Young At Art Museum in Davie, Broward County, United States | Museum

Welcome to Young At Art Museum, Davie, United States. 1986-1987: Museum Without Walls travels South Florida. Awareness campaign and assessment surveys conducted. Community embraces vision of Young At Art Museum, Davie.

1988: Two years of successful programming leads to wide community support for permanent space. Young At Art responds to community by securing site in the burgeoning family community of West Broward.

1989: Young At Art Museum opens. Space designed by award-winning architect Donald Singer. 2,100 people attend Grand Opening 1990: Student field trips established. 3,500 students from Broward, Palm Beach and Dade Counties explore Museum's first exhibit It's Fun to Be Me. First year of operation concludes with 9,500 visitors.

1991: Studio art classes established with professional artists. Scholarships offered fro children with need, underwritten by corporate and foundation sponsors.  1992: Exhibitions target community needs. New Playspace exhibition promotes early childhood education, while African Impressions becomes first multicultural exhibition to support Broward Schools Multicultural Infusion Program.  1993: On-site sopace expansion required to accommodate two simultaneous exhibitions, Making Waves, and Ancient Treasures.  1994: Reach-Out programs travle throughout South Florida. Passport To Africa outreach targets 10,000 students at 20 Chapter 1 schools in Broward County. 1995: National travelilng exhibit program begins with Spirit Of Native America. Earthworks permanent exhibition reveals signifcance of ecology merging with art.  1996: Half a million people reached as first decade concludes. Attendance soars to 132,825 annually - 42,325 served in-house and 90,500 through outreach. New phase of growth begins.