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"We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men."

-Martin Luther King Jr.

MLK Day is a time for us to celebrate our continual commitment to community and connections. Join us this year to honor the Assemblage Art of Betye Saar. Participants will build a reliquary to help tell their own story. By collecting found objects from the museum's vast collection, campers will curate their personalized collages.

Each camper will contribute to a Little Free Library that will live on the Museum campus for all to share.

We hope you will all visit this Community Project and hopefully bring a book and take one!

“I am intrigued with combining the remnant of memories, fragments of relics and ordinary objects, with the components of technology.”

- Betye Saar

This is a vacation program for children ages 9-11.

This is a vacation program for children ages 9-11.

A week of the wonderful world of Leonardo da Vinci!

This is a vacation program for children ages 9-11.

Do you need a break from technology? The quick hits of dopamine from the screens in our lives are disrupting our connection to the physical world. Disconnect from tech and connect the mind and body with tangible materials. Build something! Not only will you build confidence and keepakes, you will build a community of friends, both new and old.

Join us for an introduction to woodworking afterschool program with Andrew Sargent. Over the course of 8 weeks, participants will learn the basics of woodworking. Learn how to use tools properly and build lasting projects.

Construct a toolbox, a stool, classic wooden cars, and more.

Immigrants brought to America traditions of crafting simple playthings out of common materials. These toys develop dexterity and inventiveness. Two toys from the catalog of classics. Understand Force and Motion or connect to Colonial curriculum or the geography of play. Yesterday's toys for today's kids – and they still evoke wonder. Nothing and everything is new.

The X-wing was a prominent series of multiple starfighters produced by Incom with a characteristic "X"-shape of four wings, known as S-foils, extending out from the fuselage. These starfighters were found in the service of the Rebel Alliance, New Republic, and also the Eli Whitney Museum.

Marbles have amused and educated children’s hands for thousands of years. These spheres of stone, clay and glass invite play and experiment. Leonardo, Galileo, Newton and Ada Augusta Ada, Countess of Lovelace, used marbles to explain how the world works.

A classic Marble Down (or Marble Tree) is a perfect way to learn the physics of a rolling object and the effects of gravity and inertia. Couple that with the ability to plan three dimensionally and test things for accuracy, and you have an exceptionally enjoyable experiment.

Create your own world of Minecraft in three dimensions with our building blocks and glue. Make a character you choose (Steve? Creeper? Enderman?) to keep you company you when you're playing online.

Common Sense Media rates Minecraft as a game for 8 years old and up.