First Wednesday
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Sponsored by TD Charitable Foundation
On the first Wednesday of every month, Please Touch Museum is open until 7 pm for two extra hours of play and offers $2 per person admission from 4 pm on. Enjoy your visit!
Through a partnership with Vetri’s Mobile Teaching Kitchen, chefs young and old will learn how to how to cook fresh produce.
Meet & Greet: Vetri Mobile Teaching Kitchen
4 – 6:30 pm
Carousel House, Main Level
All Ages with Adult Caregiver
The Mobile Teaching Kitchen brings the culinary classroom to the curbside in the communities we serve. Children and families have the opportunity to get hands-on preparing a recipe and get instruction for cooking healthy meals at home together.
Discovery Apron: Tape Measures and Rulers
4 – 6 pm
Through Please Touch- please see Museum Experience staff with black aprons
All Ages with adult caregiver
Discover something new in our Exhibitions. Each month ask what’s in the apron to add more to your play!
Creative Arts Studio
4 – 6:30 pm
Creative Arts Studio, Lower Level
All ages with adult caregiver
Drop in any time to experiment with materials and process, as you create works of art inspired by your trip to the Museum.
Theater Workshop
4:30 – 5pm
Playhouse Theater, Lower Level
Ages: 4+ with adult caregiver
Step into the spotlight as you explore the building blocks of theater.
Strolling Science Lab:
5:30 – 6 pm
America to Zanzibar: Muslim Cultures Near and Far Exhibition, Main Level
Ages: 3+ with adult caregiver
Explore, experiment, and discover! Look closely and conduct investigations as we uncover the mysteries of the world around us.
End of the Day Parade
6:30 – 6:45 PM
Hamilton Hall, Main Level
All ages with adult caregiver
March, clap, and join our musical parade to celebrate your day of play at Please Touch Museum.
Signature Events + Family Festivals
Our signature events include family festivals and holiday pop-ups. They offer expanded performance and educational offerings with a special focus that may celebrate cultural traditions and holidays, connect to national and local events, or highlight an area of focus in our exhibits.
Performing Arts
The Playhouse at Please Touch Museum invites children to exercise their imaginations and enter new worlds. Inside the theater, visitors experience theater in engaging, interactive and unexpected ways. The Playhouse is the perfect way to introduce young children to the performing arts!
Play Without Boundaries
Play Without Boundaries is a program and early opening for children with learning and developmental disabilities and those on the autism spectrum. It is a free event with registration. Enjoy the museum before it is open to the public with activities and experiences designed especially for this program, including sensory toys, performances and guest presenters. The Museum will be calmer and quieter with fewer people and reduced lighting and sound in exhibition areas.
Please Touch Museum is committed to providing experiences in exhibits and programs that are accessible and inclusive for all visitors.