Beloved Luckey Climber Renovated At Boston Children's Museum For New Generation Of Adventurers

BOSTON - June 10, 2016 - PRLog -- For almost a decade, the New Balance Climb has been the centerpiece of Boston Children's Museum. The New Balance Climb was designed by Luckey Climbers founder Thomas Luckey and his son, Spencer Luckey, who has since taken over the company. Now, the Climb is getting a complete restoration and an update to its iconic design. This renovation will ensure that the Climber will engage and delight another generation of children and their parents alike.

The Luckey Climber at Boston Children's Museum is a three-story, maze-like, full-body challenge, which rewards its participants with a beautiful view of downtown Boston. The non-representational Climber fosters both physical engagement and creative play, perfectly aligning with the mission of the museum. The Museum "emphasizes hands-on engagement and learning through experience, employing play as a tool to spark the inherent creativity, curiosity, and imagination of children."

Children can invent their own narrative around the beautiful flowing platforms of the Climber-which can symbolize anything from a beanstalk to Mount Everest. The experience requires critical thinking tools to estimate space, plan ahead, and figure out the best path to take to the top. The Climber also offers safe risk-taking as kids wind their way to the top of their own adventures. Luckey Climbers are proud to have a perfect safety record for their very physical and engrossing sculptures.

Spencer Luckey is pleased to preserve this exemplary work as he continues the company's legacy and also expand what Luckey Climbers do. They are known for their whimsical designs and impeccable quality.

ABOUT LUCKEY CLIMBERS

Luckey Climbers LLC is a Connecticut-based bespoke design/fabrication firm specializing in creating unique and fantastical climbing sculptures for children-oriented institutional and commercial clients worldwide. Founded in 1985 by Thomas Luckey, it is led by his son Spencer Luckey since 2005. One of the company's first commissions in a children's museum was at Boston Children's Museum in 1985. The company now has climbers in Singapore, South Korea, Indonesia, Ireland, and Switzerland, among other international locations. http://luckeyclimbers.com/

ABOUT SPENCER LUCKEY

Spencer Luckey is the president of Luckey Climbers, a leading designer and builder of children's climbing sculptures. Spencer took over the family business in 2006, a few years after graduating from The Yale School of Architecture. In a short span of time, he expanded the business and created an international brand of expertly engineered children's climbers. Spencer believes that architecture can be entertaining and thinks of himself as a kid's architect, creating climbers for kids that embody their driving energies. Whether it is designing a dreamlike sculptural climber for the Liberty Science Centre's children's playground in New Jersey, or creating a whimsical circular climber for the Lao Niu Children's Discovery Museum in Beijing, Spencer makes sure that children around the world can experience the joy of climbing, crawling, and balancing their way through space and form.

ABOUT BOSTON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM

Boston Children's Museum is the second oldest, and one of the most influential children's museums in the world. It was founded in 1913 by the Science Teachers' Bureau, a group of visionary educators dedicated to providing new resources for both teachers and students, as a center for the exchange of materials and ideas to advance the teaching of science.  For over 100 years it has been engaging children in joyful discovery experiences that instill an appreciation of our world, develop foundational skills, and spark a lifelong love of learning.     The Museum's exhibits and programs emphasize hands-on engagement and learning through experience, employing play as a tool to spark the inherent creativity, curiosity, and imagination of children.  Designed for children and families, Museum exhibits focus on science, culture, environmental awareness, health & fitness, and the arts. In addition to extensive child-centered exhibits, Museum educators develop numerous programs and activities that address literacy, performing arts, science and math, visual arts, cultures, and health and wellness. The Museum is also one of the few children's museums in the world to maintain a collection. The Museum's collections of Americana, Natural History, Global Culture, Native American, Dolls and Dollhouses, and Japanese artifacts encompass more than 50,000 items.