Grades K-5 Learn how puppets are used in theatre! Make your own creative puppets and write scripts to perform in the museum’s Maple Tree Puppet Theater!

Daylight Savings is almost at an end for the year, so let’s make our own seasonal clocks! Since the days are getting shorter, we’ll explore how time is tracked, and count down the days until the next big changes with your own analog clock! No need to preregister. Programs are included with membership and admission.

Virtual Reality Showcase: Everything from Here to Infinity. Join Clarkson Professor and Digital Artist Alex Lee. He utilizes the data produced by the most comprehensive survey of the known universe, The Sloan Digital Sky Survey, and visualizes it as virtual abstract expressionist brush strokes. Lee invites viewers to tour the known universe with a heightened […]

Enjoy the last bit of fall as we collect fall leaves to transform into playful masks and natural crowns. Program runs at 11:00 and 2:00. No need to preregister. Program included with membership and admission.

Ages 3-5 Join our Toddler Engineering Team as we explore basic engineering principles and put them to the test! From measuring the world around us to challenges in transportation and architecture, we’ll be laying the foundation for these Tinker Tots to grow into Confident Creators!

Grades K-5 These artsy tricks are sure to be treats! Join us in exploring the world of artistic optical illusions. We will learn about light, shadow and line as we play with 3D perspectives on a small and large scale. We will create public outdoor and indoor illusions for the community to view using a […]

Grades 1-5  In this class, children will learn to sew using a variety of hand sewing techniques. Participants will use their sewing skills to create an original teddy bear.  This class is taught by artist Romi Sebald of Cranberry Brook Designs.

Ages 5 and under Toddler Music is a mixed-age music and movement class for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and their caregivers, that includes activities designed to promote musical learning across ages. Activities include singing and chanting, dancing and finger plays, and playing children’s instruments, aka: making noise and jumping around. You don’t want your little one […]

Grades K-5 What’s a lyre? What was a sistrum used for? How do you play an aulos? We’ll learn about some of the earliest known instruments, create our own modern versions, and check out reproductions at the Potsdam Public History Museum.  Step into a musical past today and make some joyful noise!

Grades K-5 In this class, we’ll be serving up different experiments with ingredients and tools found in the kitchen!  We’ll safely explore the chemical and physical changes that happen to your favorite foods and snacks. Feast on the wonders of science as we learn the chemistry behind candy making, baking, dying, and DIY home kitchen […]