Make your own Picasso mask for Halloween! Program runs 10-3, or until materials are gone. No need to preregister. Program included with membership and admission.

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.

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.

Explore the many stages of design as we create two costumes over the course of ten weeks. Students will begin on a smaller scale by designing and making a model of a costume for their favorite movie, television, or book character, complete with props. For the remainder of the classes, students will create an original […]

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 to miss out!  With […]

Explore the creative world of character development as you draw a variety of your favorite characters. Learn about the doodles that led to the creation of your favorite cartoons. Practice different drawing styles and techniques and develop your own unique cartoon characters!

For children in grades 2-5.  Children will choose a cat, dog or bear to sew and stuff.  They will learn basic hand-sewing skills and complete a project they can cuddle and be proud of! Class taught by artist Romi Sebald of Cranberry Brook Studio.

In this class, preschoolers will explore geology, physics, and biology through age-appropriate, simple, hands-on experiments. Your little stargazers will reach out into the cosmos, put on a lab coat to mix fizzing chemicals into colorful concoctions, and plant the seeds of understanding in our natural world!

In this after-school class, students will gain a multi-layered understanding of Geology, Geography, Paleontology, and everything else rock-based! We’ll learn how crystals and fossils form, what’s happening in the center of the earth, the magic behind the decay transformation of minerals, and so much more!

Let your child explore the world of clay. Children will have the opportunity to hand build projects, visit a real pottery studio, and learn about the glazing and firing processes. They will also be able to experience how clay is ‘thrown’ on a pottery wheel. Class taught by Third Wheel Pottery Studio Artist Robin Wolpin.

Use recycled fabric scraps to make a flowy ghost shape. We will focus on draping and use glue to harden our ghosts. Let it dry while you play and pick out your eyes to add on once it dries. Pick it up after playtime for a cute and creepy Halloween decoration. Program runs 10-3, or […]

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.

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.

Explore the many stages of design as we create two costumes over the course of ten weeks. Students will begin on a smaller scale by designing and making a model of a costume for their favorite movie, television, or book character, complete with props. For the remainder of the classes, students will create an original […]

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 to miss out!  With […]

Explore the creative world of character development as you draw a variety of your favorite characters. Learn about the doodles that led to the creation of your favorite cartoons. Practice different drawing styles and techniques and develop your own unique cartoon characters!

For children in grades 2-5.  Children will choose a cat, dog or bear to sew and stuff.  They will learn basic hand-sewing skills and complete a project they can cuddle and be proud of! Class taught by artist Romi Sebald of Cranberry Brook Studio.

In this class, preschoolers will explore geology, physics, and biology through age-appropriate, simple, hands-on experiments. Your little stargazers will reach out into the cosmos, put on a lab coat to mix fizzing chemicals into colorful concoctions, and plant the seeds of understanding in our natural world!

In this after-school class, students will gain a multi-layered understanding of Geology, Geography, Paleontology, and everything else rock-based! We’ll learn how crystals and fossils form, what’s happening in the center of the earth, the magic behind the decay transformation of minerals, and so much more!

Let your child explore the world of clay. Children will have the opportunity to hand build projects, visit a real pottery studio, and learn about the glazing and firing processes. They will also be able to experience how clay is ‘thrown’ on a pottery wheel. Class taught by Third Wheel Pottery Studio Artist Robin Wolpin.

How can witches and ghosts fly without wings? In this workshop, we'll float a few ideas around and see how they stick - is it their magnetic personalities, or have they just let the weight of the world off of their shoulders? Join us as we work to craft a magic wand that just might […]

Let's play dress-up at the museum! Bring your old Halloween costumes to swap with other kiddos. You can wear your own costume, trade a costume, leave a costume, take a costume and make a Halloween accessory for your costume. We will have a Halloween creation station to help make something unique to amplify your costume […]

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.

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.

Explore the many stages of design as we create two costumes over the course of ten weeks. Students will begin on a smaller scale by designing and making a model of a costume for their favorite movie, television, or book character, complete with props. For the remainder of the classes, students will create an original […]

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 to miss out!  With […]

Explore the creative world of character development as you draw a variety of your favorite characters. Learn about the doodles that led to the creation of your favorite cartoons. Practice different drawing styles and techniques and develop your own unique cartoon characters!

For children in grades 2-5.  Children will choose a cat, dog or bear to sew and stuff.  They will learn basic hand-sewing skills and complete a project they can cuddle and be proud of! Class taught by artist Romi Sebald of Cranberry Brook Studio.

In this class, preschoolers will explore geology, physics, and biology through age-appropriate, simple, hands-on experiments. Your little stargazers will reach out into the cosmos, put on a lab coat to mix fizzing chemicals into colorful concoctions, and plant the seeds of understanding in our natural world!

