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Play Café

Got the munchies? At our Play Café, children get to try their hand at working the lunch hour and making pretend meals for diners.

Activities

  • Answer the Play Café phone and take meal orders
  • Fix sandwiches and run them through the conveyor oven
  • Complete orders and serve customers
  • Greet and seat customers and work the cash register
  • Make milkshakes
  • Clean the counters and floors

Educational Benefits

  • Enact the roles of cook, cashier, server, janitor, and diner
  • Count, sort, and sequence
  • Engage in cooperative play and problem solving

Good to Know:

Exhibit Type

Ongoing

Focused Field Trips Aligned with this Exhibit

Sensational Senses

This exhibit is aligned with Illinois Early Learning and Development Standards.

Good to Know

Exhibit Type

Ongoing

Focused Field Trips Aligned with this Exhibit

Sensational Senses

This exhibit is aligned with Illinois Early Learning and Development Standards.

Location

2100 Patriot Boulevard
Glenview, IL 60026
(847) 832-6600

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V.I.P. (Very Important Play) Sessions available for reservation. The Museum is currently not open for general admission.

The Museum is closed for these holidays:
New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day

All Museum coupons and passes expiring in 2020 or 2021 will be honored through 2022.

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