Experience the old west in a new way! Watch history come alive as re-enactor Esther Bates shares the hopeful and sometimes harrowing story of the Exodusters and the Black migration from the south to points West in Kansas, Oklahoma and Colorado following the Civil War. Send a text 1800s-style with Les Calger and his collection …
It’s time for a road trip! Open your maps and explore the different railroads, trails and roads of the wild West. Discover the history of the Santa Fe Trail. Create your passport and go on a trip along the famous Route 66 and be sure to collect as many stamps as possible! Take special note …
Meet up with friends on the third Tuesday of the month, April through September, within a safe community space at the Friess Family Playground. During these playdates, friendships will form, a community will develop and conversations will take place while children engage with each other and explore the playground. Enjoy refreshments for both adults and …
The human desire to play is universal. Give in to that desire and experience some of the ways kids of the past entertained themselves. Play traditional native games, giant horseshoes and La Loteria. Make your own traditional games to take home. Enjoy storytime at 10:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Free for members or with museum …
Meet up with friends on the third Tuesday of the month, April through September, within a safe community space at the Friess Family Playground. During these playdates, friendships will form, a community will develop and conversations will take place while children engage with each other and explore the playground. Enjoy refreshments for both adults and …
Communication today is quick and easy. In the Old West, it was not quite as simple but was no less important. Come learn some of the ways people in the Old West communicated with each other. Make a necklace with your name in Morse code. Write a letter. Send a message using a mirror. Enjoy …
Meet up with friends on the third Tuesday of the month, April through September, within a safe community space at the Friess Family Playground. During these playdates, friendships will form, a community will develop and conversations will take place while children engage with each other and explore the playground. Enjoy refreshments for both adults and …
Does your child love history? Campers spend a day in the life of the people that inhabit the West. Play traditional games and discover the cultural traditions and lifeways of indigenous peoples. Explore Liichokoshkomo and learn to build your own shelter. Try traditional agriculture and explore new food systems. Practice the skills of America’s first …
Come celebrate our country’s birthday with the Cowboy! Enjoy patriotic crafts, find all the American flags at the Museum, guess the number of candies in a jar and win it! Play a game to win a dessert and enjoy storytime at 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. Free for members or with Museum admission. Regular Museum admission …
Great for your family’s smallest scientists, campers will build an air-powered vehicle, get hands-on with circuitry and electricity, and continue to stretch their imaginations and build skills in science, technology, engineering, art and math as they conduct small experiments that teach big scientific principles. Register by June 14! Western Explorers Summer Camp offers children ages …
