Location: Second Floor

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.

What makes a good home for a crab? What kinds of things would you put in their home to keep them safe and happy? Use simple art materials to design welcoming places for local marine wildlife to live.

Our seastars and crabs have some things in their home that don’t belong! Design and build a tool that can help remove the trash and keep their home clean.

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.

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!

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.

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.

Send materials soaring through the air! See how different things like paper, streamers, balls and more float and fly.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

Send materials soaring through the air! See how different things like paper, streamers, balls and more float and fly.

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.

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 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.

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 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.