Synthetic Species

Ives Park

Synthetic Species will be an outdoor art installation and scavenger hunt created by artist Liza Labarge Paige. These “invasive species” will be a group of large-scale sculptures made from collected, […]

Free

Contemporary Renaissance Portrait Collages

North Country Children's Museum 10 Raymond Street, Potsdam, NY, United States

Use Magazines to transform Renaissance portraits into contemporary characters. Take the Mona Lisa to the Grammys! What would she wear? Program runs at 11:00 and 2:00. No need to preregister. […]

Free

STEAM Play

North Country Children's Museum 10 Raymond Street, Potsdam, NY, United States

Play and learn at our STEAM Table.  STEAM stands for:  Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics. Program runs at 11:00 and 2:00. No need to preregister. Program included with membership […]

Free

Shifting Rooms: Artist Patrick Hughes

North Country Children's Museum 10 Raymond Street, Potsdam, NY, United States

Learn about Artist Patrick Hughes and his mind-bending Optical Illusion paintings. We will focus on his Reverse Perspective Method and create our own shifting rooms. Program runs at 11:00 and […]

Free

Getting Gross with Germs

North Country Children's Museum 10 Raymond Street, Potsdam, NY, United States

Going back to school has lots of people sniffling - but why? Join us as we get dirty learning about germs, how they spread, and what you can do to […]

Free

DIY Bubble Blowing Machines and Bubble Prints

North Country Children's Museum 10 Raymond Street, Potsdam, NY, United States

Come create your own "bubble gun" and blow multiple bubbles at once. Then dip your blower into our colored solutions to create fun bubble prints to take home. This abstract […]

Free

Build-a-Bot Ballet

North Country Children's Museum 10 Raymond Street, Potsdam, NY, United States

What can robots do to help us? In this engineering-based program, we’ll brainstorm problems and build model robots to solve them! Program runs 10-3, or until materials are gone. No […]

Free

Create Your Own Density Rainbow! 

North Country Children's Museum 10 Raymond Street, Potsdam, NY, United States

 We invite museum participants to design and mix up their very own liquid rainbows.  Using a little bit of color theory and solution chemistry, we will create three solutions of varying colors and densities, and layer them carefully to create a work of art using science! Program runs 10-3, or until materials are gone. No […]

Free

Dramatic Play for Preschoolers

North Country Children's Museum 10 Raymond Street, Potsdam, NY, United States

Join us as we explore the exciting world of Dramatic Play!  Using our imaginations and creativity, we will be creating scenarios and play themes that will encourage thinking outside of the box.  Designed to encourage group play, language development, and reinforce practical skills such as sorting, rearranging, negotiation, sharing, and taking turns.

$95

Kitchen Chemistry

North Country Children's Museum 10 Raymond Street, Potsdam, NY, United States

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 home kitchen crafts.

$95