Open Wed–Sun, 9 am–4 pm • Free Thur nights, 4 pm–8 pm • Get museum tickets
Open Wed–Sun, 9 am–4 pm • Free Thur nights, 4 pm–8 pm • Get museum tickets
Saturday, September 13 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Turn pedal power into tasty salsa! Hop on our bike blender and help whirl together garden-fresh veggies grown on the museum’s rooftop. When the salsa’s ready, stick around for a sample and taste the results of your hard work.
It’s science, fitness, and flavor rolled into one delicious Exploration Station experience!
Be an engineer as you design a fan blade for renewable energy and test it. Explore the blade angle, shape, and number of blades to see what design works best.
Make homemade seed paper using recycled materials and native pollinator seeds sourced from flowers that grow in the museums gardens. The seed paper can be planted to grow a native flower garden.
Make a flower press and press some flowers to use in various projects.
Help us use human energy to make salsa with vegetables grown in the rooftop garden and taste the salsa when it is done.
Make a wind toy and gain a better understanding of wind energy.
Design and build your own miniature nature scene.
Gain a better understanding of how magnets work and make one to bring home.
Gyotaku is the traditional Japanese art of fish printing. Give it a try and bring your unique piece of art home.
This STEM program helps visitors build a catapult and test force and motion as they see how far different weight objects can fly.
