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August 1, 2025 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Stop by the Celebrations Room to learn about photography and take photos on digital cameras or phones. Drop in any time during the hour. Free with admission, no registration required. Recommended for ages 6 and up.
July 25, 2025 @ 9:00 am – 3:00 pm CDT
Does your kiddo like to create, invent or tinker? Join us for this one-day workshop where we’ll explore the ins and outs of Rube Goldberg machines. Learning the basic principles of chain reactions, we’ll work as a group to build one giant Rube Goldberg machine to achieve a shared goal. Join us at 2:30 for a run through of our creation!
This is a drop-off workshop for kids who have completed grades 1-4. Price includes admission for enrolled child.
$70/child, MCM member discount is 10%
Participants should bring a sack lunch and water bottle.
Be sure to read our refund and cancellation policy.
July 18, 2025 @ 9:00 am – 1:00 pm CDT
Build it, stitch it, bring it to life! Stop in any time during this four-hour workshop to become puppet designers and performers. Using basic tools and materials, practice basic sewing, puppet-building, and collaborative construction techniques. Free with museum admission; no registration required.
July 11, 2025 @ 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
This single-day STEM workshop invites kids to explore sustainability solutions and work together to design a city from their imaginations. They will embark on a sustainability scavenger hunt around the museum and use hands-on investigation to gain a better understanding of solar and wind power. They will build structures from an assortment of upcycled materials and use human energy to make lemonade!
$55/child, MCM member discount is 10%
This is a drop-off workshop for kids who have completed grades 1-4. Price includes admission for enrolled child. Participants should bring a sack lunch and water bottle.
Read our cancellation policy.
August 8, 2025 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Is your child happiest with dirt under their nails and leaves in their hair? Does it take at least five minutes for them to list all their favorite animals? If so, this drop-in nature workshop was designed with your kid in mind!
July 26, 2024 @ 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
This workshop is totally metal! Perfect for any aspiring artist who wants to take their work 3D, metalworking allows for limitless creativity and experimentation. (Don’t worry, this workshop introduces metal in kid-safe ways; we save the hammers and anvils until they’re a wee bit older!)
Kids will learn how to use hand tools to form, twist, and stamp soft metal. Then they will create their own unique wearable art and miniature sculptures.
This is a drop-off workshop for kids age 6–10. Price includes admission for enrolled child. Participants should bring a sack lunch and water bottle.
Read our cancellation policy.
July 19, 2024 @ 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Is your child happiest with dirt under their nails and seeds in their hair? Does it take at least five minutes for them to list all of their favorite animals? If so, this workshop was designed with your kid in mind!
Kids will venture through the wilder side of Madison Children’s Museum as they harvest plants from the museum garden for projects that fuse art and science. Then they’ll get up close with the museum’s education animals, plant seeds, taste museum-grown food, and much more.
This is a drop-off workshop for kids age 6–10. Price includes admission for enrolled child. Participants should bring a sack lunch and water bottle.
Read our cancellation policy.
July 12, 2024 @ 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
From soaring structures to delicate sculptures, humans have been making amazing things out of wood for 90,000 years. Now it’s your kid’s turn!
In this workshop, kids will learn to cut, shape, drill, sand, and create with wood. Using hand tools they’ll transform wood scrap pieces into sculptures.
This is a drop-off workshop for kids age 6–10. Price includes admission for enrolled child. Participants should bring a sack lunch and water bottle.
Read our cancellation policy.
