Kidzu Children’s Museum will celebrate its 17th birthday with a party on Sunday, March 5 from 12:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Chapel Hill Mayor Pam Hemminger issued a proclamation on Kidzu’s 10th birthday in 2016, making the first Sunday in March “Kidzu Day” due to the impact the museum has had on the community, according to an email from Kailey Singleton, Kidzu’s director of operations.
Kidzu is a nonprofit, hands-on museum that opened in March 2006 with the purpose of educating children in engaging ways, located inside University Place Mall at 201 S. Estes Dr.
It features many exhibits, including a climbing wall, an outdoor learning garden and a maker space, which focuses on science,…