Early Explorers Playgroup
2024-03-06 10:00 - 11:00, 2024-03-13 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Chicago) | Madison Children’s Museum, 100 N. Hamilton Street, Madison, WI, 53704, United States
Social time for babies and their grown-ups!

This playgroup is thoughtfully designed for our earliest visitors. We will provide a space for infants and toddlers (2 years and under) and their caregivers to explore and play together, and engage in activities that support various aspects of child development. Parents and caregivers will have the opportunity to connect with one another over a variety of topics. Come meet other families and make new friends!

This event will be held in the Celebrations Room and is free with general museum admission.

Music Time with Tim: March On!
2024-03-06 11:00 - 11:30
Explore the world of music and rhythm! Join Tim in the Celebrations room each week to enjoy play-based songs, games, and stories. Today we’ll parade around the room, marching in time with the beat and listening to marching band music to celebrate the month of March!

This event is free with general museum admission.

Messy Art with Laurie: Gelli Prints
2024-03-07 11:00 - 12:00 | Madison Children’s Museum, 100 N. Hamilton Street, Madison, WI, 53704, United States
Join Laurie and our Art Studio staff for a weekly drop-in art experience designed for MCM’s youngest visitors and their caregivers. Through open-ended & process-based projects, empower your little artist to freely explore materials and art-making with their senses. And the best part? We take care of cleanup! Today, we’ll create colorful custom prints.

This event is free with general museum admission.

Free Thursday Evenings
2024-03-07 16:00 - 20:00, 2024-03-14 16:00 - 20:00
Visit MCM for free every Thursday evening, 4–8 pm!

Enjoy extended hours each Thursday, completely free of charge. Please check in at the admissions desk when you visit during free hours.

Looking for more affordable ways to visit? During the rest of the week, MCM also offers heavily discounted admission and memberships to families who qualify through our Access for Everyone initiative.

Open Art Studio
2024-03-07 17:00 - 19:00, 2024-03-14 17:00 - 19:00 | Madison Children’s Museum, 100 N. Hamilton Street, Madison, WI, 53704, United States
Choose your own art adventure—drawing, sculpting, cartooning, and more! Drop by the Art Studio classroom for open-ended creative opportunities, facilitated by our talented staff.

This event is free and open to all ages.

Braaains! with UW Neuroscience Outreach
2024-03-07 17:00 - 19:45 | Madison Children’s Museum, 100 N. Hamilton Street, Madison, WI, 53704, United States
Join our friends from UW Neuroscience for brain-building activities and interact with REAL neurological specimens. Come learn how we think!

Free! UW Science Night
2024-03-07 17:00 - 19:45 | Madison Children’s Museum, 100 N. Hamilton Street, Madison, WI, 53704, United States
Come along for a free night of exploration at MCM, from our own insides to the wide-open cosmos!

Join our friends from the UW Neuroscience Outreach and the UW Astronomy Club and handle real neurological specimens at our Braaains! event, and discover objects in the night sky at our rooftop Stargazing program. Keep an eye out for more STEM-themed content from our education team throughout the evening.

Wild Wonders: Stargazing with UW Astronomy Club
2024-03-07 18:00 - 19:45 | Madison Children’s Museum, 100 N. Hamilton Street, Madison, WI, 53704, United States
Join the UW Astronomy Club on the Rooftop Ramble to view the night sky! The Club will operate several telescopes viewing various nighttime objects like planets, nebulae, and other beautiful sights. This event will help visitors identify these sights and foster curiosity about the wonders of the universe.

Clay Day: Ceramic Shapes
2024-03-08 13:00 - 15:00 | Madison Children’s Museum, 100 N. Hamilton Street, Madison, WI, 53704, United States
Explore the squishy, smudgy, sculptable world of clay! Today we’ll “clay it forward” and create textured ceramic cutouts for future museum programs.

Each Friday, join us for a different drop-in clay experience in the Art Studio. We’ll work with a variety of media–ceramic clay, dough, paper clay, polymer clay, and more. This event is free with general museum admission.

Saturday Morning Early Hour
2024-03-09 08:00 - 09:00, 2024-03-16 08:00 - 09:00 | Madison Children’s Museum, 100 N. Hamilton Street, Madison, WI, 53704, 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 are included with general museum admission and will continue through Spring 2024.

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