Children’s Museum at Saratoga and Children’s Museum of Science and Technology Plan Merger

SARATOGA SPRINGS — The Children’s Museum at Saratoga (CMAS) and The Children’s Museum of Science and Technology (CMOST) announced they have entered into a formal management agreement, with the intent to merge in the future. 

The two organizations will initially continue under their own brand identities as they work toward a combined entity, joint programming and a new shared location at the Lincoln Bathhouse in Saratoga State Park. 

Under the new agreement, CMAS will manage all aspects of operations, programming, and administration for CMOST, reducing overhead and redundant costs.

“We have an opportunity ahead to expand our programming and reach more students and families as a truly regional organization,” Sarah Smith, Executive Director for the Children’s Museum at Saratoga (CMAS) said, in a statement. 

“We can deliver our programming in a variety of settings–at our museum in Saratoga, in classrooms throughout the Capital Region, with community partners, and online.”

Together, the two museums serve 100,000 people annually from approximately thirteen counties in upstate New York. There are no changes planned to staffing or programming at this time.

CMOST is in the process of refurbishing and relocating exhibits and will not reopen their location in the Rensselaer Technology Park, which has been closed since the beginning of the pandemic.