Celebrate springtime at the Children's Museum for May Day! NCCM theatre educator Rachael Clements will create a short play about the holiday with visitors.  Special Guest Sasha Kocho-Williams will teach families a maypole dance accompanied by traditional folk music.  Visitors are encouraged to come in fantasy, flowery costumes! No need to preregister.  Programs are included […]

To celebrate a belated Museum Lover's Day, join us and the DEC as we prepare some Red Oak seedlings for guests to take home and plant - with love! No need to preregister. Program included with membership and admission.

Come create your own design for a movie of your choice! We will see examples of real movie posters from a movie theater and then you can make your own. What’s your favorite movie? We can help you recreate characters and practice your drawing and coloring skills. Program runs at 11:00 and 2:00. No need […]

Family Science Program: Red Oak Planting with the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation Saturday, May 13 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Join NCCM science educator Dan and the DEC and help prepare Red Oak seedlings. Then take home your seedling to plant in your yard. No need to preregister. Cost of program included with […]

Make a sculpy pin for a mother figure! Use sculpy to shape, twist, and mold something sweet. Bake it and turn it into a pin to give as a gift. Happy Mother’s Day! Program runs at 11:00 and 2:00. No need to preregister. Program included with membership and admission.  

On Endangered Species Day, let's explore how climate change is affecting the endangered coral reefs around the world, and make our own color-changing reef systems! Program runs at 11:00 and 2:00. No need to preregister. Program included with membership and admission.

Come create a piece of art on transparent paper. We will use these transparent drawings for our light table! Place your creation on the light table and see your drawing illuminate! Think about stacking images to create one image. Program runs at 11:00 and 2:00. No need to preregister. Program included with membership and admission.

To commemorate Sunscreen Day, we'll delve into how UV light from the Sun affects our skin, and make reusable glow sticks powered by that same radiation! Program runs at 11:00 and 2:00. No need to preregister. Program included with membership and admission.

Come place small dots of paint on a piece of paper. Use a flat surface (squeegee) to scrape the paint in one direction. Do this repeatedly until you like your abstract creation! We will think about color placement and color theory! Program runs at 11:00 and 2:00. No need to preregister. Program included with membership […]

To help the goal of Invasive Species Awareness Week, we’ll be tracking down these critters and plants that are hurting the locals, and use what we find in a board game that you’ll help design and test! Program runs at 11:00 and 2:00. No need to preregister. Program included with membership and admission.