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Music Together: Mixed-age music classes for babies through 5 years...and the grownups who love them® Join Monroe Street Arts Center for a special MCM edition of their popular Music Together® class right here at the museum. The cornerstone of the Music Together® program is the Mixed-Age music class, for children from birth through age 5—and […]
Join us for story time and hear Teresa read some of her favorite books using her DynaVox. With this speech-generating device, Teresa will share stories and help build listening skills, develop early literacy, and celebrate each other’s differences.
Take chances, make mistakes, get messy! Join us for sensory art projects designed especially for preschoolers and caregivers. We will make all kinds of art involving touch, smell, sound and more!
Join us for Music with Junebug led by Junko Yamauchi. This program gives toddlers and preschoolers the opportunity to sing, dance, explore instruments, and play! Music and movement activities promote brain development and connect us to our family and community. This fall, Music with Junebug takes place in the Celebrations Room on floor 2.
Visit the Art Studio for a special project each week with staff facilitation.
Music Together: Mixed-age music classes for babies through 5 years...and the grownups who love them® Join Monroe Street Arts Center for a special MCM edition of their popular Music Together® class right here at the museum. The cornerstone of the Music Together® program is the Mixed-Age music class, for children from birth through age 5—and […]
Join us for story time and hear Teresa read some of her favorite books using her DynaVox. With this speech-generating device, Teresa will share stories and help build listening skills, develop early literacy, and celebrate each other’s differences.
Take chances, make mistakes, get messy! Join us for sensory art projects designed especially for preschoolers and caregivers. We will make all kinds of art involving touch, smell, sound and more!
Join us for Music with Junebug led by Junko Yamauchi. This program gives toddlers and preschoolers the opportunity to sing, dance, explore instruments, and play! Music and movement activities promote brain development and connect us to our family and community. This fall, Music with Junebug takes place in the Celebrations Room on floor 2.
STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) activities foster children's creativity, ignite curiosity, encourage divergent thinking, and increase problem solving skills as children explore the world around them. Special Halloween themes Oct. 14 Spooky Kitchen ChemistryOct. 28 Wind Tunnel Ghosts
STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) activities foster children's creativity, ignite curiosity, encourage divergent thinking, and increase problem-solving skills as children explore the world around them. Special Halloween themes Oct. 14 Spooky Kitchen ChemistryOct. 28 Wind Tunnel Ghosts
Join our young guest performers from Suzuki Strings of Madison for a concert for all ages. The concert will take place indoors in the Community Concourse.
Garden Babies is a program for our tiniest visitors! Join us in the UrbGarden for a baby-friendly activity each week. Oct 8: Fall Sensory BinOct. 15: Pumpkin ExplorationOct. 22: Halloween ArtOct. 29: Footprint Craft (note program time this week is 11 am-noon)
Visit the Art Studio for a special project each week with staff facilitation.
Music Together: Mixed-age music classes for babies through 5 years...and the grownups who love them® Join Monroe Street Arts Center for a special MCM edition of their popular Music Together® class right here at the museum. The cornerstone of the Music Together® program is the Mixed-Age music class, for children from birth through age 5—and […]
Join us for story time and hear Teresa read some of her favorite books using her DynaVox. With this speech-generating device, Teresa will share stories and help build listening skills, develop early literacy, and celebrate each other’s differences.
Take chances, make mistakes, get messy! Join us for sensory art projects designed especially for preschoolers and caregivers. We will make all kinds of art involving touch, smell, sound and more!
Join us for Music with Junebug led by Junko Yamauchi. This program gives toddlers and preschoolers the opportunity to sing, dance, explore instruments, and play! Music and movement activities promote brain development and connect us to our family and community. This fall, Music with Junebug takes place in the Celebrations Room on floor 2.
STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) activities foster children's creativity, ignite curiosity, encourage divergent thinking, and increase problem-solving skills as children explore the world around them. Special Halloween themes Oct. 14 Spooky Kitchen ChemistryOct. 28 Wind Tunnel Ghosts
STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) activities foster children's creativity, ignite curiosity, encourage divergent thinking, and increase problem solving skills as children explore the world around them. Special Halloween themes Oct. 14 Spooky Kitchen ChemistryOct. 28 Wind Tunnel Ghosts
Garden Babies is a program for our tiniest visitors! Join us in the UrbGarden for a baby-friendly activity each week. Oct 8: Fall Sensory BinOct. 15: Pumpkin ExplorationOct. 22: Halloween ArtOct. 29: Footprint Craft (note program time this week is 11 am-noon)
Join the Wild Rumpus "Try-It Circus"! Use balance and physics to test out a variety of circus equipment, and join scientists from UW-Madison to learn more about the science under the Big Top. This program is presented in collaboration with the Wisconsin Science Festival.
Visit the Art Studio for a special project each week with staff facilitation.
MCM's newest exhibit—10,000 square feet of active play for body and mind—just got newer and more wonderful. Come check out the completion of Phase 2 construction, including the addition of platform 3, with a 12-foot-tall twisty slide and a towering clubhouse.
