Ages 3 to 5
May
Program details
Try out this easy and fun way to create colorful line drawings using oil pastels and a paper transfer technique that reveals a rainbow of colors.
Program details
Try out this easy and fun way to create colorful line drawings using oil pastels and a paper transfer technique that reveals a rainbow of colors.
The Art Lab typically closes for one hour between 11:30am and 1:30pm. Please check with staff in the Museum for details.
Time
May 1, 2024 9:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
Art Lab, 2nd floor
Program details
Build with PVC pipes and connectors. Make your own project or work together with a friend! The STEAM Lab typically closes for
Program details
Build with PVC pipes and connectors. Make your own project or work together with a friend!
The STEAM Lab typically closes for one hour between 11:30am and 1:30pm. Please check with staff in the Museum for details.
Time
May 1, 2024 9:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Program details
Build with PVC pipes and connectors. Make your own project or work together with a friend! The STEAM Lab typically closes for
Program details
Build with PVC pipes and connectors. Make your own project or work together with a friend!
The STEAM Lab typically closes for one hour between 11:30am and 1:30pm. Please check with staff in the Museum for details.
Time
May 2, 2024 9:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Program details
Try out this easy and fun way to create colorful line drawings using oil pastels and a paper transfer technique that reveals a rainbow of colors.
Program details
Try out this easy and fun way to create colorful line drawings using oil pastels and a paper transfer technique that reveals a rainbow of colors.
The Art Lab typically closes for one hour between 11:30am and 1:30pm. Please check with staff in the Museum for details.
Time
May 2, 2024 9:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
Art Lab, 2nd floor
Program details
Try out this easy and fun way to create colorful line drawings using oil pastels and a paper transfer technique that reveals a rainbow of colors.
Program details
Try out this easy and fun way to create colorful line drawings using oil pastels and a paper transfer technique that reveals a rainbow of colors.
The Art Lab typically closes for one hour between 11:30am and 1:30pm. Please check with staff in the Museum for details.
Time
May 3, 2024 9:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
Art Lab, 2nd floor
Program details
Build with PVC pipes and connectors. Make your own project or work together with a friend! The STEAM Lab typically closes for
Program details
Build with PVC pipes and connectors. Make your own project or work together with a friend!
The STEAM Lab typically closes for one hour between 11:30am and 1:30pm. Please check with staff in the Museum for details.
Time
May 3, 2024 9:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Program details
Join Studio Playground at the Boston Children’s Museum! Studio Playground teaches classes for all ages based in clown and physical acting. Clowning invites students to
Program details
Join Studio Playground at the Boston Children’s Museum! Studio Playground teaches classes for all ages based in clown and physical acting. Clowning invites students to explore the health benefits of laughter through movement, games, and playful improvisation. This class includes a vocal and physical warm up, interactive storytelling, and performance projects. Let’s laugh, sing, and make a beautiful ruckus!
Time
May 3, 2024 10:00 am - 10:45 am(GMT-04:00)
Location
KidStage, 1st floor
Program details
Build with PVC pipes and connectors. Make your own project or work together with a friend! The STEAM Lab typically closes for
Program details
Build with PVC pipes and connectors. Make your own project or work together with a friend!
The STEAM Lab typically closes for one hour between 11:30am and 1:30pm. Please check with staff in the Museum for details.
Time
May 4, 2024 10:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Program details
Try out this easy and fun way to create colorful line drawings using oil pastels and a paper transfer technique that reveals a rainbow of colors.
Program details
Try out this easy and fun way to create colorful line drawings using oil pastels and a paper transfer technique that reveals a rainbow of colors.
The Art Lab typically closes for one hour between 11:30am and 1:30pm. Please check with staff in the Museum for details.
Time
May 4, 2024 10:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
Art Lab, 2nd floor
Program details
Check out Fenway Farms at Boston Children’s Museum! Meet an educator from Green City Growers, learn about the garden, and help us grow greens and more!
Program details
Check out Fenway Farms at Boston Children’s Museum! Meet an educator from Green City Growers, learn about the garden, and help us grow greens and more!
Time
May 4, 2024 11:00 am - 1:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
Fenway Farms at Boston Children's Museum, 2nd floor
Program details
NE FIRST brings LEGO League Explore to Boston Children’s Museum with their LEGO robotic creations for a festival of learning! Check out more about our
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NE FIRST brings LEGO League Explore to Boston Children’s Museum with their LEGO robotic creations for a festival of learning! Check out more about our Creator at: NEFIRST.org
CreatedBytes extends the CreatedBy Festival all year long, celebrating STEAM by bringing inventors, innovators, and high-tech tinkerers in the New England Area to the Museum. Come meet a Creator as they do a showcase or a hands-on activity. You might meet a robot, try out a kid-friendly app, test out a game, make your own music, or more. Learn more at https://createdbyfestival.org/ Check the Museum web calendar for specific activities.”
