Please Touch Museum will be open for play on Monday, January 17, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, with a visit from a storyteller on Monday and programming planned throughout the weekend.

Celebrating MLK
Monday, January 17
11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.

Come honor the legacy and celebrate the birthday of Dr. King with us! Join local storyteller Thembi Palmer for an interactive celebration of MLK Day that invites children to participate in imaginary play while emphasizing the importance of leadership, community service, and kindness.

Special Programming: January 15-17

Storytime

This weekend, our daily storytimes will focus on Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and What Does Peace Feel Like?

Saturday, Sunday, and Monday at 11 a.m., 12:15 p.m., and 2 p.m.

Creative Arts Studio

How can you use your powerful voice and colorful imagination to brighten a neighbor’s day? Join us in the Creative Art Studio and make as many cards as you wish for neighbors in need, near and far.

• Open Studio (all ages): 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.
• Workshops (all ages): 1-1:30 p.m., 2-2:30 p.m., 3-3:30 p.m.

Albert M. Greenfield Makerspace

How will you use your engineering skills to help your community?  Join us for one of our Makerspace workshops this afternoon and tackle one of our design challenges.  Create something to help a person in your life, your neighborhood, or our planet. 

• Open Studio (all ages): 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
• Workshops (ages 4+): 1:30-2 p.m., 2:30-3 p.m., 3:30-4 p.m.

Centennial Innovations

We invite you to think about how you can be the very best version of yourself as you play in the Museum today and every day. Visit our “promise wall” in Centennial Innovations and make a promise to yourself and your community to be a part of social change!