Sort fact from fiction in tales from around the world! Explore the museum and search for clever creatures from favorite fables, like tortoises, hares, and bears. Build a house strong enough to keep out a big bad wolf. Meet some of the museum’s live animal ambassadors and create your very own fantastic creature story.
This half-day camp keeps pace with active 4- and 5-year-olds and includes a mid-morning snack.
The last day to register for this camp is June 12, 2024.
Learn more about Furry Fables.
Learn all about animals and their homes as you spot critters in the forest, search for bugs in the stream, catch amphibians in the pond, and observe birds at the wetlands of the Avian Research Center. Play games to mimic how animals breathe, move, eat, and avoid predators. Get your hands dirty by creating your own nest, burrow, pond, and hive. Campers will get to screen print their own t-shirts the commemorate their time at camp!
The last day to register for this camp is June 19, 2024.
Learn more about Go Wild.
Decode puzzles left by ancient peoples from around the world and throughout history. Delve into experimental archaeology through design challenges such as mixing rock art pigments, using stone tools, and testing pottery techniques. Extract DNA and learn what modern studies in genetics reveal about prehistoric human migration. Explore Meadowcroft Rockshelter and discover more about the earliest human habitation in North America.
Activity fee: $50
Day trip to Meadowcroft Rockshelter: museum pick-up at 5 p.m.
The last day to register for this camp is July 31,2024.
Learn more about Youth Museum Institute: Secrets of Ancient Culture.
Sort fact from fiction in tales from around the world! Explore the museum and search for clever creatures from favorite fables, like tortoises, hares, and bears. Build a house strong enough to keep out a big bad wolf. Meet some of the museum’s live animal ambassadors and create your very own fantastic creature story.
This half-day camp keeps pace with active 4- and 5-year-olds and includes a mid-morning snack.
The last day to register for this camp is August 14, 2024.
Learn more about Furry Fables.