Time
May 4, 2024 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
The Common, 2nd floor
Program details
Try out this easy and fun way to create colorful line drawings using oil pastels and a paper transfer technique that reveals a rainbow of colors.
Program details
Try out this easy and fun way to create colorful line drawings using oil pastels and a paper transfer technique that reveals a rainbow of colors.
The Art Lab typically closes for one hour between 11:30am and 1:30pm. Please check with staff in the Museum for details.
Time
May 5, 2024 9:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
Art Lab, 2nd floor
Program details
Build with PVC pipes and connectors. Make your own project or work together with a friend! The STEAM Lab typically closes for
Program details
Build with PVC pipes and connectors. Make your own project or work together with a friend!
The STEAM Lab typically closes for one hour between 11:30am and 1:30pm. Please check with staff in the Museum for details.
Time
May 5, 2024 9:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Program details
Join us for a dynamic performance of a traditional Chinese lion dance, with Nüwa Athletic Club. Watch performers mimic lions’ movements in a lion costume
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Join us for a dynamic performance of a traditional Chinese lion dance, with Nüwa Athletic Club. Watch performers mimic lions’ movements in a lion costume that represents good luck and prosperity. In Chinese and other Asian cultures, Lion Dances are typically performed during the Lunar New Year, and for other significant occasions.
Based in Boston, The Nüwa Athletic Clubs’s mission is to provide an environment for Asian- American girls and women to enhance their physical and emotional development through teamwork, sportsmanship and cultural activities, which includes but is not limited to lion and dragon dances.
Celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, May 5 – May 26, 2024
Boston Children’s Museum is recognizing Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month throughout May, with a series of activities developed in collaboration with community organizations and independent artists. Between May 5 and May 26, Museum visitors are invited to attend and participate in a variety of music, dance, visual art making and storytelling programs geared for children and their families. Through this series, Boston Children’s Museum highlights the artistic practice of local AAPI identifying creatives, and together creates a space for Museum visitors to reflect on their own identities, traditions, and stories, while developing their sense of curiosity and understanding.
Time
May 5, 2024 10:30 am - 11:00 am(GMT-04:00)
Location
The Common, 2nd floor
Program details
Join us for a concert by Berklee Indian Exchange, exploring new horizons in Indian Fusion Music, featuring a trio of musicians who bring their own
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Join us for a concert by Berklee Indian Exchange, exploring new horizons in Indian Fusion Music, featuring a trio of musicians who bring their own unique flair.
Shivaraj Natraj, a virtuoso in Carnatic percussion and beatboxing, lends his extraordinary talent as a vocal percussionist. Accompanying him on the electric guitar is Inesh Krishnamurthy, whose profound understanding of Carnatic music, combined with his exploration of Jazz results in a captivating fusion of genres. Together, the Berklee Indian Exchange offers an unforgettable musical experience. With repertoire rooted in Indian Fusion music, this concert promises to captivate and delight visitors, with interactive elements and moments of joy and connection.
Celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, May 5 – May 26, 2024
Boston Children’s Museum is recognizing Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month throughout May, with a series of activities developed in collaboration with community organizations and independent artists. Between May 5 and May 26, Museum visitors are invited to attend and participate in a variety of music, dance, visual art making and storytelling programs geared for children and their families. Through this series, Boston Children’s Museum highlights the artistic practice of local AAPI identifying creatives, and together creates a space for Museum visitors to reflect on their own identities, traditions, and stories, while developing their sense of curiosity and understanding.
Time
May 5, 2024 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
The Common, 2nd floor
Program details
Join us for the reading of “Mehndi Boy” with children’s book author Zain Bandali, a sweet story exploring creative identity and gender through the eyes
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Join us for the reading of “Mehndi Boy” with children’s book author Zain Bandali, a sweet story exploring creative identity and gender through the eyes of a little boy who loves mehndi.
About Zain Bandali
His debut children’s book Mehndi Boy, is a Silver Birch Express Nominee and was recognized as a “Best Bet” by the Ontario Library Association and as a “Best Book for Kids” by the New York Public Library in 2023. Zain studied at the University of Waterloo and was awarded the Upkar Arora Social Impact Leadership Scholarship for his work in creating a grassroots community initiative to enhance diversity, equity, and inclusion on campus in 2020. He is an avid vegetable gardener but cannot always stomach the chili peppers he grows.
Celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, May 5 – May 26, 2024
Boston Children’s Museum is recognizing Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month throughout May, with a series of activities developed in collaboration with community organizations and independent artists. Between May 5 and May 26, Museum visitors are invited to attend and participate in a variety of music, dance, visual art making and storytelling programs geared for children and their families. Through this series, Boston Children’s Museum highlights the artistic practice of local AAPI identifying creatives, and together creates a space for Museum visitors to reflect on their own identities, traditions, and stories, while developing their sense of curiosity and understanding.
Time
May 5, 2024 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
KidStage, 1st floor
Program details
Try out this easy and fun way to create colorful line drawings using oil pastels and a paper transfer technique that reveals a rainbow of colors.
Program details
Try out this easy and fun way to create colorful line drawings using oil pastels and a paper transfer technique that reveals a rainbow of colors.
The Art Lab typically closes for one hour between 11:30am and 1:30pm. Please check with staff in the Museum for details.
Time
May 8, 2024 9:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
Art Lab, 2nd floor
Program details
Use foam to create your own stamp. Test it out, and take it home when you’re done! The STEAM Lab typically closes
Program details
Use foam to create your own stamp. Test it out, and take it home when you’re done!
The STEAM Lab typically closes for one hour between 11:30am and 1:30pm. Please check with staff in the Museum for details.
Time
May 8, 2024 9:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Program details
Use foam to create your own stamp. Test it out, and take it home when you’re done! The STEAM Lab typically closes
Program details
Use foam to create your own stamp. Test it out, and take it home when you’re done!
The STEAM Lab typically closes for one hour between 11:30am and 1:30pm. Please check with staff in the Museum for details.
Time
May 9, 2024 9:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Program details
Try out this easy and fun way to create colorful line drawings using oil pastels and a paper transfer technique that reveals a rainbow of colors.
Program details
Try out this easy and fun way to create colorful line drawings using oil pastels and a paper transfer technique that reveals a rainbow of colors.
The Art Lab typically closes for one hour between 11:30am and 1:30pm. Please check with staff in the Museum for details.
Time
May 9, 2024 9:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
Art Lab, 2nd floor
Program details
Join us for an interactive music program designed for children and their caregivers! Sing songs, dance to music, and enjoy a story time led by trained Boston Music
Program details
Join us for an interactive music program designed for children and their caregivers! Sing songs, dance to music, and enjoy a story time led by trained Boston Music Project teaching artists.
Grown-ups are encouraged to take part in the activities with their children throughout the 1 hour drop in and out class.
Time
May 9, 2024 10:00 am - 10:45 am(GMT-04:00)
Location
KidStage, 1st floor
Program details
Come play in our cozy space!Play can be loud or quiet. A cozy space is one of many ways to provide a safe space
Program details
Come play in our cozy space!
Play can be loud or quiet. A cozy space is one of many ways to provide a safe space to play.
Time
May 9, 2024 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
The Common, 2nd floor
Program details
Try out this easy and fun way to create colorful line drawings using oil pastels and a paper transfer technique that reveals a rainbow of colors.
Program details
Try out this easy and fun way to create colorful line drawings using oil pastels and a paper transfer technique that reveals a rainbow of colors.
The Art Lab typically closes for one hour between 11:30am and 1:30pm. Please check with staff in the Museum for details.
Time
May 10, 2024 9:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
Art Lab, 2nd floor
Program details
Use foam to create your own stamp. Test it out, and take it home when you’re done! The STEAM Lab typically closes
Program details
Use foam to create your own stamp. Test it out, and take it home when you’re done!
The STEAM Lab typically closes for one hour between 11:30am and 1:30pm. Please check with staff in the Museum for details.
Time
May 10, 2024 9:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Program details
Join Studio Playground at the Boston Children’s Museum! Studio Playground teaches classes for all ages based in clown and physical acting. Clowning invites students to
Program details
Join Studio Playground at the Boston Children’s Museum! Studio Playground teaches classes for all ages based in clown and physical acting. Clowning invites students to explore the health benefits of laughter through movement, games, and playful improvisation. This class includes a vocal and physical warm up, interactive storytelling, and performance projects. Let’s laugh, sing, and make a beautiful ruckus!
Time
May 10, 2024 10:00 am - 10:45 am(GMT-04:00)
Location
KidStage, 1st floor
Program details
Try out this easy and fun way to create colorful line drawings using oil pastels and a paper transfer technique that reveals a rainbow of colors.
