What are we learning: Thinking creatively and imaginatively

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.”

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Also, watch this video and make your cozy space at home!

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.

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.

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!

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.

Combine technology and papercraft to create a picture that lights up.

This workshop is recommended for visitors ages 6+ and their grown-ups. Space is limited – please sign up in front of the STEAM Lab.

Combine technology and papercraft to create a picture that lights up.

This workshop is recommended for visitors ages 6+ and their grown-ups. Space is limited – please sign up in front of the STEAM Lab.

Combine technology and papercraft to create a picture that lights up.

This workshop is recommended for visitors ages 6+ and their grown-ups. Space is limited – please sign up in front of the STEAM Lab.

Combine technology and papercraft to create a picture that lights up.

This workshop is recommended for visitors ages 6+ and their grown-ups. Space is limited – please sign up in front of the STEAM Lab.

Combine technology and papercraft to create a picture that lights up.

This workshop is recommended for visitors ages 6+ and their grown-ups. Space is limited – please sign up in front of the STEAM Lab.

Meet Kintsugi artist Tatsuya “Tad” Murao of Kintsugi Boston and learn about the beauty of Japanese Kintsugi art!

Celebrate Mother’s Day by making something unique out of broken ceramics, sea glasses, and mosaic tiles, inspired by Kintsugi. Kintsugi is a Japanese art of repairing and restoring broken pottery items. Rather than making broken parts look brand-new, Kintsugi sees repaired parts as beautiful and celebrates flaws as something unique to be embraced.

Enjoy the creative process, and then learn to see beauty in broken items.

This workshop is for visitors ages 6+ and their grown-ups. · Very limited seating is available on a first come, first served basis -please sign up in front of the Art Lab.

This program is offered in collaboration with the Japan Society of Boston (JSB) and supported by the Pucker family.

Meet Kintsugi artist Tatsuya “Tad” Murao of Kintsugi Boston and learn about the beauty of Japanese Kintsugi art!

Celebrate Mother’s Day by making something unique out of broken ceramics, sea glasses, and mosaic tiles, inspired by Kintsugi. Kintsugi is a Japanese art of repairing and restoring broken pottery items. Rather than making broken parts look brand-new, Kintsugi sees repaired parts as beautiful and celebrates flaws as something unique to be embraced.

Enjoy the creative process, and then learn to see beauty in broken items.

This workshop is for visitors ages 6+ and their grown-ups. · Very limited seating is available on a first come, first served basis -please sign up in front of the Art Lab.

This program is offered in collaboration with the Japan Society of Boston (JSB) and supported by the Pucker family.

Combine technology and papercraft to create a picture that lights up.

This workshop is recommended for visitors ages 6+ and their grown-ups. Space is limited – please sign up in front of the STEAM Lab.

Join us for a workshop led by Violinist Kavita Shankar and enjoy the world of Carnatic music – a form of Indian Classical Music named after the region of its origin.
Learn about the basics, hear how the instruments sound from live music and recordings, and learn how to sing a song.

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.

Meet Kintsugi artist Tatsuya “Tad” Murao of Kintsugi Boston and learn about the beauty of Japanese Kintsugi art!

Celebrate Mother’s Day by making something unique out of broken ceramics, sea glasses, and mosaic tiles, inspired by Kintsugi. Kintsugi is a Japanese art of repairing and restoring broken pottery items. Rather than making broken parts look brand-new, Kintsugi sees repaired parts as beautiful and celebrates flaws as something unique to be embraced.

Enjoy the creative process, and then learn to see beauty in broken items.

This workshop is for visitors ages 6+ and their grown-ups. · Very limited seating is available on a first come, first served basis -please sign up in front of the Art Lab.

This program is offered in collaboration with the Japan Society of Boston (JSB) and supported by the Pucker family.

Combine technology and papercraft to create a picture that lights up.

This workshop is recommended for visitors ages 6+ and their grown-ups. Space is limited – please sign up in front of the STEAM Lab.

Meet Kintsugi artist Tatsuya “Tad” Murao of Kintsugi Boston and learn about the beauty of Japanese Kintsugi art!

Celebrate Mother’s Day by making something unique out of broken ceramics, sea glasses, and mosaic tiles, inspired by Kintsugi. Kintsugi is a Japanese art of repairing and restoring broken pottery items. Rather than making broken parts look brand-new, Kintsugi sees repaired parts as beautiful and celebrates flaws as something unique to be embraced.

Enjoy the creative process, and then learn to see beauty in broken items.

This workshop is for visitors ages 6+ and their grown-ups. · Very limited seating is available on a first come, first served basis -please sign up in front of the Art Lab.

This program is offered in collaboration with the Japan Society of Boston (JSB) and supported by the Pucker family.

Combine technology and papercraft to create a picture that lights up.

This workshop is recommended for visitors ages 6+ and their grown-ups. Space is limited – please sign up in front of the STEAM Lab.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Also, watch this video and make your cozy space at home!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Also, watch this video and make your cozy space at home!

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.

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.

Come learn how to make a book from only a sheet of paper! Following interdisciplinary artist, Joanna Tam, write down and draw your own stories of what home means to you. At the end, there will be the chance to share your story with other people in the workshop!

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.

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.

Combine technology and papercraft to create a picture that lights up.

This workshop is recommended for visitors ages 6+ and their grown-ups. Space is limited – please sign up in front of the STEAM Lab.

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.

Combine technology and papercraft to create a picture that lights up.

This workshop is recommended for visitors ages 6+ and their grown-ups. Space is limited – please sign up in front of the STEAM Lab.

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.

Combine technology and papercraft to create a picture that lights up.

This workshop is recommended for visitors ages 6+ and their grown-ups. Space is limited – please sign up in front of the STEAM Lab.

Combine technology and papercraft to create a picture that lights up.

This workshop is recommended for visitors ages 6+ and their grown-ups. Space is limited – please sign up in front of the STEAM Lab.

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.

Combine technology and papercraft to create a picture that lights up.

This workshop is recommended for visitors ages 6+ and their grown-ups. Space is limited – please sign up in front of the STEAM Lab.

Combine technology and papercraft to create a picture that lights up.

This workshop is recommended for visitors ages 6+ and their grown-ups. Space is limited – please sign up in front of the STEAM Lab.