Play, practice and play some more!

When a child is at play, a child is learning - for children, it is impossible to do one without the other.

The benefits of allowing our children to play freely will help them sharpen their minds, grow, be healthy and boost their creativity. When children play, they learn to solve problems, make decisions, express themselves, communicate and recognize boundaries.  Children who play do better in school and become more successful adults.

At the museum, play is vital to the experience of our visitors.  Here children play to learn and learn to play, and if you are an adult who has lost touch with the ability to play in a child’s world, then come along for the adventure and let yourself loose as your little ones play. Or sit back and enjoy the view from Omaha’s number one place to learn through play - Omaha Children’s Museum.

Here’s to serious achievements all year long!

As executive Director of the Omaha Children’s Museum since June of 2002, Lindy Hoyer brings 20 years of passion for reaching out to children through Children’s Museum work and continues striving to inspire young people to play, explore and learn. 

During Hoyer’s tenure as Executive Director, Omaha Children’s Museum has seen fantastic growth and accomplishment from hosting blockbuster traveling exhibits to completing a $6.6 million capital campaign and renovation of the museum’s permanent exhibits and seeing attendance soar to over 230,000 annually. 

Hoyer was recently selected to participate in the inaugural Noyce Leadership Institute along with 17 science center executives from across the world. She has served on the board of directors for the Association of Children's Museums (ACM) and participated in Qm2 Roundtable for Museum Executives. Locally, she serves on the Leavenworth Basin Advisory Panel of City of Omaha Combined Sewer Program and is a member of Rotary Club of Omaha, Omaha Sister City Association Board and VSAarts Nebraska Board.