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Explore 20 trusted museums nature resources selected for curious kids, with clear ages, access details, and parent context.
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Canadian Museum of Nature 2026–27 School Workshops
The Canadian Museum of Nature’s 2026–27 workshop programme gives publicly funded Canadian schools free virtual and on-site natural-history learning, including age-specific freshwater and biodiversity topics.
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Little Wonders Online
The University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History’s youth and family programs page links to Little Wonders Online, science and culture adventures for preschoolers and their adults, plus broader family museum learning.
GAMeC The Museum Is Present 2026
GAMeC and Accademia Carrara’s 2026 summer camp gives children ages 6–11 interdisciplinary art, photography, creative-tech, city nature and museum workshop experiences.
Kahaku Children’s Education
The National Museum of Nature and Science in Tokyo’s children’s education hub, with family exploration programs, at-home observation and craft activities, VR, worksheets, and digital science content.
Bell Museum Family Activities
The Bell Museum’s family activity collection brings together at-home experiments, story times, stargazing tips, astronomy challenges, rover activities, DNA experiments, and science videos for curious children.
Bell Museum Science & Nature Activity Kit 2026
Bell Museum’s 2026 Science & Nature Activity Kit offers four family activities: Rainfall Recorder, Habitat Helper, 13 Moons, and Mammal Mysteries, supported by a museum learning page and video links.
AMNH Science Investigations Summer Program
The American Museum of Natural History Science Investigations Summer Program gives learners entering Kindergarten through grade 5 week-long hands-on science experiences with museum educators, collections, exhibits, scientists, and live animals.
U.S. Botanic Garden Field Trip Experiences
The U.S. Botanic Garden offers free self-guided, instructor-led, and virtual field trips from Pre-K through high school, with plant-science lessons aligned to Next Generation Science Standards.
Smithsonian Youth Programs
The Smithsonian Youth Programs catalogue connects K–12 learners and teens with science, nature, technology, art, design, history, culture, camps, internships, zoo programmes, and museum-based learning.
Natural History Museum Indoor Science and Crafts
The Natural History Museum’s indoor science and crafts page offers family activities and ideas for exploring nature at home, in a garden, or in a local outdoor space, including craft projects, dinosaur activities, and educational resources.
Natural History Museum Schools Learning
The Natural History Museum London schools programme offers museum visits, virtual workshops, curriculum-linked learning resources for ages 5–14, nature and climate activities, and dinosaur and natural-history collections.
U.S. Botanic Garden On-Site Activity Resources
The U.S. Botanic Garden’s plant passports and field journals turn a family or school visit into a guided investigation of plant parts, food plants, native plants, sustainability, and plant collections.
Australian Museum Activities for Kids at Home
The Australian Museum’s family activity hub brings together science, nature, culture, experiments, crafts, videos, factsheets, and app-linked activities for curious kids.
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