Summer of Imagination!

Every day this Summer you can see how far your imagination can take you. Join us as we celebrate the joy of using our imaginations to play, pretend, and discover around specific themes. Activities will take place every day 9:30-11:30am and 2:00-4:00pm in the Common on the second floor. Check our calendar for updates and details.

Return of the Dinosaurs!

Monday, July 4 – Monday, July 25

Visit our new Dinos in Space exhibit and then use your imagination to create your own dinosaur and the place where it lives. What if you could travel back in time to meet dinosaurs? What if dinosaurs lived in outer space? What if both you and dinosaurs lived in outer space?! 

Child's creation of a person using cardboard, tape, and string

Imagination City

Tuesday, July 26 – Monday, Aug 8

If you were in charge of designing a city what would it be? What if that city was for cats? Or fairies? Or dinosaurs?! Use your imagination and creativity to help make a new city. 

Mom and son create a new creature

Under the Sea

Tuesday, August 9 – Monday, August 22

If you were an ocean explorer what would you see? What might live there? Use your imagination to design an underwater world filled with fantastical fish and other creative creatures. 

Girl builds a structure using many colorful squares

Shape Extravaganza

Tuesday, August 23 – Monday, September 5

What can you do with lots of different shapes? Can you make a person? A new planet?  A dinosaur in a spaceship?! Use your imagination and lots of different shapes of all sizes to tell a story.

Imagination Carnival logo with a tent, balloons, and lights in a frame

Special Event - Imagination Carnival!

Saturday, July 30

Saturday, July 30 the Museum will be open for a fun day of play and exploration and in the evening for a special Imagination Carnival. During the day, games and unique carnival entertainment can be found outside under the tent. Play games, compete against friends and family, and walk away with fun prizes!

Want even more fun, then make sure to join our event later that night, the Imagination Carnival. Far-fetched, whimsical, and fantastic, the Imagination Carnival will feature traditional carnival games, performances, and challenges with an imaginative twist. Enjoy activities both inside and outside the Museum. This special evening event from 6:00-9:00pm will make for a joyful summer evening along Fort Point Channel.

Tickets for the Imagination Carnival are $25 per person and include:

  • Admission to the Museum and access to most Museum exhibits (Note: PlaySpace, the Japanese House, the STEAM and Art Labs will be closed for this event).
  • Outdoor tent with carnival games and performances
  • 8 game tickets you can redeem to play different carnival games
  • Prizes for everyone who attends
  • Juggling and stilt walking performances
  • Juggling workshops
  • DJ and dancing
  • Character meet and greets with some favorite superheroes and princesses. 
 
Tickets will go on sale July 11. Members will receive early access to tickets on July 8.