This exhibit contains views of the future created by artists and scientists of the 1950s and 1960s. It may seem as though it's far off in the future but planning has already begun. The exhibit staff is considering a complementary exhibit of an old time video arcade. The BYM has been awarded an Institute of Museum and Library Sciences General Operating Support Grant. Museums from around the country sent in 973 applications for these highly competitive grants.
Museums spend their grants over a two-year period.
The BYM was one of seven institutions in Missouri to receive the grant. Only eight other children's museums across the country received the honor. Museums that qualify demonstrate outstanding performance in all areas of museum operations. Professionals in the museum field, with an average of 13 years' experience, evaluate each application. Evaluators for the BYM grant application gave their highest marks to the outstanding community support evidenced in the number of volunteers ands volunteer hours, continuing corporate sponsorship and the passage of the recreation sales tax in Malden last November.