The New Children's Museum is excited to have new programming, art-making activities, facilitated workshops and special events now through Labor Day. In addition, we will have more hours for you to enjoy them! We will be open Wednesdays throughout the summer (July and August) to provide seven days of fun for children of all ages.

Felipe Dulzaides' Missing Links returns to NCM for our spectacular Summer Favorites! When approached by NCM to produce a work that addresses humans' relationship to animals, Felipe Dulzaides chose to focus on transitional forms, popularly known as "missing links," that are the lost keys to evolutionary history. In conceiving of this work, Dulzaides considered how humans are in a constant and ongoing transitional process. His work Missing Links poses the questions: What are the human animals of the future? How are we changing now and what are we evolving into?

Summer Favorites

TRASH Sky Launchers
July 1–31 | Times vary
Art Studio
Recommended for ages 4 and up
Make your TRASH art fly! Design a parachute using grocery bags and re-purposed materials then launch it off the Museum's balcony with our famous canons.

Action Painting
August 2–September 4 | Times vary
Art Studio
Recommended for ages 4 and up
We're bringing back one of our favorite painting techniques! Dip toy balls in paint then roll them around on a frame using balance, coordination and teamwork.

Rocking Robins
July 1–31 | Open all day
Art Studio
Make a rocking paper bird! Explore kinetic art in a simple, playful way while learning about balance and movement.

Fruit Flys!
August 2–September 4 | Open all day
Art Studio
Our infamous mini-canons are back and brand new! Launch our curious summer bugs at a bowl of friendly fruit.