Habitot Children's Museum, Emeryville

About Habitot Children's Museum

Habitot Children's Museum is a hands-on learning space where young children engage in creative play and discovery across multiple activity areas. Visitors explore an art studio featuring open-ended art experiences like bubble art, sun prints, and rainbow ice painting that develop fine motor skills and creative thinking. The museum includes a learning lab for early science and math activities such as making glaciers and building coffee filter parachutes. Dramatic play stations invite children to engage in pretend play through activities like creating superhero capes and mission control panels. Sensory play areas let children handle playdough, make bubbles, and work with sand to support brain development and problem-solving. Nature exploration activities and recycling projects round out the offerings. The nonprofit, founded in 1992, currently operates as a mobile museum presenting pop-up events throughout the East Bay and Emeryville area. Programming welcomes children with disabilities, foster and adoptive families, and other underserved communities.