Location: Second Floor

Have you ever wondered what it feels like to conduct an orchestra? A conductor’s job is to keep the music together, and to bring out the best sounds of the musicians performing. It is something very few people ever get the opportunity to do. Conduct Us! is your chance to experience leading a small orchestra, and no experience is necessary – you set the tempo!

Rip, tear, and peel! Play with different types of paper and other materials. Rip the materials into small pieces, crumple them in your hands, and notice different textures.

Explore materials, practice using new tools, or discover something unexpected about the way things work. Enjoy STEAM activities designed specially to support toddlers’ natural curiosity about the world. Activity changes monthly.

Create a fall scene with natural materials and use your imagination to tell stories.

Be curious and make new discoveries as you step into school. Play is one of the best ways to build school readiness skills! Activity changes monthly.

Create your own playdough using common household materials.

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

Create your own playdough using common household materials.

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

Create your own playdough using common household materials.

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

Create your own playdough using common household materials.

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

Create your own playdough using common household materials.

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

Create your own playdough using common household materials.

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 screening of More Than a Meal — a specially created video project that showcases cuisines from the AAPI diaspora, and the families and stories that inspire them. While you watch, create your own plate to add to the Community Gathering Table!

Filmed in neighborhoods across the Boston area, More Than a Meal features six restaurant owners whose dishes reflect generations of memory, migration, and creativity. Visitors will be welcomed into the rarely seen kitchens where recipes come to life—where teams of cooks, chefs, and kitchen staff work side by side to bring flavors, stories, and traditions to the table with care and skill. Through a first-person perspective, experience how cooking connects people across time and place, and how sharing a meal can be a powerful way to show love, keep memories alive, and build community.

Featured restaurants:
Ariana Restaurant
Japonaise Bakery
Momo Masala
Pho Viet’s
Silk Road Uyghur Cuisine
Yoma Boston”

Join musician Karim Nagi for a lively, hands-on performance honoring songs, rhythms, and dances from Islamic communities across the world – from Egypt to Western China. Hear stories about the instruments he plays, and learn about the creative ways music and storytelling can reflect beliefs, traditions, and history.

Between performances, take a break to see and touch historic instruments from Muslim traditions with our Collections team.

Join musician Karim Nagi for a lively, hands-on performance honoring songs, rhythms, and dances from Islamic communities across the world – from Egypt to Western China. Hear stories about the instruments he plays, and learn about the creative ways music and storytelling can reflect beliefs, traditions, and history.

Rip, tear, and peel! Play with different types of paper and other materials. Rip the materials into small pieces, crumple them in your hands, and notice different textures.

Explore materials, practice using new tools, or discover something unexpected about the way things work. Enjoy STEAM activities designed specially to support toddlers’ natural curiosity about the world. Activity changes monthly.

Join us for an English-Spanish story time of Tortillas and Lullabies, by Lynn Reiser, about how traditions are handed down through family. Then, see and touch Collections objects that were passed down through families before they came to the Museum, and draw or write about the traditions, heirlooms, stories, hobbies, recipes, or skills that have been passed down in your family!

Create a fall scene with natural materials and use your imagination to tell stories.

Be curious and make new discoveries as you step into school. Play is one of the best ways to build school readiness skills! Activity changes monthly.

Join us for a special storytime presented in the style of traditional Japanese kamishibai! Experience Japanese culture and learn about beliefs through the tale of “Hats for Jizos (Kasa Jizo).” This heartwarming winter story highlights themes of kindness and compassion.

The story incorporates various traditions and customs from both Buddhism and Shinto religions as people prepare to welcome the new year. While listening, we invite you to share your own traditions and beliefs.