Programs
Ice Lab
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Ice Lab
Daily, 10 am-3:30 pm
The Swamp
Explore cold-weather creatures, their adaptations, and their environments through crafts and hands-on experiments and demonstrations:
- Make an origami penguin
- Create a caribou out of a clothespin
- Enjoy participatory pop-up demonstrations throughout the day, including:
- Blubber Glove: Get a “hands-on” feel for how Arctic animals stay warm in cold water climates
- Melting Ice: Discover how temperature and salinity affect density with this cool-as-ice experiment
- Bear and Reindeer Specimen Investigation
- Snowflake Investigation: Explore snowflakes using microscopes and hear about the importance of community science.
- Comet Demo: Get a chance to see a comet made right before your eyes and find out what common ingredients can be combined to make these icy solar bodies!
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Make merry at the museum this holiday! Frolic under flurries, explore our Ice Lab, enjoy live shows, and more.
Learn about how seasonal changes reveal our global connections through this interactive storytime.
Kick off the winter season with a flurry of all-ages fun—and meet two reindeer visiting for one night only!