Program details
Try out this easy and fun way to create colorful line drawings using oil pastels and a paper transfer technique that reveals a rainbow of colors.
The Art Lab typically closes for one hour between 11:30am and 1:30pm. Please check with staff in the Museum for details.
Time
May 11, 2024 9:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
Art Lab, 2nd floor
Program details
Check out Fenway Farms at Boston Children’s Museum! Meet an educator from Green City Growers, learn about the garden, and help us grow greens and more!
Program details
Check out Fenway Farms at Boston Children’s Museum! Meet an educator from Green City Growers, learn about the garden, and help us grow greens and more!
Time
May 11, 2024 10:00 am - 12:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
Fenway Farms at Boston Children's Museum, 2nd floor
Program details
Try out this easy and fun way to create colorful line drawings using oil pastels and a paper transfer technique that reveals a rainbow of colors.
Program details
Try out this easy and fun way to create colorful line drawings using oil pastels and a paper transfer technique that reveals a rainbow of colors.
The Art Lab typically closes for one hour between 11:30am and 1:30pm. Please check with staff in the Museum for details.
Time
May 15, 2024 9:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
Art Lab, 2nd floor
Program details
Use foam to create your own stamp. Test it out, and take it home when you’re done! The STEAM Lab typically closes
Program details
Use foam to create your own stamp. Test it out, and take it home when you’re done!
The STEAM Lab typically closes for one hour between 11:30am and 1:30pm. Please check with staff in the Museum for details.
Time
May 15, 2024 9:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Program details
Enjoy music and dance together! Wiggle Wednesday is a 30 – 45 minute class geared for infants, toddlers, preschoolers and their caregivers
Program details
Enjoy music and dance together!
Wiggle Wednesday is a 30 – 45 minute class geared for infants, toddlers, preschoolers and their caregivers that offers an engaging and fun environment to have developmentally meaningful experiences together. This class offers young learners and their caregivers opportunities to practice a range of skills – including language development, cognitive function and fine motor skills.
This program has a limited capacity to ensure the quality of the experience. Sign-ups are at KidStage on the first floor on the morning of the program on a first-come, first serve basis.
Time
May 15, 2024 10:00 am - 10:30 am(GMT-04:00)
Location
KidStage, 1st floor
Program details
Try out this easy and fun way to create colorful line drawings using oil pastels and a paper transfer technique that reveals a rainbow of colors.
Program details
Try out this easy and fun way to create colorful line drawings using oil pastels and a paper transfer technique that reveals a rainbow of colors.
The Art Lab typically closes for one hour between 11:30am and 1:30pm. Please check with staff in the Museum for details.
Time
May 16, 2024 9:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
Art Lab, 2nd floor
Program details
Use foam to create your own stamp. Test it out, and take it home when you’re done! The STEAM Lab typically closes
Program details
Use foam to create your own stamp. Test it out, and take it home when you’re done!
The STEAM Lab typically closes for one hour between 11:30am and 1:30pm. Please check with staff in the Museum for details.
Time
May 16, 2024 9:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Program details
Come play in our cozy space!Play can be loud or quiet. A cozy space is one of many ways to provide a safe space
Program details
Come play in our cozy space!
Play can be loud or quiet. A cozy space is one of many ways to provide a safe space to play.
Time
May 16, 2024 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
The Common, 2nd floor
Program details
Use foam to create your own stamp. Test it out, and take it home when you’re done! The STEAM Lab typically closes
Program details
Use foam to create your own stamp. Test it out, and take it home when you’re done!
The STEAM Lab typically closes for one hour between 11:30am and 1:30pm. Please check with staff in the Museum for details.
Time
May 17, 2024 9:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Program details
Try out this easy and fun way to create colorful line drawings using oil pastels and a paper transfer technique that reveals a rainbow of colors.
Program details
Try out this easy and fun way to create colorful line drawings using oil pastels and a paper transfer technique that reveals a rainbow of colors.
The Art Lab typically closes for one hour between 11:30am and 1:30pm. Please check with staff in the Museum for details.
Time
May 17, 2024 9:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
Art Lab, 2nd floor
Program details
Try out this easy and fun way to create colorful line drawings using oil pastels and a paper transfer technique that reveals a rainbow of colors.
Program details
Try out this easy and fun way to create colorful line drawings using oil pastels and a paper transfer technique that reveals a rainbow of colors.
The Art Lab typically closes for one hour between 11:30am and 1:30pm. Please check with staff in the Museum for details.
