Summer Family Fun!

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Enjoy a day of fun activities for the whole family at The Newark Museum of Art.

10am-5pm – MakerSPACE (for kids of all ages)
Mezzanine Level, South Wing

A fun interactive area where kids play, tinker, and create.

1:30pm & 2:30pm – The Zula Patrol: Under the Weather Planetarium Show (for kids ages 5-12 and families)

3:30pm – Stars of the Pharaohs Planetarium Show (for kids ages 12+)

1–4pm – Science Drop-In:

Thursday, August 3 – Impacts! Explore the impacts of asteroids and comets on a planet or moon by dropping marbles into a tub and make observations of the craters that form.
Friday, August 4 – Ddakji! Can You Flip It? Build your own ddakji and explore inertia and force as you learn how to play the game!
Saturday, August 5 – Impacts! Explore the impacts of asteroids and comets on a planet or moon by dropping marbles into a tub and make observations of the craters that form.
Thursday, August 10 – Kaleidoscopes Explore reflection and refraction of light as you create your own kaleidoscope!
Friday, August 11 – Nebula Spin Art Discover how the most abstract objects in space get their shapes by using centripetal and centrifugal forces to create nebula spin art.
Saturday, August 12 – Kaleidoscopes Explore reflection and refraction of light as you create your own kaleidoscope!
Thursday, August 17 – Filtered Light Try your hand at writing secret messages as you investigate how filters can help reveal more about an image or an object.
Friday, August 18 – Pocket Solar System Make a scale model of the distances in our solar system that fits in your pocket!
Saturday, August 19 – Filtered Light Try your hand at writing secret messages as you investigate how filters can help reveal more about an image or an object.

Don’t leave the Museum without seeing our family-friendly exhibition Animal Kingdom!

Familiarize yourself with our visiting guidelines before you arrive at the Museum.