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Build it, stitch it, bring it to life! Stop in any time during this four-hour workshop to become puppet designers and performers. Using basic tools and materials, practice basic sewing, puppet-building, and collaborative construction techniques. Free with museum admission; no registration required.
Does your kiddo like to create, invent or tinker? Join us for this one-day workshop where we’ll explore the ins and outs of Rube Goldberg machines. Learning the basic principles of chain reactions, we’ll work as a group to build one giant Rube Goldberg machine to achieve a shared goal. Join us at 2:30 for […]
Is your child happiest with dirt under their nails and leaves in their hair? Does it take at least five minutes for them to list all their favorite animals? If so, this drop-in nature workshop was designed with your kid in mind!
All fun, no sweat—it's Adult Swim: Moving Day! Come celebrate the fresh-start feeling of a new move without the stress of packing up your life. Kick back with a cold beer, test your skills with cardboard box Tetris, acquire a new fave thing at our oddity swap, and more! Moving day obstacle course: flex those […]
Camp Kindergarten is designed to playfully foster social and behavioral skills useful for school readiness in children preparing to start kindergarten in the fall. Kids will get to run like a gerbil, create like an artist, and think like a scientist, all while practicing important social skills. Each morning begins with free play time. Making […]
Fall 2025 Session 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, a programming language specially designed for teaching. For kids aged 9–13 interested in problem-solving/figuring out how to do stuff—no prior programming experience necessary. Parents […]
Something wicked this way comes... it's Adult Swim: Wicked Fun! Start your Halloween night off with some wicked good fun! It’s a bewitching night of ghoulish glamor, uncanny crafts, and magical mischief as the adults take over the museum. Whether you're giving full Glinda or just wearing your resting witch face, all levels of costume […]
Deck the halls with glitter glue—Adult Swim gets crafty for the holidays! Whether you’re hyper-crafty, holiday-mad, or just here for the beer, this Adult Swim is for you. Join us for an evening packed full of holiday hijinks, festive beverages, gift-making stations, and more! This 21+ event offers adults the chance to play, craft, carouse, […]
Make New Friends & Keep the Old at Adult Swim! New in town? Looking for a group of lovable slackers who will keep you company at the coffee shop? Head down to Madison Children’s Museum and connect with fellow friendship-seekers IRL. Take your search offline while you enjoy friendship-sparking activities guided by our expertly nerdy […]
Spring 2026 Session 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, a programming language specially designed for teaching. For kids aged 9–13 interested in problem-solving/figuring out how to do stuff—no prior programming experience necessary. Parents […]
Can you dig it? Groove out at Adult Swim: Green Vibes Only! Get down (to earth) with a far-out night of eco-friendly fun! Get weird with upcycled crafts, compost your competition at trivia, and navigate our recycled obstacle course without leaving a carbon footprint. Join your fellow garden girlies, plant daddies, and eco-enbys as we […]
Blast Off with VO5 at Cosmic Prom Adult Swim gets a supernova-sized glow up! We're rolling out the galactic carpet for an interplanetary disco party with so much glam & rock even David Bowie would be jealous. Your ticket includes a live concert from beloved space oddities VO5, a signature cocktail or mocktail, cosmic kitsch […]
9–11 am, Monday–Thursday, August 17-20 Children entering kindergarten in the fall will run like a gerbil, create like an artist, and think like a scientist. Each morning will start with free play time. Making new friends and playing together will help campers practice important kindergarten skills like turn-taking and standing in line, and will encourage […]
Adult Swim: Dog Days Adult Swim is going to the dogs! Relish the dog days of summer with us as we celebrate dogs of all kinds: hot dogs, rescue dogs, hound dogs, wiener dogs, and more. We double dog dare you not to have a tail-waggingly good time. This event is for humans! Please […]
Fall 2026 Session 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, a programming language specially designed for teaching. For kids aged 9–13 interested in problem-solving/figuring out how to do stuff—no prior programming experience necessary. Parents […]
