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Events
Date Event Time More Information
All of June RiverTown Rover - FREE with museum admission 12:00 PM and 3:00 PM at the RiverTown Rover Exhibit Goes to Cuba and Puerto Rico!
All of June Science Cart Demonstrations - FREE with museum admission. A simple science project each week. Request at the front desk for a demonstration. For more information
All of June Art Activities - FREE with museum admission. A new art activity each week beginning on Tuesdays. For more information
Friday, June 26, 2009 Annual Summer Kick Off - Celebrate Summer! 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM For more information
Sunday, June 28, 2009 Workshop series: The Hudson River Flowing Through Time 1:00 PM in the Pavilion on the Hudson The River Today - An Incredible Journey
All of July RiverTown Rover - FREE with museum admission 12:00 PM and 3:00 PM at the RiverTown Rover Exhibit Goes to Africa
All of July Science Cart Demonstrations - FREE with museum admission. A simple science project each week. Request at the front desk for a demonstration. For more information
All of July Art Activities - FREE with museum admission. A new art activity each week beginning on Tuesdays. For more information
July 4, 2009 Museum is open all day  
July 6 - 10, 2009 Half Day Summer Camp - Fossils and Fun Monday - Friday, 9:00 AM - 11:45 PM For more information
July 6 -10, 2009 Multi-Media Animation Camp (Ages 9 - 12) Monday - Friday, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM For more information
July 10, 17 and 24, 2009 Messy Art Workshop Fridays, 2:00 PM For more information
July 13 - 17, 2009 Half Day Summer Camp - To Infinity and Beyond Monday - Friday, 9:00 AM - 11:45 PM For more information
July 13 - 17, 2009 Lego™ Brick Kids Camp Monday - Friday, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM For more information
Saturday, July 18, 2009 STARLAB Planetarium Adventure 6:00 PM For more information
July 20 - 24, 2009 Half Day Summer Camp - Nature Explorers Monday - Friday, 9:00 AM - 11:45 PM For more information
July 20 - 24, 2009 Half Day Summer Camp - Nature Explorers Monday - Friday, 1:00 PM - 3:45 PM For more information
Sunday, July 26, 2009 Workshop series: The Hudson River Flowing Through Time 1:00 PM in the Pavilion on the Hudson The River in 1777 - Battles of Saratoga
All of August RiverTown Rover - FREE with museum admission 12:00 PM and 3:00 PM at the RiverTown Rover Exhibit Goes to Mexico!
All of August Science Cart Demonstrations - FREE with museum admission. A simple science project each week. Request at the front desk for a demonstration. For more information
All of August Art Activities - FREE with museum admission. A new art activity each week beginning on Tuesdays. For more information
August 3 - 7, 2009 Half Day Summer Camp - Crazy Concoctions Monday - Friday, 9:00 AM - 11:45 PM For more information
August 3 - 7, 2009 Half Day Summer Camp - Crazy Concoctions Monday - Friday, 1:00 PM - 3:45 PM For more information
August 10 - 14, 2009 Half Day Summer Camp - Art Odyssey Monday - Friday, 9:00 AM - 11:45 PM For more information
August 10 - 14, 2009 Full Day Summer Camp - Creek Peek Monday - Friday, 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM For more information
August 13, 20 and 27, 2009 Summer Playgroup Thursdays, 10:00 AM For more information
Saturday, August 15, 2009 STARLAB Planetarium Adventure 6:00 PM For more information
August 17 - 21, 2009 Full Day Summer Camp - Blast Off! 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM For more information
August 17 - 21, 2009 Lego™ Brick Camp Monday - Friday, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM For more information
Sunday, August 30, 2009 Workshop series: The Hudson River Flowing Through Time 1:00 PM in the Pavilion on the Hudson The River 1009 - The Three Sisters
Sunday, September 27, 2009 Workshop series: The Hudson River Flowing Through Time 1:00 PM in the Pavilion on the Hudson The river in 9,400 B.C.E. - The Hyde Park Mastodon!
   

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Annual Summer Kick Off
Celebrate Summer!
Friday, June 26, 2009 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Kick off the summer with an international festival of live performances, art activities, food and other summer fun! Enjoy face painting; make bubbles, dance to global rhythms and more. This event is funded in part with public funds from New York Start Council on the Arts, A State Agency, Dutchess County Art Council and the Robert R. Chapman Fund.

Ticket cost: $5 per person

Ticket and museum admission: $10, Attendees of Celebrate Summer are offered a discounted museum admission of $5 per person.

Payment is required at time of reservation. Call the museum at (845) 471-0589 to purchase tickets in advance.

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

Native American Experience

Listen to the stories of Cherokee and Blackfoot Indian storyteller, actress and poet: Candece Tarpley. Participate in traditional dances of her culture.

