Creating Spaces for Exploration at the Canadian Museum of Nature

Community Playthings has long been a popular choice for museums, galleries, and exhibit spaces.

The Canadian Museum of Nature has been using the Community Playthings classroom tables and Woodcrest Chairs in special exhibits and hands-on programs to create inviting, functional spaces where visitors can gather, create, and engage more deeply with exhibit experiences.

A member of the Canadian Museum of Nature team shared their enthusiasm for Community Playthings: “The furniture is a huge glow-up from the banged-up folding tables and banquet chairs we were using previously… it looks so warm and natural in the space!”

In the past, visitors of the museum used Community Playthings tables and seating in the Rewilding: The David Suzuki Art Prize exhibit to experiment and play with techniques inspired by one of the featured artists. In this case, it was Laara Cerman’s Fallen Tree, New Life!

More recently, Canadian Museum of Nature uses Community Playthings in the Wild Colour exhibit. This exhibit explores the beauty and science of how living things use colour to communicate, attract, and survive. The temporary exhibition features eight immersive colour zones showcasing nearly 200 specimens, accompanied by short audio stories and family-friendly, hands-on activities.

To keep the interactive spaces perfectly tailored to every visitor, Canadian Museum of Nature utilizes Community Playthings classroom tables, which feature a tool-free adjustment system for instant height transitions. This design allows museum staff to effortlessly adapt the layout on the fly, creating a welcoming space for all age groups and immediate accessibility for individuals with varying physical abilities, including wheelchair users.

Having distributed Community Playthings for 20 years, Louise Kool and Galt has seen firsthand how this furniture maintains its brand-new appearance decades down the line. It is perfectly engineered to handle the bustling, high-traffic environment of theCanadian Museum of Nature by seamlessly blending durability with a inspiring, beautiful design.

The two Woodcrest Chairs by Community Playthings in the image below have a 20 year difference between them. New on the right and 20-year-old chair on the left. Be honest... Would you be able to guess which chair is 20 years old?

When you invest in Community Playthings through Louise Kool & Galt, you are not just buying furniture. You are investing in more than twenty years of reliability, durability, and everyday performance. It is furniture designed to support children, educators, and busy classrooms year after year, not just in theory, but in practice.