New Children’s Museum Opens Green Doors to San Diego

Tom Fudge : Over the past half dozen years, the story of the San Diego Children's Museum has been a melodrama. The people who wanted to make it go were searching for space, and they were facing a deadline imposed by the downtown development corporation. Above all, they were searching for the money to make it work.

Eventually, the parts all came together, thanks in part to a large donation from local philanthropists Joan and Irwin Jacobs. Just this week, the museum received another $5 million matching grant, which has cut in half the money they owe for construction of their new building.

Guest

• Rachel Teagle, executive director of the New Children's Museum.