$25M Port Wonder museum complex is opening soon in Lake Charles. See inside.

Children in the Lake Charles area soon will have the opportunity to pretend to be an ant, experience the water cycle, explore the human body systems and learn about the local ecosystem all in one building.

Two-thirds of Port Wonder, at 1011 North Lakeshore Drive in Lake Charles, will be the new home of the Children's Museum of Southwest Louisiana and the remainder will house the area's first Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Nature and Science Center.

The $25 million complex is a public-private partnership with several entities, including the state of Louisiana, city of Lake Charles and the Children's Museum of Southwest Louisiana.