Location The Common
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Culture and identity
Health and wellness
Natural environment
Performing arts
Play!
School readiness
STEAM
Visual arts
Ages
All
0 to 3
3 to 5
5 to 6
6+
What are we learning
All
Being open to possibilities
Being playful
Persisting
Respecting self and others
Taking risks
Thinking creatively and imaginatively
Understanding different perspectives
Working flexibly
Program format
All
ASL interpreted
Performance
Presentation
Special event
Workshop
Location
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Art Lab
Bubbles
Countdown to Kindergarten
Fenway Farms at Boston Children's Museum
First Floor
Japanese House
KidStage
Outside
PlaySpace
Second Floor
STEAM Lab
The Common
The Gallery
Third Floor
Program Location
All
2nd floor bridge
3rd floor bridge by Japanese House
Art Lab, 2nd floor
Bubbles: 1st Floor
Countdown to Kindergarten, 2nd floor
Fenway Farms at Boston Children's Museum, 2nd floor
Japanese House, 3rd floor
KidStage, 1st floor
Museum
Outside on the Plaza
STEAM Lab, 2nd floor
The Common, 2nd floor
The Gallery, 2nd floor
Past and Future Events
All
Only Past Events
Only Future Events
may
Program details
Explore magnets of different shapes and sizes. See how they stick together and pull them apart! Explore materials, practice using new tools, or discover something
Program details
Explore magnets of different shapes and sizes. See how they stick together and pull them apart!
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.
STEAM Sprouts is generously supported by Bright Horizons Early Education and Preschool.
Time
(Wednesday) 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Location
The Common, 2nd floor
Program details
Explore magnets of different shapes and sizes. See how they stick together and pull them apart! Explore materials, practice using new tools, or discover something
Program details
Explore magnets of different shapes and sizes. See how they stick together and pull them apart!
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.
STEAM Sprouts is generously supported by Bright Horizons Early Education and Preschool.
Time
(Wednesday) 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Location
The Common, 2nd floor
Program details
Enjoy a special concert with talented musicians from Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra. Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras (BYSO) is one of the most prestigious, comprehensive, and
Program details
Enjoy a special concert with talented musicians from Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra.
Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras (BYSO) is one of the most prestigious, comprehensive, and remarkable youth orchestras in the nation. Each year, BYSO serves over 500 children, ages 4 through 18, from Greater Boston and throughout New England. The students receive a transformative, classical music education that changes their lives. Their path forward is a pursuit of excellence rooted in self-confidence, courage and leadership.
Young People’s String Orchestra (YPSO), conducted by Marta Zurad, is regarded as one of the finest young children’s orchestras in the New England area. This orchestra performs major repertoire from the standard string orchestra literature while learning the skills needed for excellent orchestral playing.
Time
(Sunday) 2:00 pm
Location
The Common, 2nd floor
Program details
Explore magnets of different shapes and sizes. See how they stick together and pull them apart! Explore materials, practice using new tools, or discover something
Program details
Explore magnets of different shapes and sizes. See how they stick together and pull them apart!
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.
STEAM Sprouts is generously supported by Bright Horizons Early Education and Preschool.
Time
(Wednesday) 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Location
The Common, 2nd floor
Program details
Explore magnets of different shapes and sizes. See how they stick together and pull them apart! Explore materials, practice using new tools, or discover something
Program details
Explore magnets of different shapes and sizes. See how they stick together and pull them apart!
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.
STEAM Sprouts is generously supported by Bright Horizons Early Education and Preschool.
Time
(Wednesday) 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Location
The Common, 2nd floor
Program details
Enjoy a special concert with talented musicians from Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra’s Petite Ensemble. Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras (BYSO) is one of the most prestigious,
Program details
Enjoy a special concert with talented musicians from Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra’s Petite Ensemble.
Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras (BYSO) is one of the most prestigious, comprehensive, and remarkable youth orchestras in the nation. Each year, BYSO serves over 500 children, ages 4 through 18, from Greater Boston and throughout New England. The students receive a transformative, classical music education that changes their lives. Their path forward is a pursuit of excellence rooted in self-confidence, courage and leadership.
Petit Ensemble, BYSO’s youngest ensemble and conducted by Marta Zurad, is a string orchestra for players generally under the age of 10. Petit Ensemble members have successfully completed at least Suzuki Book Two (violin, viola, cello, and bass). The rich repertoire introduces students to a variety of musical styles.
