Lot of people love coffee! But where does it all come from? Visit the Museum for a reading of Slothee Wants Coffee while sipping hot cocoa (or coffee for the adults!) and munching on treats.
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What adventures can happen within museum walls? How do you unlock those adventures? Join us for a special reading of “The Key to Adventure,” the Museum’s newly published children’s book! Munch on treats, sip hot chocolate, and decorate a special key to take on endless imaginative adventures.
Visit the Museum for a day of wintry fun! Families will make holiday poppers to celebrate the new year, decorate cards for loved ones, and create a one-of-a-kind window decoration inspired by some of Connecticut’s iconic wintry window displays.
Grab your detective gear and get ready to solve a mystery! Decorate your own magnifying glass, solve clues, and search through the galleries for special objects and images.
Celebrate Grandparents’ Day with a special story time at the Museum! Bring your grandparents and enjoy a reading of a story all about going on vacation with family. Then, using inspiration from the story, visit the Inspire Center and invent a new way to help people navigate when they go on fun-filled adventures with their grandparents!
Have you ever heard of a wooden nickel? Or decorations made of hair? Look closely at images of everyday objects and challenge yourself to uncover what wacky materials were used to create them! Then, see how many common objects you can create using a variety of unconventional and seemingly bizarre items.
oin us at the Museum for a day all about summertime picnics! Make a paper bag picnic basket, weave a miniature picnic blanket, and enjoy your very own pretend picnic complete with toy food and classic summertime games!
Calling all builders! Explore how cities have grown over time, work together to create a pretend city on a giant map at the Museum, and design and create your own buildings using boxes, paper bags, wooden sticks, and more.
Escape the heat with the beats and melodies of music! Join us for a FREE, interactive day of musical discovery through fun classes, hands-on experiences, crafts, snacks, and more.
Get ready for summer with games and crafts at the Connecticut Museum! Decorate your own visors, make sand art, go “fishing,” and play some classic lawn games like corn hole and ring toss!