Closed Mondays:
Open 7 days a week Memorial Day - Labor Day

 

Tuesday through Saturday:
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

 

Thursday: 5 - 8 p.m.
Free Family Nights are offered every Thursday!

 

Sunday: noon - 6 p.m.

 

 
Event Rental
Admission

$9: Adults and children 1+
$8: Seniors (65+)
Free: Children under 1 and Museum Members

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Back-to-School Family Activities

Back to school activities for families

THAT’S A WRAP! BASH
Get packing with last chance summer fun
Save 10 percent on all metal lunch boxes at Fiddle Sticks Toys
August 18 – 24

 
Come to the Museum and squeeze every last bit of fun out of summer while getting ready for school during That’s a Wrap! bash. Be head of the class and create classy school supplies with your personal touch, and stand out on your first day!  Plus, celebrate back-to-school with 10 percent off all metal lunch boxes at Fiddle Sticks Toys with coupon, Aug. 18 – 24. MUST PRESENT THIS COUPON AT FIDDLE STICKS TOYS TO RECEIVE DISCOUNT

ON-GOING ACTIVITIES:
 
• Pinball Machines:  Make summer fun last!  Put your design skills to the test and assemble your own pinball game at the Inventor’s Workshop.

• Wrap It Up:  Hit the books with a personalized book cover at Junktion.

• Calendar Countdown: Can’t wait till school is over already? Swing by Junktion to make a calendar that will help you count down the days to next summer.

• Decked Out Bus:  Wish your school bus had more style? Come and design your own tricked out school bus at Junktion to begin your movement.

• Amazing Animal Behaviors:  Act "wild" before you head back to school and  explore animal adaptations of raccoons, frogs and moles in EcoStation

• Easel Painting:  Express your summer memories at the Alexander Art Academy.

• Counting Craze:  Brush up on your math skills at the ExxonMobil Math Cart.

• Box It Up:  It’s time for summer cleaning!  Stop by the ExxonMobil Math Cart.
 
SPECIAL EVENTS:
 
• Karaoke: Summer’s over and we feel your pain. Let it out with some Karoake therapy in the Brown Auditorium.  
Event Dates:  Every day:  11 a.m. – 1 p.m.

• Superabsorbent Polymers:  Experiment with superabsorbent stuff that “disappears” when you add water at Science Station. 
Event Dates:  Aug. 18 – 21:  All Day

• Ooey, Gooey Oobleck:  Explore this strange substance that acts like a liquid and a solid at Science Station.    
Event Dates:  Aug. 22 – 24:  All Day