accessible parking, courtesy wheelchairs, canes, sensory backpacks, noise-reducing headphones, and EnChroma color-blind glasses.

Offers Access Memberships and discounted museum admission through the Museums for All initiative for families experiencing financial hardship (requiring WIC or EBT card), and provides free admission to active-duty military families from mid-May to September.

Operates a museum in downtown Mesa, Arizona, open to the public Tuesday through Sunday, providing full-day access to exhibitions, education spaces, and public art displays, including an early learning area (ArtVille Studio) for children aged birth to 4 years old and the idea Lab for art and technology exploration.

Operates the i.d.e.a. Museum in downtown Mesa, Arizona, providing full-day access to exhibitions, education spaces, and public art displays for children and families. The museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 9 AM to 4 PM, and Sunday from 12 PM to 4 PM.

Operates a children's museum in downtown Mesa, Arizona, open to the public Tuesday through Sunday, providing full-day access to exhibitions, education spaces, and daily programming for children and families.

Is a Certified Autism Center, with all staff completing specialized IBCCES training to create a welcoming environment for children and families with autism.

Operates as a Certified Autism Center, with all staff completing specialized IBCCES training to create a welcoming environment for children and families with autism.

Is a Certified Autism Center, with all staff completing specialized IBCCES training to create a welcoming environment for children and families with autism.

Provides various accessibility features and sensory support, including automated doors, all art and activity spaces on the first floor, accessible parking, courtesy wheelchairs, canes, lap desks, sensory backpacks, noise-reducing headphones, TheraSpec bluelight glasses, EnChroma color-blind glasses, and designated quiet spaces, while also welcoming service animals.

Provides restrooms in the lobby, ArtVille, and The HUB, including an ADA restroom in the lobby and a Family/Companion Care restroom in ArtVille.

Maintains cleanliness by rotating and cleaning toys daily, wiping down common spaces, and conducting daily professional cleaning, supplemented by hand sanitizer stations and Plasma Air ionization systems.

Ensures a safe and clean environment by engaging with guests, maintaining exhibit areas, modeling playful learning, ensuring safety, preparing and organizing materials, rotating and cleaning toys and materials daily, wiping down common spaces, and installing hand sanitizer stations and air ionization systems.

Offers field trip experiences for students in kindergarten through 2nd grade, limiting visits to 100 participants at a time.

Offers field trip experiences for students in kindergarten through 2nd grade, limiting visits to 100 participants at a time.

Operates the "idea Lab," a space exploring the intersection of art and technology, including the Cardboard Re-Creation Station for eco-friendly creative projects and drop-in programs like "Upcycle Challenge - Dazzling Desert."

Operates the idea Lab’s Cardboard Re-Creation Station, offering "Upcycle Challenge - Dazzling Desert" drop-in programs that use everyday materials for eco-friendly creative projects inspired by the Sonoran Desert.

Operates ArtVille and the ArtVille Studio, engaging environments designed for children aged birth to 4 years old, offering early learning experiences and creative projects.

Operates ArtVille, an engaging early learning area designed for children aged birth to 4 years old, including an Infant Care and Low Sensory Space, and offers Art Start: Kinder Readiness Camps for children aged 4-5.

Provides a welcoming and accessible environment with automated doors, first-floor art spaces, accessible parking, courtesy wheelchairs, canes, lap desks, and sensory support items like backpacks, noise-reducing headphones, TheraSpec bluelight glasses, and EnChroma color-blind glasses. It also offers designated quiet spaces and complies with ADA laws for service animals.

Supports museum operations by assisting educators with art activities, preparing and organizing materials for exhibits and programs, engaging with guests, maintaining exhibit areas, and ensuring safety and cleanliness within the museum, including daily cleaning and hygiene measures.

Engages volunteers to support summer camp programs, enhance visitor experience, maintain exhibit areas, and prepare materials for exhibits, classes, and events.

Provides drop-in programs, birthday parties, and special events including free admission days, an annual Día de los Muertos celebration, and fundraising events for adults.

Hosts various special events, including drop-in programs, birthday parties, outreach activities, free admission days, and an annual Día de los Muertos celebration in collaboration with the community, as well as fundraising events for adults.

Provides various creative projects in painting, collage, and mixed-media at the idea Studio, including "Playful Printmaking" workshops and "If I Were an Animal: Silly Self Portraits" mixed media workshops inspired by exhibits.

Provides drop-in programs, birthday parties, outreach activities, and special events including free admission days and an annual Día de los Muertos celebration, alongside field trip experiences for students.

Offers hands-on creative projects and workshops, such as "Playful Printmaking" and "If I Were an Animal: Silly Self Portraits" mixed media workshops, and provides opportunities for painting, collage, and mixed-media art at the idea Studio and the Cardboard Re-Creation Station.