In this after-school class, students will gain a multi-layered understanding of Geology, Geography, Paleontology, and everything else rock-based! We’ll learn how crystals and fossils form, what’s happening in the center of the earth, the magic behind the decay transformation of minerals, and so much more!

Let your child explore the world of clay. Children will have the opportunity to hand build projects, visit a real pottery studio, and learn about the glazing and firing processes. They will also be able to experience how clay is ‘thrown’ on a pottery wheel. Class taught by Third Wheel Pottery Studio Artist Robin Wolpin.

Come Celebrate National Chemistry Week with the NCCM.  We'll have Chemical Concoctions and Creepy Science. Join the fun! Program runs 12-4, or until materials are gone. No need to preregister. Program included with membership and admission.  

Have you seen the viral trend to Halloween-ify old thrift shop paintings? You can choose a painting and turn a few of the characters into ghosts. Don't stop there! Turn trees into fall colored leaves, add black cats, pumpkins, bats, etc. Program runs 10-3, or until materials are gone. No need to preregister. Program included […]

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.

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.

Explore the many stages of design as we create two costumes over the course of ten weeks. Students will begin on a smaller scale by designing and making a model of a costume for their favorite movie, television, or book character, complete with props. For the remainder of the classes, students will create an original […]

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 to miss out!  With […]

Explore the creative world of character development as you draw a variety of your favorite characters. Learn about the doodles that led to the creation of your favorite cartoons. Practice different drawing styles and techniques and develop your own unique cartoon characters!

For children in grades 2-5.  Children will choose a cat, dog or bear to sew and stuff.  They will learn basic hand-sewing skills and complete a project they can cuddle and be proud of! Class taught by artist Romi Sebald of Cranberry Brook Studio.

Children's Museum Creepy Science led by Clarkson University’s TriBeta Biology Honor Society

In this class, preschoolers will explore geology, physics, and biology through age-appropriate, simple, hands-on experiments. Your little stargazers will reach out into the cosmos, put on a lab coat to mix fizzing chemicals into colorful concoctions, and plant the seeds of understanding in our natural world!

In this after-school class, students will gain a multi-layered understanding of Geology, Geography, Paleontology, and everything else rock-based! We’ll learn how crystals and fossils form, what’s happening in the center of the earth, the magic behind the decay transformation of minerals, and so much more!

Let your child explore the world of clay. Children will have the opportunity to hand build projects, visit a real pottery studio, and learn about the glazing and firing processes. They will also be able to experience how clay is ‘thrown’ on a pottery wheel. Class taught by Third Wheel Pottery Studio Artist Robin Wolpin.

Come celebrate the Mexican Day of the Dead holiday with Professor Martha Chew. Martha is a native of Mexico and teaches in the Latino Studies Department at St. Lawrence University. She will be setting up an Ofrenda (alter) and sharing this important cultural tradition. Program runs from 11am to noon. The ofrenda will be set […]

Create a spooky bouquet of flowers. We will use faux florals and add eye balls, skulls, skeletons and more. Keep your creations or hand them out as an alternative to candy. Trick-or-Treat! We hope you picked a trick! Program runs 10-3, or until materials are gone. No need to preregister. Program included with membership and […]

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.

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.

Explore the many stages of design as we create two costumes over the course of ten weeks. Students will begin on a smaller scale by designing and making a model of a costume for their favorite movie, television, or book character, complete with props. For the remainder of the classes, students will create an original […]

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 to miss out!  With […]

Explore the creative world of character development as you draw a variety of your favorite characters. Learn about the doodles that led to the creation of your favorite cartoons. Practice different drawing styles and techniques and develop your own unique cartoon characters!

For children in grades 2-5.  Children will choose a cat, dog or bear to sew and stuff.  They will learn basic hand-sewing skills and complete a project they can cuddle and be proud of! Class taught by artist Romi Sebald of Cranberry Brook Studio.

In this class, preschoolers will explore geology, physics, and biology through age-appropriate, simple, hands-on experiments. Your little stargazers will reach out into the cosmos, put on a lab coat to mix fizzing chemicals into colorful concoctions, and plant the seeds of understanding in our natural world!

In this after-school class, students will gain a multi-layered understanding of Geology, Geography, Paleontology, and everything else rock-based! We’ll learn how crystals and fossils form, what’s happening in the center of the earth, the magic behind the decay transformation of minerals, and so much more!

Let your child explore the world of clay. Children will have the opportunity to hand build projects, visit a real pottery studio, and learn about the glazing and firing processes. They will also be able to experience how clay is ‘thrown’ on a pottery wheel. Class taught by Third Wheel Pottery Studio Artist Robin Wolpin.

Come see some of the STEM-tacular activities and lessons that Clarkson's best and brightest have designed. These drop-in family activities will run all weekend with help from the Clarkson Institute for STEM Education. No need to pre-register.  Program included with the cost of admission and membership.