"CupcakeWitch;15418182" wrote:
You can make a museum and have areas for "art classes" or "music classes" for sims. Make clubs gather there.
Or instead of museum make it a community center (or Rec center). You can add a pool or if you have city living you can make a basketball court.
Put a little Aracade too (if you have get together and with kids room pack you can add voidcritter games)
You can make the venue a park without it actually being a park
If you have City Living, there's a new Art Center lot type that uses musical instruments, workbenches, easels etc. to make it a learning center. Give it some of the positive traits like Natural Light (for painting) or Good Acoustics (for Music) so Sims will build desired skills faster. That would be a really good venue if you've got families in your game. You could put in a Kid's Corner with the children's skill building items (chemistry set, art table, giant stuffed animal) and if you have the pack, the Kids Room Stuff items like the puppet theater and Voidcritter machines, plus bookcases and comfy seats for reading (I'd love if kids could sit or lay on the floor to read -- that was my usual favorite spot) and maybe a couple of desks for doing homework. Putting the items at the Art Center will also save you having to put them in your own household until maybe your legacy is a bit farther along and you've got a larger house with a bit more disposable income.