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  • Sleigh Bell Making

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

    Create custom sleigh bells to play along with your favorite holiday songs! This event is free with general museum admission.

  • Wild Wonders: Snowman Planters

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

    Transform a paper cup into a snowman planter! Plant wheatgrass seeds, take it home, and enjoy watching the plants grow. This event is free with general museum admission. Photo credit: Amanda Eldridge

  • Holiday Lights Lanterns

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

    Make the season bright and create paper lanterns with Heather! This event is free with general museum admission.

  • Mini Clay Sculptures

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

    Let your creativity take shape in clay and build your own mini sculpture. This event is free with general museum admission.

  • Baby New Year Party

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

    Madison's earliest New Year celebration kicks off bright and early at 9 am! This party for ages 0 to 3 (plus siblings) will feature a Baby New Year photo op, a toddler dance mix, and 10 am countdown (when the clock will strike midnight in Perth, Australia)! This event is free with general museum admission.

  • Exploration Station: NYE Button Making

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

    Celebrate the spirit of the season and decorate your own button to ring in the New Year! This event is free with general museum admission.

  • Let’s Make! with Lexie

    Explore new materials and creative techniques through facilitated art activities and bring home hand-made treasures and trinkets. Projects vary each week and may include sculpture, painting, comics, printmaking, and more! This event is free with general museum admission.

  • New Year’s Eve Wonderground Dance Party

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

    Are your little ones not quite ready to stay up until midnight? Bid farewell to 2023 with the most bedtime-friendly New Year's Eve party in Madison! This free dance party begins at 1:30 pm, with early New Year's countdowns at 2 pm and 3 pm. Bundle up and boogie down in the Wonderground with family-friendly […]

  • Open! New Year’s Day

    Come join us for the very first day of 2024! MCM will be observing our standard hours, 9 am-4 pm. This event is free with general museum admission.

  • Museum Open – New Year’s Day

    Come join MCM for the very first day of 2025! The museum will be observing our standard hours, 9 am-4 pm. This event is free with general museum admission.

  • “The Wright Stuff” Shape Art

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

    Use shapes and geometric designs to create a unique piece of art inspired by the designs of Wisconsin architect Frank Lloyd Wright. This event is free with general museum admission.

  • Closed: Jan 3–Jan 5

    Madison Children's Museum is closed January 3 through January 5 for seasonal deep cleaning of our exhibits. But don't fret! We'll be back on Saturday, January 6 from 9 am–4 pm.

  • Saturday Morning Early Hours

    Saturday Morning Early Hour

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

    Give your weekend a bright and early beginning at MCM! Enjoy early hours starting at 8 am, every Saturday through March 30. If you've got little kids in the family, we know you're probably up anyway, so come downtown and let them climb the walls (literally, in our Hodge Podge Mahal climber.) Extended Saturday mornings […]

  • Wonderground Recess: Hoop Jam with Nora

    Ring the bell: it's time for recess! Bundle up and head outside to the Wonderground for an active play break at 11 am every Saturday in January and February. Today, join Nora Phillips of Hoop Elation to play with hula hoops and marvel at Nora's hooping talents. This event is free with general museum admission.

  • Saturday Art Adventures: Yarn Painting

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

    Dive into an exciting drop-in art experience each week with Laurie and our Art Studio team. Embark on projects with a wide variety of art media and processes for all ages and abilities. Materials are included—and the best part? We take care of cleanup! Today, we'll create "paintings" with colorful strands of yarn. This event is free […]

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