I wanted to share with you an article published in The Daily Gazette:

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="600"] Peggy Labrie, a teacher from the Scotia Glenville Childrens' Museum, works with Arongen school third-graders Jack Voce and Malena Hampton in this 2011 file image.[/caption]

SCOTIA & GLENVILLE — The Scotia-Glenville Children’s Museum is merging with SUNY Polytechnic Institute’s Children’s Museum of Science and Technology.

Founded in 1978, SGCM has served as a traveling museum “without walls” that travels to communities in a 50-mile radius and serves 60,000 people every year, according to its website, travelingmuseum.org.

SUNY Poly’s CMOST was first founded as the Junior Museum in 1954 and offers hands-on, interactive exhibits for children to learn about Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, or STEM.

While the merger was announced last Wednesday, it has been in the works for quite some time.

“This is a conversation that precedes my leadership,” CMOST Vice President Catherine Gilbert said last Thursday. “The organizations had the desire to expand the mission and are looking progressively to serve and allow children to explore, discover and work together.

“Blending the two models of both museums allows us to make sure we’re canvassing the Capital District and beyond in getting these kids access in hands-on learning-based activity that focuses on the STEM fields.”

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By Kate Seckinger February 1, 2016