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Steampunk Fall Celebration

Come in your best Steampunk (or Halloween) get-up for the Museum’s fall celebration. Create your own Steampunk accessories: bowtie or broach and goggles. Explore the Design-a-Robot maker space and create your own mini ‘bot out of everyday objects. Try your hand at fast-draw target practice, look out for a penny-farthing and learn a dance or …

Kids Take Over the Cowboy – Land and Sky Art

Explore the colorful landscapes in New Beginnings: An American Story of Romantics and Modernists in the West, then tear, shred and strip colored paper to design a unique layered landscape and create rain art. Kids will learn about background, middle ground and foreground in this fun activity. Enjoy storytime at 10:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. …

Kids Take Over the Cowboy – Holidays at the Museum

Come celebrate the season with Santa in Prosperity Junction, our turn-of-the-century frontier town. Find Howe and Dee the Cowboy Elves to earn your own special badge! Get photos with Santa and drop off your wish lists. Craft Western-inspired ornaments, pinecone birdfeeders, Christmas tree decorations and more. Interact with a cast of Western characters including Stagecoach …

Winter Break Activities – Paper Strip Christmas Trees

Drop-in and participate in family friendly activities. Create a different make-and-take craft each day. Free for members or with Museum admission. Available while supplies last. Create a multicolored holiday tree sure to brighten wherever it is hung.

Winter Break Activities – Rolled Paper Snowman

Drop-in and participate in family friendly activities. Create a different make-and-take craft each day. Free for members or with Museum admission. Available while supplies last. There may not be enough snow to make a snowman outside, but you can make one in the comfortable warmth of the Museum!

Winter Break Activities – Button Wreath Ornament

Drop-in and participate in family friendly activities. Create a different make-and-take craft each day. Free for members or with Museum admission. Available while supplies last. Did you ever think you could make a wreath out of buttons? Create your own colorful holiday mini-wreath.

Winter Break Activities – Fingerprint Christmas Trees

Drop-in and participate in family friendly activities. Create a different make-and-take craft each day. Free for members or with Museum admission. Available while supplies last. Make a beautiful negative space Christmas tree with just your fingers.

Winter Break Activities – Holiday Craft Grab Bag

Drop-in and participate in family friendly activities. Create a different make-and-take craft each day. Free for members or with Museum admission. Available while supplies last. You never know what treasures you’ll find in the craft grab bag!

Winter Break Activities – Scavenger Hunt & Crafted Candy Canes

Drop-in and participate in family friendly activities. Create a different make-and-take craft each day. Free for members or with Museum admission. Available while supplies last. Create a brightly colored candy cane ornament to hang on your tree! Pick up a scavenger hunt and search the Museum for the answers to win a prize!

Winter Break Activities – Rolled Paper Snowman

Drop-in and participate in family friendly activities. Create a different make-and-take craft each day. Free for members or with Museum admission. Available while supplies last. There may not be enough snow to make a snowman outside, but you can make one in the comfortable warmth of the Museum!

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