(Berkeley, CA) Saturday, April 24, 2010 –
Celebrate a beloved community resource and institution on Saturday, April 24 from 9:30 am – 4:30 pm as Habitot Children’s Museum celebrates its 12th Birthday! Loveee the Clown will entertain with bubbles, puppets, songs, and more from 11:00am to 12:30pm. Visitors will sing happy birthday and enjoy cake and punch at 3:00 pm. Children and families will help decorate Habitot’s giant birthday cake with paint and sprinkles in the Art Studio. Birthday stories in the Multicultural Reading Tent every hour from 10:00 am – 1:00 pm.

Free with museum admission ($8.50 per person).

About Habitot:

Habitot Children's Museum is the East Bay's award-winning hands-on discovery museum for young children, recently nominated “Best Museum” in the Bay Area in Nickelodeon’s ParentsConnect.com’s 2009 Parents’ Pick Awards. In 2008, Habitot won “Best Museum for Little Kids” in the San Francisco Bay Area in the same contest.

Through early childhood learning, parenting education, and community outreach, Habitot helps parents and caregivers raise curious, creative, and confident children. More than 850,000 people have enjoyed Habitot’s interactive exhibits, art programs and classes since the museum’s opening in 1998. Habitot ensures its accessibility for all Bay Area families with its Family and Community Partnerships Program, which brings more than 10,000 low-income and at-risk children into the museum every year through scholarships, subsidized memberships and free admissions days. For more information please visit http://www.habitot.org