Upcoming Events
Open Today + Math Happens
Math Happens - Drop in Activity
Play games and solve puzzles in the Shape Room with MathHappens!
11am-3pm
MathHappens Foundation supports informal, playful, and creative math learning opportunities for people of all ages. We emphasize hands-on, screen-free activities that are easy to get started with, and that reward persistence with beauty, wonder, and insight.
Math Happens activities are included with the price of admission!
Open Today + Homeschool Workshop
Homeschool Workshop - Circuit Explore
10:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Learn about the flow of electricity and hook up different circuits to create a light to take home.
Open Today + MEA Break Camp
Eek! Engineering
9:00 am – 4:00 pm | $125 reg price, $112.50 members
Spend the day making silly, spooky, or startling creations. Concoct your own glow-in-the-dark slime, design light-up eyes to hide in a quiet corner and surprise your family, and use electricity to create a wiggling, dancing monster.
Open Today + MEA Break Camp
Cardboard Creations: Haunted House
9:00 am – 4:00 pm | $125 reg price, $112.50 members
Build a model house out of cardboard, then make it spookier (or not so spooky) by adding electronic lights and motors for a cool effect. You get to be the designer, the architect, and the engineer all rolled into one!
Open Today + MEA Break Camp
Wizard Worlds
9:00 am – 4:00 pm | $125 reg price, $112.50 members
Unleash your inner science wizard and create some STEM magic! Use electrical circuits to build your own light-up wand, mix up “potions” and experiment using dry ice, then learn to cast floating “spells” with static electricity and magnets.
Open Today + Math Happens
Math Happens - Drop in Activity
Play games and solve puzzles in the Shape Room with MathHappens!
11am-3pm
MathHappens Foundation supports informal, playful, and creative math learning opportunities for people of all ages. We emphasize hands-on, screen-free activities that are easy to get started with, and that reward persistence with beauty, wonder, and insight.
Math Happens activities are included with the price of admission!
Open Today + Homeschool Workshop
Environmental Engineering
10:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Discover how engineers work to reduce erosion in the environment. Build a hillside out of dirt, then design an erosion mitigation plan using rocks, fabrics, wood, sand, and other materials. Test your design in a rain shower, then see if you can improve it.
Open Today + Math Happens
Math Happens - Drop in Activity
Play games and solve puzzles in the Shape Room with MathHappens!
11am-3pm
MathHappens Foundation supports informal, playful, and creative math learning opportunities for people of all ages. We emphasize hands-on, screen-free activities that are easy to get started with, and that reward persistence with beauty, wonder, and insight.
Math Happens activities are included with the price of admission!
Open Today + Math Happens
Math Happens - Drop in Activity
Play games and solve puzzles in the Shape Room with MathHappens!
11am-3pm
MathHappens Foundation supports informal, playful, and creative math learning opportunities for people of all ages. We emphasize hands-on, screen-free activities that are easy to get started with, and that reward persistence with beauty, wonder, and insight.
Math Happens activities are included with the price of admission!
Open Today + Math Happens
Math Happens - Drop in Activity
Play games and solve puzzles in the Shape Room with MathHappens!
11am-3pm
MathHappens Foundation supports informal, playful, and creative math learning opportunities for people of all ages. We emphasize hands-on, screen-free activities that are easy to get started with, and that reward persistence with beauty, wonder, and insight.
Math Happens activities are included with the price of admission!
She Engineers
Join us for our She Engineers family event on Saturday, September 19, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Families can explore at their own pace while tackling hands-on engineering challenges, meeting inspiring STEM role models, and building confidence as they discover that engineering is everywhere - and everyone engineers. Our annual She Engineers event is part of our ongoing effort to increase the participation of girls and gender-expansive youth in STEM and welcomes participants of all genders to join the fun!
How to participate:
Event admission is $15 in advance and $17 at the door. Museum members attend for free, and scholarships are available through our Gateway program.
NEW! Purchase a She Engineers breakfast + event ticket. Read more about this new event HERE
Open Today + Book Reading
Book Reading - The Chicken Tender
Join us at the museum for a reading of the children’s book, “The Chicken Tender” by local author Kelsey Dilly, accompanied by hands-on activities for kids and families. The book is about Max, who is a hard working “chicken tender” who lives on a farm and spends his days caring for his lively flock with the help of his dog, Sully.
Saturday September 12, 2026 | 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Readings taking place at 10:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.
Price: Included in price of museum admission
Book name: The Chicken Tender
Open Today + Mini Foosball Family Workshop
Friday, August 7, 2026 | 1-2 PM – Mini Foosball
Create your own Mini Foosball table, then challenge a friend to a 1v1 match! Build your game inside a small box, complete with 12 mini team members and three control rods per player.
Price: $15 suggested admission or pay-what-you-can
Open Today + Mini Claw Game Family Workshop
Friday, July 17, 2026 | 1-2 PM – Mini Claw Game
Play to win by engineering your own Mini Claw Game! Design a mechanism to pick up prized pom poms and drop them into your collection. Then, challenge your friends to see who can collect the most pom poms the fastest.
Price: $15 suggested admission or pay-what-you-can