Spring Break Day Camp
Dates: March 26 - 30, 2012
Time: 9:00AM - 4:00PM
Price: $160/week
Registration is now open for Spring Break Day Camp. Every day is a brand new adventure with workshops, free time in the galleries, a field trip and non-stop fun and activities!
Click here to learn more or to register today.
Mini Mondays
Mondays at the Children’s Museum are very special days! Every Monday from 10:00AM to 2:00PM we tailor crafts and activities to suit the needs of our youngest visitors. Join us this month when we will be offering special guided crafts, activities, and story times designed for toddlers.
Earth Day
Date: Sunday, April 22, 2012
Time: 11:00AM - 3:00PM
Celebrate Earth Day at the Children’s Museum by reducing, reusing, and recycling! Join us in Pop m’Art where kids will be able to create something new out of recycled materials. Our interpreter has what you need for an environmentally-friendly final touch to every piece! Also we’ll be helping you sort your garbage when you’re done your snacks. Does your garbage belong in the compost, recycling bin, or the garbage? Learning has never been this good for the environment!
Summer Day Camp
Dates: Tuesday, July 3 - Friday, August 31, 2012
Time: 9:00AM - 4:00PM
Price: $160/week, $130/short week
The Children’s Museum offers fun-filled day camps that get kids’ minds and bodies moving during summer break. Registration for Summer Day Camp will open on April 2, 2012.
Build for Kids Golf Tournament
Date: Wednesday, May 30, 2012
The Build for Kids Golf Tournament is a great way to support the Children’s Museum and enjoy a day out on the course! Bring your friends, family or colleagues for a fun event filled with contests and exciting prizes. Join us for this light-hearted Texas Scramble charity golf tournament, which starts with a hearty brunch before you hit the links for some friendly competition. After the game, you and your team will enjoy a delicious dinner banquet followed by the chance to win some great individual and team prizes.
Cube Your Enthusiasm
Date: Thursday, June 21, 2012
Writer George Bernard Shaw once said, "We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." And he was right; as adults, we just don’t play enough. Thankfully though, we can now change that.
Join us for your chance to be a kid again at Cube Your Enthusiasm - a unique fun-draising event hosted by John and Bonnie Buhler in support of the Children’s Museum's galleries and public programming. Fuel your inner child as you explore the museum’s galleries while enjoying an evening of great food, entertainment, and fundraising activities. Tickets go on sale on Monday, March 12, 2012.
You and Your Child: Partners In Play
The Children’s Museum is home to 12 exciting galleries that spark kids’ creative learning. These galleries present a world of possibilities for children and caregivers who enjoy visiting the Children’s Museum. Unlike the no-touch exhibits at other museums, our galleries are always ready for hands-on fun!
At the Children’s Museum, we believe that the role accompanying adults play in their child’s visit is what helps to make the museum trip a fun, engaging, and meaningful experience. Children will often look to adults for cues and support in ways to interact with their environment.
To help guests navigate the museum space to its fullest potential, each month we’ll explore one of the museum’s galleries in more detail. We’ll share our visitors’ top ten list of favourite things to do in that gallery and we’ll also explore some products that are available in Shop that can extend your museum experience and help keep kids learning even after they leave.
This month’s feature gallery is Tumble Zone.
Pop m’Art Supplies Wanted
We rely on donations to keep Pop m’Art well stocked for our creative young visitors. With our stock always changing, we’re looking for a number of items for use in upcoming spring creations.
Click here to view our current Wish List.
Your donation of any of these items is greatly appreciated! Donations can be made at our Admissions Desk, or call (204) 924-4013 to learn more.
Volunteers Needed
The Children’s Museum is seeking adult volunteers to assist in delivering weekday public programming events. Are you fun, creative, and interested in making a difference? Help spark kids’ creative learning - become a Children’s Museum volunteer today or share this message with someone you know!
Upcoming Volunteer Information Sessions are scheduled for:
Click here to learn more or to apply today.
Building Childhood: Block By Block
Help spark creative learning opportunities for children in Manitoba! Support the construction of today’s young minds by supporting the Children’s Museum’s galleries and public programming. Become a lasting part of the Children’s Museum with your very own personalized Building Block with a minimum $50 donation.
For your family, your loved ones, your organization - for anyone who wants to leave a lasting mark for future generations - your personalized Building Block will be located in the Children’s Museum’s new Arts & Exhibition Centre for a minimum of five years.
Click here to learn more or to get your personalized Building Block today.
Dine Around Recap
Thank you to all our supporters who attended the 19th Annual Dine Around! The Children’s Museum had a full house on January 27, 2012, where guests started off their evenings with the reception and exciting restaurant draw, followed by a night on the town for a four-course meal at one of our participating restaurants.
This event would not have been possible without the restaurants’ generous donations and gracious hospitality to our guests. A heartfelt thank-you also goes out to all our event participants, prize donors, and reception sponsors. Collectively, we raised almost $10,000 in support of the Children’s Museum’s galleries and public programming!
Click here to see highlights from this event.
Star of the Month Draw
Enter your child today and he or she could be our next Star of the Month!
The Children’s Museum’s Star of the Month will be featured on our website, on-site at the Children’s Museum, and in the Winnipeg Free Press Comics.
Click here to learn more or to enter today.
Presented by: Winnipeg Free Press
Feature Activity
For a great idea to engage the whole family and promote family time, try this month’s Feature Activity - Coffee Filter Jellyfish!
Click here to learn more or to download this month’s Feature Activity sheet.
100+ Ways to Show Kids You Care
Through daily interactions with kids and observing them interact with others, the staff at the Children’s Museum continually see ways in which adults can show kids that they care. We are confident these interactions help build the foundation for kids to succeed.
Every month, our staff would like to share some of the ways we believe we can show kids that we care about them.
March’s List:
- Learn the names of their favourite fictional characters.
- Acknowledge their needs.
- Encourage them as they create impossible things.
- Teach them how to do things on their own.
- Be a good example.
Click here to view the complete list.
Museum Hours
Sunday - Thursday
9:30AM - 4:30PM
Friday & Saturday
9:30AM - 6:00PM
