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| Presented through partnerships with Mad Science and the award-winning Young Audiences New Jersey, the Museum's Auditorium programs are sure to delight and thrill you. Travel to pre-hsitoric New Jersey when dinosaurs roamed; watch and participate in gravity defying experiments; travel along the Appalachian trail through story and song; and with the help of a Mad Scientist discover the exciting theories of science.
Auditorium programs provide fun and unique educational opportunities. Children are so engrossed in the live action they may not even realize they are learning about the world around them. Programs are $4 per person. |
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 Tap Team Two & Company: Hoofing in America
Presented with Young Audiences New Jersey
Tuesday, July 6 10:00 am in the Museum Auditorium
Showcasing Irish, African, hip-hop, and house rhythms, these two "hoofing" dancers create unbelievable percussion with their feet. Homage is paid to the virtuoso performers, King Rastus Brown, Bill Bojangles Robinson, John Bubbles, and the audience learns how to dance in their debonair footsteps by practicing the basics steps.
$4.00/person (a reduced rate for booking more than one activity in a day may apply). |
 Wacky Science
Presented with Mad Science Thursday, July 8
10:00 am in the Museum Auditorium
This 45-minute special event features several different aspects of science. Learn what a polymer is and watch a brave volunteer make a giant batch of Slime with their bare hands! Watch in amazement as the Mad Scientist uses science to melt the 'Wicked Witch of the West' right before your eyes. Next, learn about static electricity from demonstrations with a Van de Graaff generator. You may have a 'hair raising' experience when a volunteer is selected to touch the Van de Graaff. We round off the event with our exciting Dry Ice demonstrations.
$4.00/person (a reduced rate for booking more than one activity in a day may apply). |
 Seth Reichgott: The Appalachian TalePresented with Young Audience New Jersey
Tuesday, July 13
10:00 am in the Museum Auditorium
Come on in, set down by the fire and hear an amazing tale! Journey to the heart of the Appalachian Mountains, with Seth Reichgott as your tour guide, and experience the rich heritage of America that still lives in story and song. Through unparalleled storytelling, catchy music and lively audience participation, The Appalachian Tale explores the unique history, vibrant culture and amazing creativity of this distinctive region of the United States.
$4.00/person (a reduced rate for booking more than one activity in a day may apply). |
Dino-Safari 
Friday, July 16
1:00 pm in the Museum Auditorium
The fascinating world of dinosaurs comes alive in this fast-paced Auditorium program presented by award-winning educator Tony Miskowski, Assistant Curator of Natural History. In Dino-Safari embark on a journey through time and stop in the Mesozoic swamp to learn about these so-called "terrible lizards" that dominated the global landscape for some 150 million years. Throughout the program, traditional scientific views are compared and contrasted with the latest fossil discoveries that are giving rise to new theories. This program will last 45 minutes and is appropriate for grades: 1 through adult.
$4.00/person (a reduced rate for booking more than one activity in a day may apply). |
 Up, Up, and Away
Presented with Mad Science
Thursday, July 15
10:00 & 11:30* am in the Museum Auditorium
This 45-minute visually exciting presentation is perfect for the Museum's Auditorium and captures your interest. Up, Up, and Away shows how exciting science can be. The performance includes a variety of eye-popping demonstrations and experiments. There is plenty of opportunity for hands-on audience participation. Some of the topics and demonstrations include: the three states of matter; air pressure (using the Madgeburg Sphere); a Hot Air Balloon; the Mad Science Hovercraft; a giant size vortex generator; and finally the Big Sneeze demonstration.
$4.00/person (a reduced rate for booking more than one activity in a day may apply).
*Limited seating is available in the 11:30 performance. |
 Bill Bowers: Mime Over MatterPresented with Young Audiences New Jersey
Tuesday, July 20
10:00 am in the Museum Auditorium
Master mime and Broadway veteran Bill Bowers brings you his lively and thought provoking show. Mime Over Matter explores a variety of subjects using music and pantomime. Bowers has delighted audiences of all ages across the country.
$4.00 per person (a reduced rate for booking more than one activity in a day may apply). |
 Spin, Pop, Boom
Presented with Mad Science
Thursday, July 22
10:00 am in the Museum Auditorium
This 45-minute presentation is designed to introduce science to elementary age children. In it, the Mad Scientist uses simple but exciting experiments and demonstrations that involve you in the discovery process of science. Included in the program are experiments such as the "Growing Hand", "5 Test Tube Salute", the "Famous, Flaming Didgeridoo" and the "Fantastic Flying Foam Factory". There is also opportunity for audience participation in a few of the experiments.
$4.00/person (a reduced rate for booking more than one activity in a day may apply). |
 Dave Fry: Fryed Folk SongsPresented with Young Audiences New Jersey
Tuesday, July 27
10:00 am on the Museum Front Lawn*
Dave Fry turns folk selections - both widely known and new to kids' ears - into true adventures. He sings of wild animal excursions and at-home thrills like peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, moving with ease from the downright silly "I Want to Be a Dog" to the joyfully rockin' "Splish Splash." A Dave Fry concert is so much fun that kids don't realize they're having a history lesson too. It's not quite rock 'n roll but there's plenty of shaking going on.
$4.00/person (a reduced rate for booking more than one activity in a day may apply). *Please note that this is an outdoor event. |
 Fire & Ice
Presented with Mad Science
Thursday, July 29
10:00 am in the Museum Auditorium
This 45-minute presentation is designed to introduce science to elementary age children. In Fire & Ice the Mad Scientist uses simple but exciting experiments and demonstrations that directly involve you in the discovery process of science. Learn how to make a 'scientific hypothesis' and uses 'experimentation' to test the hypothesis. Fire & Ice includes experiments involving air pressure, flash paper, Eggbert, Bernoulli's Principle and dry ice.
$4.00/person (a reduced rate for booking more than one activity in a day may apply). |
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| Contact and Reservation Information
Call (609) 292-6347 to reserve your space now! Remember: book two or more programs from the Summer Explorers schedule and pay just $6 per person. That's $6 per person total! Its a great way to take full advantage of all the incredible programs offered.
Make sure you check out the complete Summer Explorer schedule including the Exhibition Programs; Planetarium; and Film Series.
Summer Explorers was made possible in part through the support of the Friends of the New Jersey State Museum and generous funding by the Merck Foundation.
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