Summer Camp

Experiment with things that go BOOM, from foaming chemicals to popping balloons. Then, create various flying machines using paper, straws, funnels, balls, balloons, and more.

Discover which shapes make the strongest structures by constructing bridges, buildings, and more. Then have fun demolishing some of your creations while exploring how architects make buildings strong.

Caterpillars, beetles, bees and beyond! Investigate all manner of insects in our insect zoo, build a model anthill and much more. Camp includes optional edible insects and a dissection activity.

Investigate how our resident dinosaurs lived, died, and were discovered by paleontologists. Get up close and personal with our specimens, go on a mock dig, and touch a real dinosaur bone!

Explore the physics and chemistry behind magic by making things disappear, levitate, and change colors using magnets, mirrors, and more. Show off your magic to friends and family at Friday’s magic show.

Discover what cool chemical reactions happen as we cook, explore cuisines from other countries, grow your own food, and more. This camp is not recommended for children with food allergies/sensitivities. Camp includes optional bug tasting activity.

Get up close and personal with animals in your classroom, grow your own catnip, make dog treats, create a bird feeder, and much more in this hands-on “hare-raising” experience.

Experiment with gears, electricity, pneumatics, and simple machines to discover how robots move and manipulate objects. Program a mini robot to follow your commands.

Uncover the science behind blood stains and spatter, forensic anthropology, and more. Learn how to process evidence and solve a mysterious crime! Please Note: This camp deals with issues of crime and death and may not be suitable for more sensitive investigators.

Campers are escorted to the after camp classrooms at the end of the camp day. Campers are supervised as they play games or do craft activities in the classrooms. A snack is provided in the afternoon. Campers must be picked up by 5:30 PM, after which an extra charge of $1.00 per minute will be applied.

Visit areas the public never sees, including projection booths, live animal rooms, and more. Take photographs with a digital camera and create a publication to share your discoveries. Basic technology experience with laptops and digital cameras may be helpful for this camp!

Campers must be checked in at the sign-in table in the museum each morning. Campers are supervised as they play games or watch a movie. Campers are escorted to their camp room at 10 AM.

Come discover mythical monsters and protective amulets, participate in challenges, and go on adventures! At the end of the week, cabins will participate in the Final Challenge to put their skills to the test.

Perfect your battle strategy, sharpen your swordsmanship, develop your archery skills, hunt monsters, and embark on quests. Then, put your training to the test as you meet the opposing team in “battle.”

Work with your team to create exciting dishes using everyday foods and unexpected ingredients. Then, compete in challenges to see which dish will end up on top! This camp is not recommended for children with food allergies or sensitivities. Includes use of preparation knives and other culinary utensils.

An HMNS Summer Camp staff member will escort your camper(s) to and from camp classrooms and ensure authorized pick-up and signature. Available exclusively to members of the museum; limited to 50 guests per week.   The purchase of Drop-Off/Pick-Up Carpool is for one week, at $50 per week.   Drop-Off/Pick-Up Days: Monday Mornings: Ca …

Discover our planet’s amazing creatures and biomes! Create snacks and homes for local wildlife, experiment with green energy by building a better battery, and more.

Come investigate interesting inventions and participate in design challenges! Experiment with electricity, motors and more. Build your own flashlight and quiz board to take home.

Calling all pit crew! Create model cars, boats, and planes using rubber bands, soap, and other unexpected items. Discover how to protect your passengers from car crashes and participate in an egg drop contest.

Using LEGO®SPIKE™ Prime, you and your team will create programs using a Scratch-based visual programming language to download to your pre-built robot. Teams will compete to complete challenges and earn the highest scores by the end of the week.

Ready, set, create! Discover how to use tools safely while creating a soldered pendant, a levitating pen, a custom-made shadow box, and more. Please note: This activity includes using power tools under adult supervision.

Do you have what it takes to be a spy? Learn tricks of the trade! Write in codes and invisible ink, test your spy skills, and build and bring home your own spy gadgets!

Do you have what it takes to be a spy? Learn tricks of the trade! Write in codes and invisible ink, test your spy skills, and build and bring home your own spy gadgets!

