Regular winter hours: Wed–Sun, 9 am–4 pm • Free Thurs nights, 4 pm–8 pm • Get museum tickets
Regular winter hours: Wed–Sun, 9 am–4 pm • Free Thurs nights, 4 pm–8 pm • Get museum tickets
Experiment with magnets to learn about polarity and decorate your very own magnet to bring home!
This event is free with the price of general admission.
Have you ever wanted to walk on water? Learn how native insects use surface tension to traverse the water, and create your very own water strider buddy out of crafting wire.
This event is free with the price of general admission.
Paint one-of-a-kind colorful creations using sticks gathered from nearby parks, and use them in playful imagination games.
This event is free with the price of general admission. Image credit: Courtney Sanchez
Join our guest instructor Angela Johnson from UW Genetics for a drop-in flip book workshop!
Learn about the patterns of plant root growth and their importance for obstacle avoidance, soil penetration, and seedling establishment. Best of all, you’ll get to apply what you learned in a make-and-take animated flip book of the growth process.
This event is free with the price of general museum admission. Recommended for ages 7 and older, activity takes approximately 30 minutes.
Join our guest instructor Angela Johnson from UW Genetics for a drop-in flip book workshop!
Learn about the patterns of plant root growth and their importance for obstacle avoidance, soil penetration, and seedling establishment. Best of all, you’ll get to apply what you learned in a make-and-take animated flip book of the growth process.
This event is free with the price of general museum admission. Recommended for ages 7 and older, activity takes approximately 30 minutes.
Join our guest instructor Angela Johnson from UW Genetics for a drop-in flip book workshop! Learn about the patterns of plant root growth and their importance for obstacle avoidance, soil penetration, and seedling establishment. Best of all, you’ll get to apply what you learned in a make-and-take animated flip book of the growth process.
This event is free with the price of general museum admission. Recommended for ages 7 and older, activity takes approximately 30 minutes.
Stomp your feet! Deep down below is where most of Wisconsin’s drinking water comes from. Join our friends from the Madison Water Utility to learn about the water cycle and local water consumption.
How does the water get down there in the ground? How do we get it out? What happens to it along the way? And what can we do above ground to make sure we have plenty of clean water for years to come.
This event is free with general museum admission, and presented as part of our Family Climate Festival (August 1-August 4).
Join Junko in the Art Studio Classroom each Wednesday to create your own scented playdough that’s a squishy, smush-able sensory delight.
This event is free with general museum admission.
Join Junko in the Art Studio Classroom each Wednesday to create your own scented playdough that’s a squishy, smush-able sensory delight.
This event is free with general museum admission.
Join Junko in the Art Studio Classroom each Wednesday to create your own scented playdough that’s a squishy, smush-able sensory delight.
This event is free with general museum admission.
