Rancho Cucamonga’s long-awaited children’s museum has liftoff.
The Randall Lewis Second Story and Beyond museum, located on the second floor of the Paul A. Biane Library, celebrated its grand opening Saturday, June 22, with space-themed exhibits and activities for children and their families.
A boy is silhouetted as he climbs a rock wall at the Randall Lewis Second Story and Beyond children’s museum on Saturday, June 22, 2004, at the Paul A. Biane Library in Rancho Cucamonga.(Photo by Stan Lim, Contributing Photographer)
Families enjoy the interactive experience at the Randall Lewis Second Story and Beyond children’s museum on Saturday, June 22, 2004, at the Paul A. Biane Library in Rancho Cucamonga.(Photo by Stan Lim, Contributing Photographer)
Grace Armendarez, 5, of Fontana, enjoys playing with an overhead projector at the Randall Lewis Second Story and Beyond children’s museum on Saturday, June 22, 2004, at the Paul A. Biane Library in Rancho Cucamonga.(Photo by Stan Lim, Contributing Photographer)
People climb a rock wall at the Randall Lewis Second Story and Beyond children’s museum on Saturday, June 22, 2004, at the Paul A. Biane Library in Rancho Cucamonga.(Photo by Stan Lim, Contributing Photographer)
Guest head up stairs to the Randall Lewis Second Story and Beyond children’s museum on Saturday, June 22, 2004, at the Paul A. Biane Library in Rancho Cucamonga.(Photo by Stan Lim, Contributing Photographer)
A boy constructs a car at the Randall Lewis Second Story and Beyond children’s museum on Saturday, June 22, 2004, at the Paul A. Biane Library in Rancho Cucamonga.(Photo by Stan Lim, Contributing Photographer)
James Zheng, 4, of Rancho Cucamonga, uses a magnifying loop to look at translucent images in a sensory room at the Randall Lewis Second Story and Beyond children’s museum on Saturday, June 22, 2004, at the Paul A. Biane Library in Rancho Cucamonga.(Photo by Stan Lim, Contributing Photographer)
Autumn Mendoza Montgomery of Corona reads to her son Noah, 5, at the Randall Lewis Second Story and Beyond children’s museum on Saturday, June 22, 2004, at the Paul A. Biane Library in Rancho Cucamonga.(Photo by Stan Lim, Contributing Photographer)
Grace Armendarez, 5, of Fontana, gets excited while playing with an overhead projector at the Randall Lewis Second Story and Beyond children’s museum on Saturday, June 22, 2004, at the Paul A. Biane Library in Rancho Cucamonga.(Photo by Stan Lim, Contributing Photographer)
Confetti is shot out of a canon during the grand opening of the Randall Lewis Second Story and Beyond children’s museum on Saturday, June 22, 2004, at the Paul A. Biane Library in Rancho Cucamonga.(Photo by Stan Lim, Contributing Photographer)
Families enjoy the hands on experience at the Randall Lewis Second Story and Beyond children’s museum on Saturday, June 22, 2004, at the Paul A. Biane Library in Rancho Cucamonga.(Photo by Stan Lim, Contributing Photographer)
Alejandro Gonzalez, 8, of Rancho Cucamonga, drops a boat into a vortex of water while exploring at the Randall Lewis Second Story and Beyond children’s museum on Saturday, June 22, 2004, at the Paul A. Biane Library in Rancho Cucamonga.(Photo by Stan Lim, Contributing Photographer)
Randall Lewis, Owner of Lewis Group of Companies, speaks during the grand opening of the Randall Lewis Second Story and Beyond children’s museum on Saturday, June 22, 2004, at the Paul A. Biane Library in Rancho Cucamonga.(Photo by Stan Lim, Contributing Photographer)
Randall Lewis, Owner of Lewis Group of Companies, speaks during the grand opening of the Randall Lewis Second Story and Beyond children’s museum on Saturday, June 22, 2004, at the Paul A. Biane Library in Rancho Cucamonga.(Photo by Stan Lim, Contributing Photographer)
James Zheng, 4, of Rancho Cucamonga, changes the colors of bubbling water tubes in a sensory room at the Randall Lewis Second Story and Beyond children’s museum on Saturday, June 22, 2004, at the Paul A. Biane Library in Rancho Cucamonga.(Photo by Stan Lim, Contributing Photographer)
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The Second Story museum, a $6 million-plus project more than eight years in the making, is designed as a playful, interactive space that promotes learning and literacy.
Library officials say programming at the museum will change every nine months to match new literary concepts. A $1 million donation from NASA sponsored the space-theme currently in place.
Hands-on activities in the discovery space explore the solar system, encouraging children and their parents to work together to build a satellite, engineer stomp rockets and discover distant galaxies with giant kaleidoscopes, according to the museum’s website.
Children can visit the Adventure Zone, a pretend play station, to dress up like astronaut and imagine themselves on a mission in space, plus there’s a climbing wall, digital art space and sensory room.
The museum is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday at the Biane library at Victoria Gardens, 12505 Cultural Center Drive.
For tickets and more information, see secondstoryandbeyond.org online.
