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| name                = EdVenture
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| established         = November 8, 2003<ref name="VolunteerMatch EdVenture Information">{{cite web|url=https://www.volunteermatch.org/search/org84702.jsp#more_info_tab |title=EdVenture Children's Museum |author=  |publisher=VolunteerMatch |date= |accessdate=2017-05-31}}</ref>
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| location            = 211 Gervais Street, [[Columbia, South Carolina|Columbia]], [[South Carolina]], [[United States|USA]]<ref name="EdVenture Home">{{cite web|url=http://www.edventure.org |title=Home |author=  |publisher=EdVenture |date= |accessdate=2017-05-31}}</ref>
| type                = [[Children's museum]]
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| president           = Andy Marquart, CEO
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| website             = {{URL|www.edventure.org}}
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'''EdVenture''' is the largest [[children's museum]] in the [[Southeast United States]], located in [[Columbia, South Carolina]].<ref>{{cite web|title=EdVenture Children's Museum|url=http://www.edventure.org/|accessdate=21 June 2013}}</ref>  It is second only to [[The Children's Museum of Indianapolis]] which is the largest children's museum in the world.

EdVenture opened to the public on November 8, 2003.<ref name="VolunteerMatch EdVenture Information" /> It has 8 galleries covering {{convert|92000|sqft|m2|-2}}, plus hands-on exhibits, 2 resource centers, and a 200-seat theater. {{convert|40000|sqft|m2|-2}} of the total {{convert|92000|sqft|m2|-2}} is devoted to exhibit galleries, [[laboratory|laboratories]] and visitor amenities. An additional {{convert|7000|sqft|m2|-2}} of outdoor gallery space is located just outside the museum's front door. Within the total {{convert|92000|sqft|m2|-2}} there are approximately 350 individual hands-on exhibits. There is also a three-story tall statue of 'Eddie' on the first floor of the museum which children can climb into and learn about [[Internal organs|human physiology]].

EdVenture is located at 211 Gervais Street in midtown Columbia, next to the [[South Carolina State Museum]].<ref name="EdVenture Home" />

==References==

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==External links==
*[http://www.edventure.org/ EdVenture]

[[Category:Museums in Columbia, South Carolina]]
[[Category:Children's museums in South Carolina]]


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