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Cleveland ArtLens Studio
ArtLens Studio is a Cleveland Museum of Art interactive experience where children and families play, create, and connect with the museum collection through artwork-centered activities.
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Carnegie Museum Super Science Saturday
Super Science Saturday is a Carnegie Museum of Natural History family program with hands-on stations, crafts, specimens, experts, and online activity ideas built around changing natural-history themes.
National Zoo Nature Play
National Zoo Nature Play is a Smithsonian program for young children and caregivers with outdoor water play, nature themes, sensory ideas, and downloadable family activities.
Chicago Children’s Museum Castle
Castle is a temporary Chicago Children’s Museum exhibit where children explore a full imaginative castle through tunnels, a rope bridge, costumes, role-play, a market, and hands-on storytelling play.
Boston Children’s Museum Art Lab
Boston Children’s Museum Art Lab is a rotating hands-on art-making program where children and families explore materials, artists, exhibits, and creative processes together.
Museum Marvels
Museum Marvels is an Indiana State Museum interactive game and showcase inviting families to test their curiosity through notable objects from the museum.
Sam Noble Museum Family Programs
Sam Noble Museum Family Programs invite children and adults to investigate the natural world together through science activities and family events for ages 5 and up.
Baltimore Museum of Art Family Art Adventures
Family Art Adventures is a free drop-in Baltimore Museum of Art program for young children and caregivers, combining sensory play, age-appropriate materials, and guided gallery discovery.
LEAP Museum
LEAP Museum is a hands-on, screen-free play centre where children and families explore building, logic, movement, teamwork, and problem-solving exhibits.
Maryland Science Center Kids Room Science
Kids Room Science is a Maryland Science Center daily drop-in experience with hands-on activities connected to science concepts, developmental skills, seasons, and interesting materials.
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