What's Here?

• The Big Game: Come and play some big board games. Kids can play chess, checkers and dominoes.
• Bugs and Other Insects: Become a spider and catch a meal, help pollinate flowers, create your own insect, examine a honey bee hive, crawl through an ant hill and watch butterflies being born.
• Block Harbor: Explore the pirate ship and pretend to be a sailor; cross over the bridge and be a lookout on the upper deck, peep through a telescope, ring the bell, navigate the wheel, cook in the galley; make a block city – or just make believe.
• Great Explorations: Explore a rainforest canopy and cave, drive a dogsled in the tundra or dive to the ocean floor, build an igloo, cross a river, walk on snow shoes, host a radio show, drive a submersible. Learn about extreme environments.
• House About It: It's all about the homes people go to, how they are built and the people who build them. Work in our frame house, use the digger and the wrecking ball, work with a real drill, design and decorate. Learn about all the different trades.
• Portia's Playhouse: An authentic theatre with plenty of costumes to help young thespians pretend. Kids can put on skits using props and sound effects to enhance the performance on the real stage. (Closed when performances are scheduled)
• Ladder 11: Pretend you are a firefighter – ring the bell, slide down the pole, don firefighter gear, manipulate the gauges, hook up a hose and jump aboard our fire truck.
• Sea Of Boats: (weather permitting) An outdoor sea-faring play-space that featuring boats, a lighthouse, a crow's nest with activities including radar, Morse Code, fishing, oystering, water play and other nautical knick-knacks.

• The Community Gallery

Daily Activities

• Feeding Time! Watch, learn and assist our museum educators as they feed and care for our bugs, fish, guinea pigs and our fine-feathered friends.
• Story Time: Sit a spell for tales, fables and stories from around the globe.