Time
May 18, 2024 9:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
Art Lab, 2nd floor
Program details
Use foam to create your own stamp. Test it out, and take it home when you’re done! The STEAM Lab typically closes
Program details
Use foam to create your own stamp. Test it out, and take it home when you’re done!
The STEAM Lab typically closes for one hour between 11:30am and 1:30pm. Please check with staff in the Museum for details.
Time
May 18, 2024 9:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Program details
Check out Fenway Farms at Boston Children’s Museum! Meet an educator from Green City Growers, learn about the garden, and help us grow greens and more!
Program details
Check out Fenway Farms at Boston Children’s Museum! Meet an educator from Green City Growers, learn about the garden, and help us grow greens and more!
Time
May 18, 2024 10:00 am - 12:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
Fenway Farms at Boston Children's Museum, 2nd floor
Program details
Join visual artist Bren Bataclan for a drawing workshop inspired by his own original artwork. Bren’s pieces explore his immigration experience from the Philippines to
Program details
Join visual artist Bren Bataclan for a drawing workshop inspired by his own original artwork. Bren’s pieces explore his immigration experience from the Philippines to the United States, Philippine mythology, and the current situations migrants are facing in the United States and beyond.
This drawing workshop is an easy and fun way to learn how to draw Bren’s happy and whimsical characters, for kids and adults alike!
Celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, May 5 – May 26, 2024
Boston Children’s Museum is recognizing Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month throughout May, with a series of activities developed in collaboration with community organizations and independent artists. Between May 5 and May 26, Museum visitors are invited to attend and participate in a variety of music, dance, visual art making and storytelling programs geared for children and their families. Through this series, Boston Children’s Museum highlights the artistic practice of local AAPI identifying creatives, and together creates a space for Museum visitors to reflect on their own identities, traditions, and stories, while developing their sense of curiosity and understanding.
Time
May 18, 2024 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
Art Lab, 2nd floor
Program details
Join visual artist Bren Bataclan for a drawing workshop inspired by his own original artwork. Bren’s pieces explore his immigration experience from the Philippines to
Program details
Join visual artist Bren Bataclan for a drawing workshop inspired by his own original artwork. Bren’s pieces explore his immigration experience from the Philippines to the United States, Philippine mythology, and the current situations migrants are facing in the United States and beyond.
This drawing workshop is an easy and fun way to learn how to draw Bren’s happy and whimsical characters, for kids and adults alike!
Celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, May 5 – May 26, 2024
Boston Children’s Museum is recognizing Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month throughout May, with a series of activities developed in collaboration with community organizations and independent artists. Between May 5 and May 26, Museum visitors are invited to attend and participate in a variety of music, dance, visual art making and storytelling programs geared for children and their families. Through this series, Boston Children’s Museum highlights the artistic practice of local AAPI identifying creatives, and together creates a space for Museum visitors to reflect on their own identities, traditions, and stories, while developing their sense of curiosity and understanding.
Time
May 18, 2024 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
Art Lab, 2nd floor
Program details
Use foam to create your own stamp. Test it out, and take it home when you’re done! The STEAM Lab typically closes
Program details
Use foam to create your own stamp. Test it out, and take it home when you’re done!
The STEAM Lab typically closes for one hour between 11:30am and 1:30pm. Please check with staff in the Museum for details.
Time
May 19, 2024 9:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Program details
Try out this easy and fun way to create colorful line drawings using oil pastels and a paper transfer technique that reveals a rainbow of colors.
Program details
Try out this easy and fun way to create colorful line drawings using oil pastels and a paper transfer technique that reveals a rainbow of colors.
The Art Lab typically closes for one hour between 11:30am and 1:30pm. Please check with staff in the Museum for details.
Time
May 19, 2024 9:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
Art Lab, 2nd floor
Program details
Use foam to create your own stamp. Test it out, and take it home when you’re done! The STEAM Lab typically closes
Program details
Use foam to create your own stamp. Test it out, and take it home when you’re done!
The STEAM Lab typically closes for one hour between 11:30am and 1:30pm. Please check with staff in the Museum for details.
Time
May 22, 2024 9:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Program details
Try out this easy and fun way to create colorful line drawings using oil pastels and a paper transfer technique that reveals a rainbow of colors.
Program details
Try out this easy and fun way to create colorful line drawings using oil pastels and a paper transfer technique that reveals a rainbow of colors.
The Art Lab typically closes for one hour between 11:30am and 1:30pm. Please check with staff in the Museum for details.