11:00 AM - 1:30 PM

Workshops and demonstrations from around the world.

Mexico: Weaving Demonstrations by José Buenaventura Gonzalez Gutierrez.

Zimbabwe: Wire Sculpture Workshop by Bernard Domingo

China: Kung Fu Demonstrations by the Mid-Hudson Chinese Language Center

Native American: Drum Workshop by Gil Tarbox of Micmac and Passamaqquouddy ancestry.

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM International Food Tasting: Mexican from Mole Mole, West Indian from West Indies Restaurant & Market and more!
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM African Drumming by Maxwell Kofi Donkor is an internationally known master drummer from Ghana. Performance will include a drumming workshop.
All Day Activities in the Pavilion Historical Dutch Cooking with Diane Fish, bubble making, face painting and lots more!

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Workshop SERIES: The Hudson River Flowing Through Time
Sundays at 1:00 PM In the Pavilion on the Hudson
Celebrate the Quadricentennial - the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson sailing up the Hudson River at the Mid-Hudson Children's Museum. Join our Museum educator, Lisa DiMarzo, for a SERIES of interactive educational presentations highlighting the Hudson River Flowing through Time. Each program will starts with a brief introduction followed by hands-on activities and fun crafts. Come and see the river like you've never seen before!
Workshop fee: $2 per person, call the museum to make a reservation at (845) 471-0589
Schedule: Theme:
June 28

The River Today - An Incredible Journey

Take an incredible journey in this water cycle game. Pretend to be a drop of water and find out how water moves around the planet earth!

July 26

The River in 1777- Battles of Saratoga

Using artifacts, storytelling and improvisation we will go back in time to see why these battles are considered the turning point in the American Revolution.

August 30

The River 1009 years ago - The Three Sisters

Come and learn about the lifeways of the Algonquians, the native people who lived on this land 1000 years ago. We will dramatize companion planting through improvisation and lifelike props!

September 27

The river in 9,400 B.C.E. - The Hyde Park Mastodon!

Step back in time to meet the Hyde Park Mastodon, an exact casting of the 11,400 year old bones found in Hyde Park, New York.

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July 4 - The museum is open.

The Childrens Media Project presents the
Multi-Media Animation
July 6 - 10 Monday - Friday 10 AM - 4 PM
During the week, youth will focus on the creative use of clay, paper, and other assorted 3D objects as they work in pairs or three at a time to make stop-motion animated movies. Youth will learn how to make backgrounds and figures, create movement, tell a story visually, and make a soundtrack. CMP teaching artists will edit the videos during the workshop with direction from youth participants. Each youth will receive a DVD copy of the animations.
Tuition: $295, Students must bring lunch each day. To register, please contact Lester at (845) 485-4480 or Lester@childrensmediaproject.org

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BRICK KIDS

At the Children's Museum

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Ages 4 - 6 July 13 - 17 Bricks and Books
Join Lego ™ brick "MOM " Linda and preschool teacher Kelly on a wonderful bricks and books adventure. Go home with a book and a Lego ™ brick creation each day!
Please note: Although this is a separate program, you can register your 4 - 6 year old for the morning Children's Museum's summer camp program and have them released to BRICK KIDS in the afternoon. Just sign them up for both programs and write "all -day" on the registration forms. Pack a lunch!
Ages 7 - 9 August 17 - 21 Time Travel
Travel through time this summer! Using the Children's Museum's big wall map as our guide, we will visit the wonders of the world! With Lego ™ bricks we will build the Great Wall of China, the Step Pyramids of Central and South America and more. Go home with a new Lego ™ creation every day!
Cost: $175 per week. Limit of 15 children. Register before May 31st and get a reduced price of $160. The camp cost does not include museum admission. Print registration form click here
For registration information, please call Linda at (845) 304-8928 or e-mail her at brickkids@optonline.net

 

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Ongoing Activities
FREE with Admission
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Print out the schedule of events (a PDF file) click here

Saturday Late Night

The Children's Museum stays open 'till 8 p.m. on the third Saturday of the month.

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STARLAB Planetarium

Enter our inflatable planetarium to explore seasonal constellations and learn fun facts like, why Polaris, the North Star, never seems to move. Gaze up at a clear starry night while our educator tells about the wonders of it all. Because of limited capacity, reservations required. Fee: $4 per person

STARLAB is schedule:

  • No STARLAB in June
  • Saturday, July 18, 2009 at 6 P.M.
  • Saturday, August 15, 2009 at 6 P.M.

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These performances have been made possible in part with public funds from New York Start Council on the Arts, A State Agency.

 

The Mid-Hudson Children's Museum is a funded member of the Dutchess County Arts Council.

 

Museum Ticket Policy Click here

Watch a video on the museum's past event, African Drum Workshop with the Al'Kebulan Project!

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