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We're pleased to join Madison’s Central Business Improvement District in presenting the 2019 Downtown Madison Family Halloween celebration. Check their website for activity updates! The museum stays open late and joins in the fun as downtown businesses open their doors to trick-or-treaters. We'll be giving out non-food (teal pumpkin safe*) treats to trick-0r-treaters. Free admission […]
The Venardos Circus rolls into town for a two-week run at West Towne Mall. Today they visit Madison Children's Museum for a free popup performance featuring acrobatics, juggling, and Vaudeville comedy. Join the fun at Rotary Plaza Stage, just outside the museum (weather permitting).
Madison Children's Museum hosts a stage for the city's annual Make Music Madison event! Enjoy family friendly live music at Rotary Plaza Stage, just outside the museum's front entrance. In the event of rain, performances will take place in the Museum's Community Concourse. Musical Emcee Rich Baumann 11:30 am - 12:15 pm, Tit For Tat, family […]
Join us outside the museum at Rotary Plaza for a free performance by Ready, Set, Dance, a middle school dance troupe from Virginia Davis School of Dance.
The Madison World Music Festival presents a free family performance by Ladama, just outside the museum at Rotary Plaza stage. Ladama is an ensemble of women musicians from across the Americas who strive to engage youth in the process of music-making. Join Mafer Bandola (Venezuela), Lara Klaus (Brazil), Daniela Serna (Columbia), and Sara Lucas (US) for a performance and […]
Join us for free family performances at Rotary Plaza Stage, just outside the museum. DrumPower: 10:30-11:15 a.m. Truly Remarkable Loon: 11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. DrumPower is a youth leadership program that provides young people with an opportunity to learn West African Traditional, Afro-Cuban and Afro-Brazilian drumming and their cultural/historical significance in order to build self-esteem and […]
Come get your wiggles out! Can dinosaurs do yoga? You'll find out! Drop by one of our 20 minute sessions!
Come get your wiggles out! Can dinosaurs do yoga? You'll find out! Drop by one of our 20 minute sessions!
Bring an acoustic instrument and join music educator David Spies and other local musicians for a workshop and public performance using Soundpainting, a musical sign language that directs and gives shape to group improvisations. Yid Vicious tubist David Spies will introduce some of its basic gestures, with an ear towards exploring the creative possibilities and […]