Time
May 22, 2024 9:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
Art Lab, 2nd floor
Program details
Use foam to create your own stamp. Test it out, and take it home when you’re done! The STEAM Lab typically closes
Program details
Use foam to create your own stamp. Test it out, and take it home when you’re done!
The STEAM Lab typically closes for one hour between 11:30am and 1:30pm. Please check with staff in the Museum for details.
Time
May 23, 2024 9:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Program details
Try out this easy and fun way to create colorful line drawings using oil pastels and a paper transfer technique that reveals a rainbow of colors.
Program details
Try out this easy and fun way to create colorful line drawings using oil pastels and a paper transfer technique that reveals a rainbow of colors.
The Art Lab typically closes for one hour between 11:30am and 1:30pm. Please check with staff in the Museum for details.
Time
May 23, 2024 9:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
Art Lab, 2nd floor
Program details
Join us for an interactive music program designed for children and their caregivers! Sing songs, dance to music, and enjoy a story time led by trained Boston Music
Program details
Join us for an interactive music program designed for children and their caregivers! Sing songs, dance to music, and enjoy a story time led by trained Boston Music Project teaching artists.
Grown-ups are encouraged to take part in the activities with their children throughout the 1 hour drop in and out class.
Time
May 23, 2024 10:00 am - 10:45 am(GMT-04:00)
Location
KidStage, 1st floor
Program details
Step into the vibrant world of South Indian dance with this dance workshop geared for young children. “Little Feet, Big Moves” offers a captivating introduction to the rich
Program details
Step into the vibrant world of South Indian dance with this dance workshop geared for young children. “Little Feet, Big Moves” offers a captivating introduction to the rich cultural heritage of South India through the traditional dance form of Bharathanatyam and Carnatic music.
Led by Shriya Srinivasan, a professional Bharathanatyam dancer, visitors will embark on an exciting journey of rhythm, expression, and storytelling through movement. This interactive session will ignite their imagination, foster creativity, and instill a deeper appreciation for the art form.
For more information about MITHAS, please visit mithas.org
Celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, May 5 – May 26, 2024
Boston Children’s Museum is recognizing Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month throughout May, with a series of activities developed in collaboration with community organizations and independent artists. Between May 5 and May 26, Museum visitors are invited to attend and participate in a variety of music, dance, visual art making and storytelling programs geared for children and their families. Through this series, Boston Children’s Museum highlights the artistic practice of local AAPI identifying creatives, and together creates a space for Museum visitors to reflect on their own identities, traditions, and stories, while developing their sense of curiosity and understanding.
Time
May 23, 2024 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
KidStage, 1st floor
Program details
Come play in our cozy space!Play can be loud or quiet. A cozy space is one of many ways to provide a safe space
Program details
Come play in our cozy space!
Play can be loud or quiet. A cozy space is one of many ways to provide a safe space to play.
Time
May 23, 2024 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
The Common, 2nd floor
Program details
Try out this easy and fun way to create colorful line drawings using oil pastels and a paper transfer technique that reveals a rainbow of colors.
Program details
Try out this easy and fun way to create colorful line drawings using oil pastels and a paper transfer technique that reveals a rainbow of colors.
The Art Lab typically closes for one hour between 11:30am and 1:30pm. Please check with staff in the Museum for details.
Time
May 24, 2024 9:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
Art Lab, 2nd floor
Program details
Use foam to create your own stamp. Test it out, and take it home when you’re done! The STEAM Lab typically closes
Program details
Use foam to create your own stamp. Test it out, and take it home when you’re done!
The STEAM Lab typically closes for one hour between 11:30am and 1:30pm. Please check with staff in the Museum for details.
Time
May 24, 2024 9:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Program details
Try out this easy and fun way to create colorful line drawings using oil pastels and a paper transfer technique that reveals a rainbow of colors.
Program details
Try out this easy and fun way to create colorful line drawings using oil pastels and a paper transfer technique that reveals a rainbow of colors.
The Art Lab typically closes for one hour between 11:30am and 1:30pm. Please check with staff in the Museum for details.
Time
May 25, 2024 9:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
Art Lab, 2nd floor
Program details
Check out Fenway Farms at Boston Children’s Museum! Meet an educator from Green City Growers, learn about the garden, and help us grow greens and more!
Program details
Check out Fenway Farms at Boston Children’s Museum! Meet an educator from Green City Growers, learn about the garden, and help us grow greens and more!
