Staten Island Children's Museum Invites You To Go Buggy & More 4/9-11
Staten Island Children's Museum announces events for April 9, 10 & 11. The Staten Island Children's Museum appeals to the intrepid explorer in every child. Interactive exhibitions and creative workshops offer plenty of opportunities for hands-on, first hand experiences that nurture children's natural curiosity and creativity. Visits to the museum launch children on a voyage of discovery - about themselves and the world around them.
April 9
Kids cook every Friday at 2, 3 & 4 p.m.
Health Plus Kidz Cook - Fruit Leather
Visitors will be making fruit leather - the beef jerky of fruit, makes a great snack, is easy to take on a picnic and is instant energy.
April 10 & 11
Go Buggy!
Decorate Rocks like your favorite bug and then spend some time in our exhibit Bugs and Other Insects.
Learn about metamorphosis visit our insect zoo and ‘Be a Bug"!
Saturdays & Sundays - 1, 2 & 3 p.m.
Wednesday, Thursday & Friday - WIW programs are free with Museum admission.
Clay Day-Wednesdays- Aspiring sculptors can create works of art with special air-dry clay.
Paint Day - Thursdays - Picasso may have started like this!
Kidz Cook- Fridays- Future chefs practice recipes and sample some fancy food.
While at the Museum, families can visit hands-on, fabulous interactive exhibits: Block Harbor, The Big Game, Bugs and Other Insects, Great Explorations, Portia's Playhouse, Sea of Boats, Ladder 11, D.B.'s Fantastic Machines & House About It! and more! Museum Hours are noon - 5 p.m. when NYCity public schools are open and 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. when NYCity public schools are closed (including weekends). Admission is $6 per person; children under 1 and members are admitted free. Every day, join Animal Time when youngsters can assist our educators in caring for our birds, bugs, fish and guinea pig. Telling tales out of school is okay everyday when visitors hear stories from around the world. Grandparents are admitted free on Wednesdays. For more information, please contact the SI Children's Museum at (718) 273-2060. The SI Children's Museum is located at Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden, 1000 Richmond Terrace, just minutes away from the Clove Road exit off the Staten Island Expressway. Call for directions. There is ample free parking and convenient access via public transportation on the S40 bus from the Ferry Terminal.
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