Time
(Sunday) 2:00 pm
Location
The Common, 2nd floor
Program details
Explore magnets of different shapes and sizes. See how they stick together and pull them apart! Explore materials, practice using new tools, or discover something
Program details
Explore magnets of different shapes and sizes. See how they stick together and pull them apart!
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.
STEAM Sprouts is generously supported by Bright Horizons Early Education and Preschool.
Time
(Wednesday) 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Location
The Common, 2nd floor
Program details
Explore magnets of different shapes and sizes. See how they stick together and pull them apart! Explore materials, practice using new tools, or discover something
Program details
Explore magnets of different shapes and sizes. See how they stick together and pull them apart!
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.
STEAM Sprouts is generously supported by Bright Horizons Early Education and Preschool.
Time
(Wednesday) 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Location
The Common, 2nd floor
Program details
Gather and create a space of being and belonging. From stories to music to collaborative art, programs change each Gather! afternoon, but are always for building our community
Program details
Gather and create a space of being and belonging. From stories to music to collaborative art, programs change each Gather! afternoon, but are always for building our community together. Come listen, share, and connect.
Time
(Sunday) 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location
The Common, 2nd floor
Program details
Explore magnets of different shapes and sizes. See how they stick together and pull them apart! Explore materials, practice using new tools, or discover something
Program details
Explore magnets of different shapes and sizes. See how they stick together and pull them apart!
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.
STEAM Sprouts is generously supported by Bright Horizons Early Education and Preschool.
Time
(Wednesday) 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Location
The Common, 2nd floor
Program details
Explore magnets of different shapes and sizes. See how they stick together and pull them apart! Explore materials, practice using new tools, or discover something
Program details
Explore magnets of different shapes and sizes. See how they stick together and pull them apart!
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.
STEAM Sprouts is generously supported by Bright Horizons Early Education and Preschool.
Time
(Wednesday) 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Location
The Common, 2nd floor
Program details
Join us as we welcome our guest artist Ngoc-Tran Vu at the Museum! Tran is a local community-based artist and a longtime
Program details
Join us as we welcome our guest artist Ngoc-Tran Vu at the Museum!
Tran is a local community-based artist and a longtime friend of the Museum. Tran is currently working on a new public mural art project, in collaboration with the Food Pantry at Harbor Health and the City of Boston, and will soon to be installed and unveiled in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood. Her new mural art is titled “Did you eat yet?”, which will invite people to have dialogs and reflections on food cultures and memories associated with food. While we learn about her new public art, Tran will invite us to participate in a fun art-making activity.
Learn more about Ngoc-Tran Vu. @TranVuArts
This program is part of the Boston Children’s Museum & Harvard Asia Center Partnership to celebrate Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month.
Time
(Sunday) 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location
The Common, 2nd floor
Program details
Explore magnets of different shapes and sizes. See how they stick together and pull them apart! Explore materials, practice using new tools, or discover something
Program details
Explore magnets of different shapes and sizes. See how they stick together and pull them apart!
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.
STEAM Sprouts is generously supported by Bright Horizons Early Education and Preschool.
Time
(Wednesday) 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Location
The Common, 2nd floor
Program details
Explore magnets of different shapes and sizes. See how they stick together and pull them apart! Explore materials, practice using new tools, or discover something
Program details
Explore magnets of different shapes and sizes. See how they stick together and pull them apart!
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.
STEAM Sprouts is generously supported by Bright Horizons Early Education and Preschool.
Time
(Wednesday) 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Location
The Common, 2nd floor
june
Program details
Gather and create a space of being and belonging. From stories to music to collaborative art, programs change each Gather! afternoon, but are always for building our community
Program details
Gather and create a space of being and belonging. From stories to music to collaborative art, programs change each Gather! afternoon, but are always for building our community together. Come listen, share, and connect.
Time
(Sunday) 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location
The Common, 2nd floor
Program details
Gather and create a space of being and belonging. From stories to music to collaborative art, programs change each Gather! afternoon, but are always for building our community
Program details
Gather and create a space of being and belonging. From stories to music to collaborative art, programs change each Gather! afternoon, but are always for building our community together. Come listen, share, and connect.
Time
(Sunday) 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location
The Common, 2nd floor