Music Together: Mixed-age music classes for babies through 5 years...and the grownups who love them® Join Monroe Street Arts Center for a special MCM edition of their popular Music Together® class right here at the museum. The cornerstone of the Music Together® program is the Mixed-Age music class, for children from birth through age 5—and […]
Join us for story time and hear Teresa read some of her favorite books using her DynaVox. With this speech-generating device, Teresa will share stories and help build listening skills, develop early literacy, and celebrate each other’s differences.
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 […]
Join us for Music with Junebug led by Junko Yamauchi. This program gives toddlers and preschoolers the opportunity to sing, dance, explore instruments, and play! Music and movement activities promote brain development and connect us to our family and community. This fall, Music with Junebug takes place in the Celebrations Room on floor 2.
Our art studio staff will lead visitors in a weekly assortment of creative clay sculpture activities.
We will create all kinds of collaborative projects- plant pots, jewelry, ornaments, tiles and more.
All ages are welcome to join us and experiment with clay.
Garden Babies is a program for our tiniest visitors! Join us in the UrbGarden for a baby-friendly activity each week. Oct 8: Fall Sensory BinOct. 15: Pumpkin ExplorationOct. 22: Halloween ArtOct. 29: Footprint Craft (note program time this week is 11 am-noon)
The Wonderground is reopened, bigger and better than ever! Join us for collaborative banner-making in the Wonderground at a special edition of Saturday Art Adventures.
Visit the Art Studio for a special project each week with staff facilitation.
Enjoy free Chrysalis Pops popsicles in the Wonderground, beginning at 1 pm until we run out!
Join us for a Halloween party for our youngest visitors! Come to Madison Children's Museum for Halloween-themed fun just for little ones birth to 3 years old. Visit our photo booth and enjoy infant and toddler Halloween-themed (non-messy) activities. The museum is open special hours, 9-11 am today, for children ages 0-3 and their caregivers. […]
Our outdoor Wonderground is open 3-6 pm today as part of Downtown Madison Family Halloween. The Wonderground space is open for free admission play time and Halloween selfies (the rest of the museum is closed today). Complete a Wonderground scavenger hunt to win a prize! Please enter the Wonderground via the gate on East Dayton […]
Music Together: Mixed-age music classes for babies through 5 years...and the grownups who love them® Join Monroe Street Arts Center for a special MCM edition of their popular Music Together® class right here at the museum. The cornerstone of the Music Together® program is the Mixed-Age music class, for children from birth through age 5—and […]
Join us for story time and hear Teresa read some of her favorite books using her DynaVox. With this speech-generating device, Teresa will share stories and help build listening skills, develop early literacy, and celebrate each other’s differences.
The whole museum is open until 8 pm on Thursdays. Join us for special programs in October: October 13: James the Magician, Science & Magic Show, 6-6:45 pmOctober 20: Wonderground reopens! Open until 8 pm.October 27: Braaains! With UW Neuroscience Outreach
Join us for Music with Junebug led by Junko Yamauchi. This program gives toddlers and preschoolers the opportunity to sing, dance, explore instruments, and play! Music and movement activities promote brain development and connect us to our family and community. This fall, Music with Junebug takes place in the Celebrations Room on floor 2.
Our art studio staff will lead visitors in a weekly assortment of creative clay sculpture activities.
We will create all kinds of collaborative projects- plant pots, jewelry, ornaments, tiles and more.
All ages are welcome to join us and experiment with clay.
Calling all ghosties and ghoulies to our Halloween-themed members-only party! The most popular member part of the year is back! Wear your costume (or DIY one in the Art Studio) and party the evening away with special crafts, a Halloween scavenger hunt, and of course the eponymous monster mash dance party. List of activities coming soon! […]
Make a monster or Halloween-themed pet rock. This program takes place on the Rooftop Ramble; in the event of inclement weather please check at the front desk for the indoor alternate location.
Garden Babies is a program for our tiniest visitors! Join us in the UrbGarden for a baby-friendly activity each week. Oct 8: Fall Sensory Bin Oct. 15: Pumpkin Exploration Oct. 22: Halloween Art Oct. 29: Footprint Craft (note program time this week is 11 am-noon)
Join us for live music and Halloween activities throughout the day: 11:30 am-12:30 pm: Polkalamity performs a spirited set of polka music. Tubas and banjos and drums, oh my! 1-3 pm: Join volunteers from Edgewood High School for live music and Halloween activities.
Music Together: Mixed-age music classes for babies through 5 years...and the grownups who love them® Join Monroe Street Arts Center for a special MCM edition of their popular Music Together® class right here at the museum. The cornerstone of the Music Together® program is the Mixed-Age music class, for children from birth through age 5—and […]
The whole museum is open until 8 pm on Thursdays. Join us for special programs in October: October 13: James the Magician, Science & Magic Show, 6-6:45 pmOctober 20: Wonderground reopens! Open until 8 pm.October 27: Braaains! With UW Neuroscience Outreach
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 […]
Join us for Music with Junebug led by Junko Yamauchi. This program gives toddlers and preschoolers the opportunity to sing, dance, explore instruments, and play! Music and movement activities promote brain development and connect us to our family and community. This fall, Music with Junebug takes place in the Celebrations Room on floor 2.
STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) activities foster children's creativity, ignite curiosity, encourage divergent thinking, and increase problem-solving skills as children explore the world around them. November STEAM Time Program Themes
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Visit the Art Studio for a special project each week with staff facilitation.
