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Coding Exploration
Coding Exploration
Join us in MAKESHOP as we experiment with coding! We’ll explore various web-based coding platforms to build games, art and more.
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sold out: Copper Etching: Intaglio Printmaking (Ages 10+)
sold out: Copper Etching: Intaglio Printmaking (Ages 10+)
This workshop is sold out. We'll explore the process involved in copper plate electro etching, and learn how to transform drawings into etched intaglio printmaking plates. Create collaborative prints together that you can then take home. Sign up here to be notified of our next round of workshops! Metalworking workshops made possible by the generous […]
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Color Matching
Color Matching
We often associate different colors with different emotions. In the Disney and Pixar hit animated feature Inside Out, each emotion is associated with a single color: yellow for Joy, blue for Sadness, red for Anger, green for Disgust and purple for Fear. Do colors make you feel different emotions? Do they remind you of different […]
wire puppets
wire puppets
Join us in the Studio as we explore wire and the ways it can be bended, twisted, and formed into a puppet! How will you make this material come to life?
Coding in Motion
Coding in Motion
What happens when you add the power of computing to creations with moving parts? How can you direct the way your creation moves? How will your movements affect your creation? We’ll work with programmable sensors, motors, lights, and more.
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Design Squad: Helping Animals
Design Squad: Helping Animals
Do you have a pet or know someone who does? Do you like animals? How could you create a better way to care for a pet or help other animals? Use your imagination to design something new in during the Design Squad Days workshop series! In this workshop, you’ll learn the steps of the design […]
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Design Squad: Fashion with Function
Design Squad: Fashion with Function
Clothing is more than just a fashion statement. Do you own any clothes that have a certain purpose or solve a specific problem? Use your imagination to design something new in the maker space during the Design Squad Days workshop series! In this workshop, you’ll learn the steps of the design process while designing a […]
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Gift Wrap Printing
Gift Wrap Printing
Print your own gift wrap in MAKESHOP using various printmaking techniques. Will your gift wrap provide a hint about the gift inside? Add a message to the recipient? You decide!
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Color Mixing with RGB LEDs
Color Mixing with RGB LEDs
In Disney and Pixar’s hit animated feature Inside Out, each memory is a glowing orb whose color matches one of the movie's five emotions: yellow for Joy, blue for Sadness, red for Anger, green for Disgust and purple for Fear. We eventually learn that some memories are associated with a mix of emotions, and their orbs […]
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Free Day presented by Chase
Free Day presented by Chase
Enjoy free admission at the Children's Museum and MuseumLab today! Hours Children's Museum: 10:00 am - 5:00 PM MuseumLab: Noon - 5:00 PM Featured programs include: Gift Wrap Printing in MAKESHOP The Music in Me with DJ Shoe in the Emotions at Play with Pixar's Inside Out exhibit Tickets are limited. We strongly encourage all […]
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storytelling
storytelling
Join us in the Studio as we explore different ways to tell a story through performance! How can you set the scene with lighting? What does music or sound add to the tale you are telling? Come explore with us and put on a show.
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MAKESHOP Forest
MAKESHOP Forest
Join us as we turn MAKESHOP into a life-sized forest! Using recycled materials and our imaginations, we’ll sculpt trees, plants, creatures and more. What part of the forest ecosystem will you create?
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Create a Bright New Year
Create a Bright New Year
Join us in MAKESHOP as we explore and create with light! What will you create to ring in a bright New Year? How will your creation change the light that shines through it? What colors and patterns can you make using light?
Countdown to Noon
Countdown to Noon
Celebrate New Year's Eve at our bedtime friendly event with activities for the whole family! Join us in MAKESHOP as we explore and create with light! What will you create to ring in a bright New Year? Paint a wish for 2022 and watch it disappear on a our water painting wall in Waterplay See […]
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Museum Closed
The Museum is closed today. Happy New Year! The Children's Museum will reopen on January 2.