We are excited to be offering a museum exploration element to our Families Together: Meet Ups classes!
Classes will gather at the National Mall for an outdoor exploration and then the class will enter the museum for a closer look at an object.
Meet Ups mission is to create an atmosphere of lifelong learning. Families are invited to spend time together exploring a topic inspired by the Smithsonian’s collections. Different activities are available for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and early elementary aged children. Each Meet Up will focus on a specific artwork or object and a related topic. Play stations will be available for the hour, and an educator-led experience, centered around the object, will take place inside a museum. Explore, wonder, observe, and learn!
Basic Information:
- Starting Location: National Mall (Directions and a map will be sent prior to the event)
- Museum Visit: See below for individual class visits
- Time: 10:00 am – 11:30 am
- Masks are encouraged
- Age Range: 0-8 years
- Price: $35.00
- 1 ticket admits whole family
Current Offerings
Dinosaurs Discovery
Have you ever wondered about how dinosaur fossils get to the museum? Let’s find out together by becoming a paleontologist and looking for fossils. This class will begin by exploring dinosaur themed play stations outside on the National Mall and will end in the National Museum of Natural History where we will be able to see the dinosaur fossils in the museum!
Starting Location: National Mall (Directions and a map will be sent prior to the event)
Museum Visit: National Museum of Natural History
Tickets:
Sunday, April 2nd – Date Passed
Sunday, April 23rd – Date Passed
Playful Pollinators
There is more to a seed than meets the eye! Learn about the various ways that seeds disperse and populate the Earth. Discover how bees, bats, and beetles pollinate plants to make seeds. Plant a seed to take home with you and watch it grow!
Starting Location: National Mall (Directions and a map will be sent prior to the event)
Museum Visit: National Museum of Natural History
Tickets:
Saturday, May 6th – Date Passed
Sunday, May 7th – Date Passed
Have You Seen the Wind?
Join us as we learn about the unseen! In this class, we will explore the invisible as well as the tangible things that inspired British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare to create Wind Sculpture VII, from a gust of wind to a sailing boat, to personal identity, and more.
Starting Location: National Mall (Directions and a map will be sent prior to the event)
Museum Visit: National Museum of African Art
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