Discover, Learn & Create at the
PHELPS YOUTH PAVILION
Children's Museum Hours
Wednesday – Saturday | 10:00AM – 4:00PM &
Sunday | 1:00 – 4:00PM
3rd Thursdays: The PYP will be open from 10:00AM - 8:00PM on the 3rd Thursday of each month during the fall and winter season.
Admission is $5 per person or $2 with the presentation of a valid EBT card for up to 4 people. WCA members are free
WHERE ART LAUNCHES A WORLD OF WONDER, DISCOVERY & LEARNING!
The Phelps Youth Pavilion is a split-level children’s museum filled with creative, hands-on experiences, from simple drawing and painting projects always available in our Arts Workshop to magical high-tech adventures and a climbable Playscape for young ones to traverse.
DRAW & LEARN
Visitors immerse themselves in exhibitions relating to Grant Wood’s early life and paintings that have been reproduced for digital and tangible experiences. Other interactive exhibits available that encourage children to draw and learn about other cultures.
CLIMB & PLAY
Additionally, the Phelps Playscape is just around the corner offering a large jungle gym for kids to climb and play and go between gallery spaces.
TRAVEL THE WORLD
Children have the opportunity to star in their own plays on stage or take a stroll through a mini town intended to teach visitors of other worldly cultures or adventure
JUNIOR ART GALLERY
DINOSAUR RUCKUS
See real fossils in our exhibit, DINOSAUR RUCKUS! Children can stomp through the exhibition dressed like a dinosaur while they have fun learning about art, math and our prehistoric Earth.
UP COMING EXHIBIT
PUMPKINS, PIGS & PIRATES: TALES OF ARTHER GEISERT
On View Beginning March, 1 2025 Junior Art Gallery III
An interactive new display inspired by award-winning children's book author and Iowa artist, Arther Geisert!
Celebrating a Birthday? Spend it with Us
Create special memories with your family at your Phelps Youth Pavilion Birthday Party! Plan to bring one adult for every six children. Become a member and receive a discounted birthday party!
Bronze | $120
Includes birthday child, 15 children and 3 adults
– Use of a private room for 2 hours
– All day access to the Pavilion
– Self-directed birthday craft kit
Silver | $160
Includes birthday child, 20 children and 4 adults
– Use of a private room for 2 hours with a Birthday Buddy staff member
– All day access to the Pavilion
– A fun make-and-take birthday craft during your party
Gold | $280
Includes birthday child, 30 children and 5 adults
– Includes everything in the Silver Package PLUS free passes for each child for a return visit
– Access to a refrigerator and freezer
Birthday Party Inquiries
Please contact Angie Hickok at 319-291-4490
or send an email to angie.hickok@waterloo-ia.org
SCHOOL & GROUP TOURS
Pre-arrange a guided tour for your group (Kids or Adults) and save!
Minimum of 12 per group
Free admission for Waterloo Public Schools
$1/person - All other public schools
$3/person - Private schools & daycares
Bus funds available through the Guernsey Foundation to qualifying schools
UP COMING EVENTS
Tue, Dec 31WaterlooDec 31, 2024, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PMWaterloo, 225 Commercial St, Waterloo, IA 50701, USAYou're invited to a Noon Year's Party for kids!
Sun, Mar 02Waterloo Center for the ArtsMar 02, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PMWaterloo Center for the Arts, 225 Commercial St, Waterloo, IA 50701, USACelebrate the opening of a brand-new children's exhibit at the Phelps Youth Pavilion, “Pumpkins, Pigs & Pirates: Tales of Arthur Geisert,” on Sunday, March 2, from 12:00 - 1:00 pm with an opening reception and BOOK SIGNING!