Time
May 25, 2024 10:00 am - 12:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
Fenway Farms at Boston Children's Museum, 2nd floor
Program details
Join us for a vibrant and colorful performance of Ms. Chu Ling’s Dance Academy, a mixed age group of youth and adult dancers. Founded in 1998 after moving to
Program details
Join us for a vibrant and colorful performance of Ms. Chu Ling’s Dance Academy, a mixed age group of youth and adult dancers.
Founded in 1998 after moving to Boston from Beijing, Chu Ling founded the academy to bring more diversity and different cultures to the local dance community. This performance mixes traditional Chinese dance with contemporary Ballet, and will include time at the end for audience members to learn how to dance with a hand fan or ribbon.
Celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, May 5 – May 26, 2024
Boston Children’s Museum is recognizing Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month throughout May, with a series of activities developed in collaboration with community organizations and independent artists. Between May 5 and May 26, Museum visitors are invited to attend and participate in a variety of music, dance, visual art making and storytelling programs geared for children and their families. Through this series, Boston Children’s Museum highlights the artistic practice of local AAPI identifying creatives, and together creates a space for Museum visitors to reflect on their own identities, traditions, and stories, while developing their sense of curiosity and understanding.
Time
May 25, 2024 10:30 am - 11:00 am(GMT-04:00)
Location
KidStage, 1st floor
Program details
Join us for a vibrant and colorful performance of Ms. Chu Ling’s Dance Academy, a mixed age group of youth and adult dancers. Founded in 1998 after moving to
Program details
Join us for a vibrant and colorful performance of Ms. Chu Ling’s Dance Academy, a mixed age group of youth and adult dancers.
Founded in 1998 after moving to Boston from Beijing, Chu Ling founded the academy to bring more diversity and different cultures to the local dance community. This performance mixes traditional Chinese dance with contemporary Ballet, and will include time at the end for audience members to learn how to dance with a hand fan or ribbon.
Celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, May 5 – May 26, 2024
Boston Children’s Museum is recognizing Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month throughout May, with a series of activities developed in collaboration with community organizations and independent artists. Between May 5 and May 26, Museum visitors are invited to attend and participate in a variety of music, dance, visual art making and storytelling programs geared for children and their families. Through this series, Boston Children’s Museum highlights the artistic practice of local AAPI identifying creatives, and together creates a space for Museum visitors to reflect on their own identities, traditions, and stories, while developing their sense of curiosity and understanding.
Time
May 25, 2024 11:30 am - 12:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
KidStage, 1st floor
Program details
Try out this easy and fun way to create colorful line drawings using oil pastels and a paper transfer technique that reveals a rainbow of colors.
Program details
Try out this easy and fun way to create colorful line drawings using oil pastels and a paper transfer technique that reveals a rainbow of colors.
The Art Lab typically closes for one hour between 11:30am and 1:30pm. Please check with staff in the Museum for details.
Time
May 26, 2024 9:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
Art Lab, 2nd floor
Program details
Join based on a favorite children’s story, a book called “Hundred Years of Happiness”. This story is about a multigenerational relationship that demonstrates love and care, and creates
Program details
Join based on a favorite children’s story, a book called “Hundred Years of Happiness”. This story is about a multigenerational relationship that demonstrates love and care, and creates space for empathy and healing.
Celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, May 5 – May 26, 2024
Boston Children’s Museum is recognizing Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month throughout May, with a series of activities developed in collaboration with community organizations and independent artists. Between May 5 and May 26, Museum visitors are invited to attend and participate in a variety of music, dance, visual art making and storytelling programs geared for children and their families. Through this series, Boston Children’s Museum highlights the artistic practice of local AAPI identifying creatives, and together creates a space for Museum visitors to reflect on their own identities, traditions, and stories, while developing their sense of curiosity and understanding.
Time
May 26, 2024 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
The Common, 2nd floor
Program details
Try out this easy and fun way to create colorful line drawings using oil pastels and a paper transfer technique that reveals a rainbow of colors.
Program details
Try out this easy and fun way to create colorful line drawings using oil pastels and a paper transfer technique that reveals a rainbow of colors.
The Art Lab typically closes for one hour between 11:30am and 1:30pm. Please check with staff in the Museum for details.
Time
May 27, 2024 9:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
Art Lab, 2nd floor
Program details
Use foam to create your own stamp. Test it out, and take it home when you’re done! The STEAM Lab typically closes
Program details
Use foam to create your own stamp. Test it out, and take it home when you’re done!
The STEAM Lab typically closes for one hour between 11:30am and 1:30pm. Please check with staff in the Museum for details.
Time
May 27, 2024 10:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Program details
Use foam to create your own stamp. Test it out, and take it home when you’re done! The STEAM Lab typically closes
Program details
Use foam to create your own stamp. Test it out, and take it home when you’re done!
