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To say that Cortney Hurley visits the North Shore Children’s Museum in Peabody often would be a bit of an understatement.

“There was one week, I believe, a month and a half ago, where I went three times in about a week,” she laughs, including going as a chaperone for her daughter’s firstgrade field trip.

She says her three children, ages 7, 4, and 3, love the museum for its engaging, handson exhibits, like an oversized Lite-Brite that covers an entire wall; a construction corner with tools and blocks for building;

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