Look Closer
Working with our collections I was recently tasked with choosing objects to be highlighted in Boston Children’s Museum’s Macro Photography program. Macro Photography is an art form which can turn…
Category: Museum Programs and Offerings
Boston Children’s Museum is constantly offering exciting new programs for families to enjoy, both in and outside the building. Learn more about what we have going on.
Let’s Play in the Mud!
International Mud Day is on June 29 (really!) and we at Boston Children’s Museum will be celebrating on Saturday June 27 from 11:00-3:00. We’ll be looking at different types of…
Fix-It Fest
On Sunday, May 3 Boston Children’s Museum held our first Fix-It Fest, a one-day extravaganza devoted to construction, fixing, and creating. Inspired by Broken? Fix-It, a traveling exhibit from Long…
A Good Choice
Philosophers have theorized about how and why humans make the choices we do for hundreds of years. These days it seems like more choices are sprouting up in all aspects…
Celebrate Un-Shopping Day
On the day after Thanksgiving, one of the busiest shopping days of the year, Boston Children’s Museum celebrates UN-Shopping Day. Families are invited to avoid the mall madness and come…
Getting To Know You
Many of you are probably familiar with our Visitor Experience Associates (VEAs, for short) here at Boston Children’s Museum. These are the green-shirted floor staff you encounter at admissions, the…
Keeping Up with the Cool Kids
“We love the museum, but even though Maeve is still having fun, Katie is starting to grow out of it.” This is a sentiment I am hearing more and more…
Creative Confidence – Expand your life experiences
Having creative confidence is trusting and valuing each and every one of your ideas and taking creative risks. In the Art Studio this is goal #1 – to instill creative…
The Power of Play 