Look What's Happening Now at Your Children's Museum!

Sunday, May 11
Free admission just for Mom! Bring your loved ones and a Tee-Shirt to the grooviest celebration in town…a Tie-Dye Tee-Party!

• Tie Dye
  10am – 4pm in Wonder Corner
  All ages. $2 per creation, plus Museum admission or membership.
  Bring your loved ones and their Tee-Shirts to the grooviest celebration in town…a Tie-Dye Tee-Party!

• Sensory Kitchen
  10:15 – 11am in Wonder Corner
  Ages 2 – 4. $2 per child, plus Museum admission or membership. Reserve your spot at the box office. Space is limited to 10 children.

  Get your senses cooking in this program that focuses on mixing, chopping, preparing, and stirring a variety of food-like materials. Meet other parents and preschoolers while our studio artists guide you through this goopy, messy fun.

• Dino Buddies
  12:30 – 2pm in Wonder Corner
  Age 2 and up. $2 per creation, plus Museum admission or membership.
  Younger hands design and arrange materials while older hands help sew and attach. Together, we will fill with stuffing for a cozy soft Dino Buddy.

May 23 - September 1

• Become a dinosaur and journey through the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods; then discover evidence of *dinosaur doings* in the present-time as Junior Paleontologists!

  Winding passageways of the dinosaur-themed maze set the stage and begin a journey through the dramatic mountainscape. Each "experience gallery" features vivid murals and hands-on, interactive fun!

• Making Tracks in the Triassic — Slip on full size dinosaur feet and make your own “dino prints” in the ground.
• Grab on, push off and glide through the Jurassic.
• Create in the cretaceous — Make your own dinosaurs by experimenting with different features including teeth, tails, plates, wings, feather, heads, bodies, legs, and tails.
• Climb though time by traversing the Soil Stratification Climbing Wall.

Don’t forget that this year has been proclaimed the year of the dino in portland. Go to travelportland.com/dinos/

Opening Celebration, Friday, May 23!

Be sure to visit the studios for gigantic fun and imagination. Create your own prehistoric paper puppet then cast its shadow onto the wall to act out your own Dino Drama! Excavate for bones in clay and add teeth, claws, and spines (oh my!) to the giant dino, Construct-O-Saurus!

Dino Buddies
10am – Noon in Wonder Corner
All ages. $2 per creation, plus Museum admission or membership.
Younger hands design and arrange materials while older hands help sew and attach. Fill with stuffing and you’ve crafted a cozy soft dino buddy to take home.

Excavate for Buried Bones
10am – 4pm in Clay Studio
All ages. Free with Museum admission or membership.
Imagine yourself a paleontologist as you excavate the Clay Studio for evidence from the prehistoric past.

Construct-o-Saurus
10am – 4pm in Garage
Age 5 and up. Free with Museum admission or membership.
Use recycled materials to add fearsome features to our giant paper mache dino, Construct-o-Saurus!

Dino Dramas
1 – 4pm in Wonder Corner
All ages. Free with Museum admission or membership.
Add teeth, claws and spines to your own pre-historic paper puppet. Bring your creation to life when you cast its shadow onto the wall to act out your very own Dino Drama.

Exhibits

Building Bridgetown Exhibit
Come join the crew!!! In our hands-on 17-foot-high, 2 story house. Kids can panel a wall, connect plumbing fixtures, take measurements, lay sod, and build with blocks on our custom-designed building table featuring recessed lighting and mirrors.

Check out this Activity Safety Sheet, sponsored by Riverside Homes!

Water Works Exhibit
Crank, funnel, pour, squirt, measure, float! Redirect water and see what happens. The better and wetter Water Works features a 12-foot high waterfall, a hand-cranked "conveyor belt" that carries water in whimsical recycled objects like mugs, kitchen tools, and even an old shoe.

Come Play Every Day at the Museum!



Explore our Exhibits & Studios:


• Make a splash in our better and wetter Water Works
• Paint your face, put on a costume and see yourself on TV in the Dorothea Lensch Play It Again Theater
• Dig into fun in the Dig Pit
• Join the construction crew in Building Bridgetown
• Shop and enjoy a meal in our new Grasshopper Grocery and Butterfly Bistro, and much more!

• Clay Studio is OPEN!!! 10am-4pm
  The Museum is humming with creativity Tuesday-Sunday!
• The Garage is OPEN!!! 10am-4pm, Friday - Saturday - Sunday
  Turn trash into treasures! For ages 5 and up, the Garage, our recycled art studio, is stocked with organized bins of recycled materials, a hot glue gun, a drill (a supervisor), and plenty of inspiration!
• Storytime/Tales for Tots: Daily 11 am & 2 pm, Tuesday-Sunday
  Activate your imagination while our expert storytellers grab your attention and lead you on a journey through a favorite book. Treehouse Adventure is a perfect place to relax and just listen, or jump up and down with the action in the story!
• Clay Glazing: Wednesday, Saturday & Sunday 2-4:00 pm
  Visit the most fun paint-your-own-pottery studio in town! Glaze already-fired bisque items, such as picture frames, plates, bowls, cups, ornaments and more, or make your own masterpiece! Please allow a week for pick-up, bisque is available for purchase.