Take a white t-shirt and outline it with sharpie marker. We will do the edges and the even get into the details of the shirt such as seams and stitching. Well turn a real object into a 2D illusion. Be sure to wear your t-shirt when you visit the 2D Playroom installation next month! You’ll […]

Join us as we build a robot from the ground up and teach it to move! With building blocks and block coding, your little Builders will learn basic robotics all in an hour! Programs are included with membership and admission. No need to preregister.

Create a Sharpie outline drawing that we will hang in our 2D Art Installation! Program runs at 11:00 and 2:00. No need to preregister. Programs are included with membership and admission.

In honor of National Grandparents Day, we'll explore the basics of genetics with Punnett Squares, and use those to make family tree maps! Then we'll use that map to track down a thief who stole the family jewels! Program runs at 11:00 and 2:00 No need to preregister. Programs are included with membership and admission

Put your own stamp on our 2D Playroom Art Installation by drawing on our reverse chalkboard inside the installation! Program runs at 11:00 and 2:00 No need to preregister. Program included with membership and admission

When you knock-knock on a tree in the woods and a hairy pellet falls down, do you know who-who dropped it? Let’s dissect the pellet and find out! No need to preregister. Program included with membership and admission

Join us for this 21+ event with live music, food, a cash bar, and opportunities to play without kids around. Use science to create a cocktail and interact with our 2D art installation. A ticket includes food provided by Cactus Grill and Cantina, Anastasia's Bakery Truck, 1844 House, Jake's on the Water, Hoof and Horn […]

Create a Sharpie outline drawing that we will hang in our 2D Art Installation! Program runs at 11:00 and 2:00 No need to preregister. Program included with membership and admission

Why are the trees changing color? For this program, we'll learn how trees sense the world around them, and what it would be like if we grew like trees! No need to preregister. Program included with membership and admission.

Take a white t-shirt and outline it with sharpie marker. We will do the edges and then even get into the details of the shirt such as seams and stitching. Well turn a real object into a 2D illusion. Be sure to wear your t-shirt when you visit the 2D Playroom installation next month! You’ll […]

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 […]

For kids walking to 5 Brianne Borden brings a love of movement, music, and play to her children’s yoga classes. A mix of movement and music based in yoga. Participants should wear comfortable clothing and come prepared to have fun!

Grades 1-5 Are you ready to travel the world and meet animals from all walks of life? In collaboration with SUNY Potsdam’s Biology Department and Animal Room, and through a variety of hands-on activities and projects, we’ll be learning where these beautiful creatures come from and what their life is like in the wild!

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!

What is Blood, and why do so many monsters want it? In this workshop, families will learn what blood actually does for us, and how much vampires would need to survive. Finally, we’ll make spooky models of ourselves out of veins, arteries, and fake blood to distract the monsters! Program runs at 11:00 and 2:00 […]