The STEAM Lab typically closes for one hour between 11:30am and 1:30pm. Please check with staff in the Museum for details.
Time
May 29, 2024 9:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Program details
Try out this easy and fun way to create colorful line drawings using oil pastels and a paper transfer technique that reveals a rainbow of colors.
Program details
Try out this easy and fun way to create colorful line drawings using oil pastels and a paper transfer technique that reveals a rainbow of colors.
The Art Lab typically closes for one hour between 11:30am and 1:30pm. Please check with staff in the Museum for details.
Time
May 29, 2024 9:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
Art Lab, 2nd floor
Program details
Enjoy music and dance together! Wiggle Wednesday is a 30 – 45 minute class geared for infants, toddlers, preschoolers and their caregivers
Program details
Enjoy music and dance together!
Wiggle Wednesday is a 30 – 45 minute class geared for infants, toddlers, preschoolers and their caregivers that offers an engaging and fun environment to have developmentally meaningful experiences together. This class offers young learners and their caregivers opportunities to practice a range of skills – including language development, cognitive function and fine motor skills.
This program has a limited capacity to ensure the quality of the experience. Sign-ups are at KidStage on the first floor on the morning of the program on a first-come, first serve basis.
Time
May 29, 2024 10:00 am - 10:30 am(GMT-04:00)
Location
KidStage, 1st floor
Program details
Try out this easy and fun way to create colorful line drawings using oil pastels and a paper transfer technique that reveals a rainbow of colors.
Program details
Try out this easy and fun way to create colorful line drawings using oil pastels and a paper transfer technique that reveals a rainbow of colors.
The Art Lab typically closes for one hour between 11:30am and 1:30pm. Please check with staff in the Museum for details.
Time
May 30, 2024 9:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
Art Lab, 2nd floor
Program details
Use foam to create your own stamp. Test it out, and take it home when you’re done! The STEAM Lab typically closes
Program details
Use foam to create your own stamp. Test it out, and take it home when you’re done!
The STEAM Lab typically closes for one hour between 11:30am and 1:30pm. Please check with staff in the Museum for details.
Time
May 30, 2024 9:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Program details
Try out this easy and fun way to create colorful line drawings using oil pastels and a paper transfer technique that reveals a rainbow of colors.
Program details
Try out this easy and fun way to create colorful line drawings using oil pastels and a paper transfer technique that reveals a rainbow of colors.
The Art Lab typically closes for one hour between 11:30am and 1:30pm. Please check with staff in the Museum for details.
Time
May 31, 2024 9:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
Art Lab, 2nd floor
Program details
Use foam to create your own stamp. Test it out, and take it home when you’re done! The STEAM Lab typically closes
Program details
Use foam to create your own stamp. Test it out, and take it home when you’re done!
The STEAM Lab typically closes for one hour between 11:30am and 1:30pm. Please check with staff in the Museum for details.
Time
May 31, 2024 9:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
June
Program details
Use foam to create your own stamp. Test it out, and take it home when you’re done! The STEAM Lab typically closes
Program details
Use foam to create your own stamp. Test it out, and take it home when you’re done!
The STEAM Lab typically closes for one hour between 11:30am and 1:30pm. Please check with staff in the Museum for details.
Time
June 1, 2024 10:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Program details
Try out this easy and fun way to create colorful line drawings using oil pastels and a paper transfer technique that reveals a rainbow of colors.
Program details
Try out this easy and fun way to create colorful line drawings using oil pastels and a paper transfer technique that reveals a rainbow of colors.
The Art Lab typically closes for one hour between 11:30am and 1:30pm. Please check with staff in the Museum for details.
Time
June 1, 2024 10:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
Art Lab, 2nd floor
Program details
Use foam to create your own stamp. Test it out, and take it home when you’re done! The STEAM Lab typically closes
Program details
Use foam to create your own stamp. Test it out, and take it home when you’re done!
The STEAM Lab typically closes for one hour between 11:30am and 1:30pm. Please check with staff in the Museum for details.
Time
June 2, 2024 9:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Program details
Try out this easy and fun way to create colorful line drawings using oil pastels and a paper transfer technique that reveals a rainbow of colors.
Program details
Try out this easy and fun way to create colorful line drawings using oil pastels and a paper transfer technique that reveals a rainbow of colors.
The Art Lab typically closes for one hour between 11:30am and 1:30pm. Please check with staff in the Museum for details.
Time
June 2, 2024 9:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
Art Lab, 2nd floor