Spring Break! Now open every day through Apr 2. Hours: Wed–Sun 9 am–4 pm, plus late on Thur til 8 pm • Get tickets

Spring Break! Now open every day through Apr 2. Hours: Wed–Sun 9 am–4 pm, plus late on Thur til 8 pm • Get tickets

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Event Series Paper Marbling

Paper Marbling

Madison Children's Museum 100 N. Hamilton Street, Madison, WI

Swirls of color turn the ordinary into the extraordinary. Experiment with paper marbling techniques to make beautiful notecards. Art and science meet as we the properties of surfactants, hydrophobicity, and hydrophilicity while using our imaginations to mix colors and create unique patterns.

Paper Marbling

Madison Children's Museum 100 N. Hamilton Street, Madison, WI

Swirls of color turn the ordinary into the extraordinary. Experiment with paper marbling techniques to make beautiful notecards. Art and science meet as we the properties of surfactants, hydrophobicity, and hydrophilicity while using our imaginations to mix colors and create unique patterns.

Event Series Scratch: Spring 2023

Scratch Programming Class

Madison Children's Museum 100 N. Hamilton Street, Madison, WI

Exercise your creativity and have fun learning computer programming! Class participants will learn computer programming fundamentals while making their own interactive art, animated stories, or games using Scratch software. For children age 9 to 13; parents may accompany child to the class or stay in the building to visit exhibits with a younger sibling. Learn more […]

Event Series Spring Break Exploration Station

Exploration Station: Plant Shiitake Mushrooms

Madison Children's Museum 100 N. Hamilton Street, Madison, WI

Join us for special programming during the MMSD Spring Break Week. Exploration Stations offer a new hands-on activity each day for ages 4 and up. Put the "fun" in "fungus" and help Cheryl plant shiitake mushrooms. We'll "plant" them into wooden logs, as the wood decays, the mushrooms grow. Mushrooms are delicious, nutritious, and fun […]

Event Series Spring Break Magic

Spring Break Magic

Madison Children's Museum 100 N. Hamilton Street, Madison, WI

James the Magician joins us for our added open days during spring break! You can catch his show at 2 pm on Tuesday, March 21, Monday, March 28, and Tuesday, March 29. Prepare to be amazed!

Exploration Station: Mini Clay Sculptures

Madison Children's Museum 100 N. Hamilton Street, Madison, WI

Join us for special programming during the MMSD Spring Break Week. Exploration Stations offer a new hands-on activity each day for ages 4 and up. Flex your manual dexterity skills as we craft clay menageries, monsters, and more. Roll, sculpt, slap, and ball, all techniques are encouraged. All Exploration Stations are free with general museum […]

Event Series Spring Break Magic

Spring Break Magic

Madison Children's Museum 100 N. Hamilton Street, Madison, WI

James the Magician joins us for our added open days during spring break! You can catch his show at 2 pm on Tuesday, March 21, Monday, March 28, and Tuesday, March 29. Prepare to be amazed!

Exploration Station: Marvelous Marble Mazes

Madison Children's Museum 100 N. Hamilton Street, Madison, WI

Join us for special programming during the MMSD Spring Break Week. Exploration Stations offer a new hands-on activity each day for ages 4 and up. Shake, rattle, and roll your marbel through tunnels, around barriers, over ramps, and under arches in your DIY paper plate maze. It's physics up-close-and-personal when you make your obstacles and […]

Exploration Station: DIY Maraca Making

Madison Children's Museum 100 N. Hamilton Street, Madison, WI

Join us for special programming during the MMSD Spring Break Week. Exploration Stations offer a new hands-on activity each day for ages 4 and up. It's easier to shake, shake, shake, shake it off when you're using your own, custom, one-of-a-kind maracas. Tim—MCM-famous for his popular "Music with Tim" Thursday morning program—guides you as you […]

Event Series Twilight Thursday: Open Until 8 pm

Twilight Thursday: Open Until 8 pm

Madison Children's Museum 100 N. Hamilton Street, Madison, WI

The whole museum is open until 8 pm on Thursdays. Twilight Thursday evening hours are included free, with general museum admission. See admission prices and get tickets. Special events: On December 8 We welcome Autism Society of South Central Wisconsin for a family night gathering. Families affected by autism may register for free tickets at Autism […]

UW Neuroscience Outreach

Madison Children's Museum 100 N. Hamilton Street, Madison, WI

Tonight during Twilight Thursday, our brainy friends from UW Neuroscience will be coming by with their brain-building activities and neurological specimens. Come learn how we think!

Exploration Station: Planting Spring Gardens

Madison Children's Museum 100 N. Hamilton Street, Madison, WI

Join us for special programming during the MMSD Spring Break Week. Exploration Stations offer a new hands-on activity each day for ages 4 and up. How does your garden grow? Even the most contrary kid will find it blooming when you get started with Cheryl, who is the caretaker of all the gardens at MCM. […]

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