Inspiration in the Form of Zeum

The moment you walk through the doors at Zeum, your notion of the museum will be turned upside down. Bringing together visual arts and technology, Zeum: San Francisco's Children's Museum provides the opportunity to develop and enhance multimedia skills in a fun, hands-on environment. Zeum provides access to digital media tools for all visitors. Serving the youth with an opportunity to create content in a media driven society, Zeum encourages all to experiment and create. Everyone is able to experience the birth of creativity and learn the technological aspects that are used in creating their own works. With exhibits that inspire the inner-child in all, Zeum promotes what we like to call the 3C's of 21st century literacy.

Creativity - the spark that ignites any potentially great idea. Through exploration, discovery, and inquiry, children partake in rich and dynamic experiences that stimulate the mind and body to form free expression. By providing a diverse range of activities, kids and families are able to get their creative juices flowing and convert their ideas into a reality.

Collaboration - bringing people together since 1998. Families will encounter engaging activities that encourage creativity for every type of person. With the guidance of our artist/educators, kids are able to express themselves in other ways compared to the standard crayon drawing. Kids can work together or with their families on content ranging from clay animation to music videos. By working together, everyone is contributing to the creative process. So there's no need to feel left out.

Communication - you can't get anything done without talking to one another. The basic act of communication sets the cornerstone of working with others. At Zeum, visitors communicate with one another on every level. Just by walking through the door, visitors communicate with the staff and other visitors. At the end of the day, everyone is reflecting on shared experiences and the lessons that were learned without even realizing it.

To inspire means to spark the passion in an individual to express a message that speaks from the heart and opens the mind. Zeum: San Francisco's Children's Museum inspires the youth to create and express their message that they want to leave for tomorrow.