| | | Open Spring Break with Special Hours, Day Camps & Workshops! The education team presents 16 hands-on workshops and workshops for kids and teens during Spring Break week March 30-April 3. Please register in advance as workshops typically sell out. For advance planning for the family, both Sloan Museum and Longway planetarium will be open March 30-April 4 over Spring Break week and closed for Easter Sunday, April 5. Check out the Spring Break workshops and special events below, including a kid-friendly presentation by Paleo Joe on April 1 at 11 a.m. at the planetarium. |
| | Camp Read-A-Lot | 3-day Camp
March 31-April 2
9-11:30 a.m.
Age Group: 4 & 5 Year Olds
Capacity: 15
Cost: $60
Sloan Museum of Discovery | Blue LabLearn more here. Register online for all 3 camp days here. |
| | Literacy Under the Sea
March 30, 2026
1-3 p.m.
Age Group: 4-5 year olds
Capacity: 15
Cost: $10
Sloan Museum of Discovery | Blue Lab
Learn more here. Register online here.
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| | Hello Spring
April 3, 2026
1-3 p.m.
Age Group: 4 & 5 Year Olds
Capacity: 15
Cost: $10
Sloan Museum of Discovery | Blue Lab
Learn more here. Register online here. |
| | Flight Academy | 3-Day Camp
March 31-April 2
9 a.m.-12 p.m.
Age Group: 1st - 3rd Grade
Capacity: 20
Cost: $70
Sloan Museum of Discovery | Orange Lab
Learn more here. Register online for all 3 days here.
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| | Story Book STEAM
March 30, 2026
1-4 p.m.
Age Group: 1st - 3rd Grade
Capacity: 20
Cost: $15
Sloan Museum of Discovery | Orange Lab
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| | Out Of This World
April 1, 2026
1-4 p.m.
Age Group: 1st - 3rd Grade
Capacity: 20
Cost: $15
Sloan Museum of Discovery | Orange Lab
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| | Dino Exploration
April 3, 2026
9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Age Group: 1st - 3rd Grade
Capacity: 20
Cost: $15
Sloan Museum of Discovery | Orange Lab
Learn more here. Register online for all 3 days here.
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| STEAM In Motion | 3-Day Camp
March 31 - April 2
9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Age Group: 4th - 6th Grade
Capacity: 20
Cost: $70
Sloan Museum of Discovery | Green Lab
Learn more here. Register online for all 3 days here. |
| | Tangled Teasers
March 30, 2026
1 - 4 p.m.
Age Group: 4th - 6th Grade
Capacity: 20
Cost: $15
Sloan Museum of Discovery | Green Lab |
| | STEM Robots
April 1, 2026
1 - 4 p.m.
Age Group: 4th - 6th Grade
Capacity: 20
Cost: $15
Sloan Museum of Discovery | Green Lab
Learn more here. Register online here.
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| | Take Flight
April 3, 2026
9 a.m. - Noon
Age Group: 4th - 6th Grade
Capacity: 20
Cost: $15
Sloan Museum of Discovery | Green Lab
Learn more here. Register online here. |
| | Makers Camp | 3-Day Camp
March 31- April 2
9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Age Group: 7th - 12th Grade
Capacity: 20
Cost: $95
Sloan Museum of Discovery | Discovery Lab
Learn more here. Register online for all 3 days here. |
| | Bookbinding
March 30, 2026
1 - 4 p.m.
Age Group: 7th - 12th Grade
Capacity: 20
Cost: $15
Sloan Museum of Discovery | Discovery Lab
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| | Pine Car Derby Workshop
April 1, 2026
1 - 4 p.m.
Age Group: 7th - 12th Grade
Capacity: 20
Cost: $15
Sloan Museum of Discovery | Discovery Lab
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| | Automata
April 3, 2026
9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Age Group: 7th - 12th Grade
Cost: $15
Sloan Museum of Discovery | Discovery Lab
Learn more here. Register online here.
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| | | | March's First Friday Live Presentation: Friday, April 3, 2026, 6 p.m. "Gardening with Native Plants," presented by Nico Bradford, Naturalist at Seven Ponds Nature Center at Longway Planetarium in the dome. Learn more and register in advance here. |
| | T.rex: The Greatest of All Tyrants, open through May 3 at Longway Planetarium!Giant Screen Films presents the most dazzling and accurate giant screen documentary ever made on this legendary predator and its carnivorous Cretaceous cousins. Narrated by Sam Neill. Learn more and buy tickets in advance at SloanLongway.org/T-Rex. |
| | Dinosaur Day with PaleoJoe
Wed., April 1, 11 a.m.
Longway Planetarium dome PaleoJoe Paleontologist - Children's Book Author, Storyteller and yes, a real dinosaur digger - will bring his high energy programs that will excite, entertain and educate the patrons about DINOSAURS and Paleontology. For over 35 years PaleoJoe has provided programs to kids - of all ages across the country. His stories about dinosaur dig site adventures and the relationships between dinosaurs are told in a way that keeps kids and adults on the edge of their seats. Buy tickets in advance here, or call (810) 237-3400. |
| Real Fossils Exhibit, by PaleoJoe and PaleoJen
Open through April 4, 2026
Longway Planetarium - Saturn Classroom This FREE exhibit highlights real dinosaur bones and a "mini" lab that provides a snapshot of the tools, equipment and glues used to make the fossil bones recognizable and presentable to the public. Learn more at Longway.org or call (810) 237-3400. This temporary exhibit is free and open to the public during Longway Planetarium's regular lobby hours. |
| | Ice Dinosaurs:The Lost World of the Alaskan Arctic, now open at Sloan Museum through May 3!ICE DINOSAURS is a new temporary exhibit that features animatronic dinosaurs and groundbreaking discoveries about the unique adaptations of polar dinosaurs that lived in cold, dark, and snowy conditions year-round. Learn more here. Add this special exhibit ticket to your general admission at guest services, or purchase in advance here. (Members receive free general admission and free admission to the exhibit. Learn more about membership benefits here). Recommended for ages 7+.
Thank you to The Nartel Family Foundation for Sponsoring this exciting new exhibit! |
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ONLINE MUSEUM & PLANETARIUM STORESDid you love your visit? If you are looking for a unique souvenir, or some gifts for the science and history lovers in your life, make sure you visit the MUSEUM STORE in either the Sloan Museum of Discovery or Longway Planetarium. For your convenience, many of the items that are in the stores can be purchased online at https://store.sloanlongway.org/ . Bonus! We'll ship it to you for your convenience! |
| | Mission: To engage our communities on a learning journey of history and science. |
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