Let’s Play!
Our World: Worldwide Day of Play
is on September 27, 2025!
The Association of Children’s Museums (ACM) and its member museums are pleased to partner with Nickelodeon on the 2025 Our World: Worldwide Day of Play. As a day dedicated to experiencing joyful learning through play, this global event focuses on getting children and their families active!
ACM and Nickelodeon share values of: encouraging children to play; engaging parents in enabling their child's play; creating access to experiences that improve children's health (mental and physical), wellbeing, agency, resilience, and empathy; and creating a world where all children thrive.
MUSEUMS:
Registration is opening soon!
ACM and Nickelodeon look forward to seeing how your museum will encourage and highlight the ways play can build kids’ agency and confidence.
By registering, you will receive information on next steps, gain access to our communications toolkit, and be included in the Day of Play event directory.
Limited Funding Available
ACM and Nickelodeon are pleased to help support ACM and Museums for All members in offsetting the costs of hosting an event.
A $600 stipend is available for Association of Children’s Museums or Museums for All participating organizations that are hosting a Day of Play event on September 27, 2025. Priority will be given to museums with operating budgets under $1 million USD and those serving/located in underserved communities. A limited amount of funding is available on a first-come/first-serve basis.
All organizations receiving funding will need to sign a Letter of Agreement, provide a W-9, and complete a brief post-event survey on the organization’s participation.
Qualifying organizations will be contacted after registration. For additional information, please email mdeveryconsulting@gmail.com.
Looking for an event near you?
ACM and Nickelodeon will share a map of participating locations closer to the date!
For more information about Our World: Worldwide Day of Play 2025, visit https://childrensmuseums.org/dayofplay/.
For more information about Nickelodeon Our World, visit https://www.nickourworld.com
Our World: Worldwide Day of Play 2025 events include:
A Great Day in the Stoke (AGDITS)
Taking place on September 27 in Surf City USA, the trailblazing festival is the largest gathering of Black surfers in history, amplifying Black surf talent from around the world and champions a more inclusive future in the water. Nickelodeon will host the new Nickelodeon Kids Zone in celebration of "World Wide Day of Play." Event is open and free for all to attend. [Info]
The Cape Cod Children’s Museum
The Cape Cod Children’s Museum will celebrate Nickelodeon’s Worldwide Day of Play all day on Saturday, September 27. Activities will include a Nickelodeon singalong, Club Kidz with Ms. Lori, crafts, games, slime, bubbles and more. Museum hours on Saturday are from 9 AM to 5 PM; admission is $15 per person. The museum is at 577 Great Neck Road South in Mashpee. [Info]
Nickelodeon’s Worldwide Day of Play at La Nube, El Paso
Nickelodeon’s Worldwide Day of Play will take over La Nube and Main Street from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, in Downtown El Paso. The free community event, held in partnership with the Association of Children’s Museums, will transform the area into a block party filled with family activities, including character meet-and-greets with SpongeBob SquarePants, PAW Patrol and Gabby’s Dollhouse, hands-on STEAM workshops, local food trucks and community booths. Children can also take part in Nickelodeon’s signature slime experience. Admission to the outdoor festivities is free, while tickets are required for indoor access to La Nube’s STEAM Discovery Center, where advance booking is recommended due to limited availability. Information and tickets: la-nube.org (via)
Treehouse Children’s Museum, Alexandria, La.
In partnership with Nickelodeon and the Association of Children’s Museums, theis hosting a worldwide day of play event this Saturday, September 27.
“Even though there is a schedule of events throughout the day, there is no need for you to have to stay the whole day,” said Executive Director Christene Proctor. “You can come for a very specific thing or just kind of come and go, but the admission to the museum is actually free that day. It’s a great opportunity for families to be able to come and experience the Treehouse Children’s Museum at no cost.”
Here is a list of the activities for the event:
- Bounce House all day
- Obstacle Course at 9:30 a.m.
- Pete the Cat at 10:30 a.m.
- Chemistry & Color at 11:00 a.m.
- Limbo Contest at 12:00 p.m.
- Chick-fil-A Cow at 12:30 p.m.
- Make Slime at 1:00 p.m.
- Movement Lab at 2:00 p.m.
- Robotics Mania at 3:00 p.m.
The great thing is Nickelodeon partners up with local schools and organizations like the Treehouse Children’s Museum to host this event.
“It’s really important for kids to be able to be active and get out and be able to learn and create things with their hands and be able to use their minds,” Proctor said. “A lot of times, even adults, we get stuck in the scrolling, the doom scrolling, and this is just a great opportunity to kind of have everyone reset and be able to get outside and play.”
Worldwide Day of Play at the Treehouse Children’s Museum will be from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. and admission will be free. [Info]
Discovery City Children’s Museum, Port Huron, Mi.
Discovery City Children’s Museum at 317 Grand River Ave. in Port Huron is offering reduced admission for a special event Sept. 27.
The museum is participating in Our World: Worldwide Day of Play, part of Nickelodeon’s Our World global initiative, according to a community announcement.
Admission is $5 per visitor from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sept. 27. The St. Clair County Library System’s bookmobile will also be on site.
Registration is required
“We are so excited to share a family-fun ‘Day of Play’ with our community this Saturday,” Dawn Schweihofer, director of Discovery City Children’s Museum, said in the announcement. “Discovery City is filled with opportunities to explore and play, and it’s the perfect time to come spend the day together, whether you’re a first-time friend, or one of our regular smiling faces.”
Registration is required due to limited capacity. Families can sign up at discoverycityph.com/event-details/day-of-play. [via]
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Originally published: June 29, 2025.
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