Embark on a computer coding adventure as you explore the basics of game design. Create a classic game, discover how to mod, and create add-ons, using MINECRAFT TM and your imagination as a guide.

Explore a different Museum District location each day. Participate in classroom experiments and activities. Then spend the night on Thursday to see what secrets the Museum holds after dark! Dress for the heat. Camp includes dissection. No discounts are available for this camp.

Make a splash this summer with the world’s fiercest marine predator: Sharks! Explore sharks’ science, history, and mystery and get a chance to touch some live sharks too!

Explore the physics and chemistry behind magic as you make things appear, disappear, levitate, and change colors using magnets, mirrors, and more. Perform your tricks in a science magic show!

Can you survive? YOU BETCHA! Distill drinking water, discover how to navigate by the stars, build a compass, and more. Participate in a survivor competition at the end of the week. Camp includes an optional bug-tasting activity.

Can you catch them all? Become the ultimate trainer by exploring the science behind these imaginary creatures throughout the museum. Create a trainer card, bag, and other equipment as you journey to become the best!

Engage in water-based activities, including creating bubble buildings and bubble art, creating a mysterious diver that sinks and rises, and building a cargo boat that can carry the largest load.

How Weird! Discover why humans have boogers and blisters, build a model skeleton that moves, and create fake wounds to scare your parents. Dissect a sheep’s brain and cow’s eyeball to discover how these organs work. Camp includes dissection.

Discover the science behind the care of wizard pets, herbs, herpetology, and the chemistry behind magical potions! Create your own wand, hat, and book of science spells in this week of wizard wonders.

Discover parts unknown as you sample foods, games, crafts, and cultures from around the world. Collect all your world traveler stamps in your Museum passport to take home!

You will participate in astronaut training by operating robots, conducting experiments, and constructing probes. Use your training to journey to outer space aboard the SS Legacy in the Expedition Center.

Experiment with things that go BOOM, from foaming chemicals to popping balloons. Then, create various flying machines using paper, straws, funnels, balls, balloons, and more.

Investigate how our resident dinosaurs lived, died, and were discovered by paleontologists. Get up close and personal with our specimens, go on a mock dig, and touch a real dinosaur bone!

Explore the physics and chemistry behind magic by making things disappear, levitate, and change colors using magnets, mirrors, and more. Show off your magic to friends and family at Friday’s magic show.

Experiment with gears, electricity, pneumatics, and simple machines to discover how robots move and manipulate objects. Program a mini robot to follow your commands.

Uncover the science behind blood stains and spatter, forensic anthropology, and more. Learn how to process evidence and solve a mysterious crime! Please Note: This camp deals with issues of crime and death and may not be suitable for more sensitive investigators.

Campers are escorted to the after camp classrooms at the end of the camp day. Campers are supervised as they play games or do craft activities in the classrooms. A snack is provided in the afternoon. Campers must be picked up by 5:30 PM, after which an extra charge of $1.00 per minute will be applied.

Visit areas the public never sees, including projection booths, live animal rooms, and more. Take photographs with a digital camera and create a publication to share your discoveries. Basic technology experience with laptops and digital cameras may be helpful for this camp!

Campers must be checked in at the sign-in table in the museum each morning. Campers are supervised as they play games or watch a movie. Campers are escorted to their camp room at 10 AM.

Come discover mythical monsters and protective amulets, participate in challenges, and go on adventures! At the end of the week, cabins will participate in the Final Challenge to put their skills to the test.

Perfect your battle strategy, sharpen your swordsmanship, develop your archery skills, hunt monsters, and embark on quests. Then, put your training to the test as you meet the opposing team in “battle.”

Work with your team to create exciting dishes using everyday foods and unexpected ingredients. Then, compete in challenges to see which dish will end up on top! This camp is not recommended for children with food allergies or sensitivities. Includes use of preparation knives and other culinary utensils.

An HMNS Summer Camp staff member will escort your camper(s) to and from camp classrooms and ensure authorized pick-up and signature. Available exclusively to members of the museum; limited to 50 guests per week.   The purchase of Drop-Off/Pick-Up Carpool is for one week, at $50 per week.   Drop-Off/Pick-Up Days: Monday Mornings: Ca …

Using LEGO®SPIKE™ Prime, you and your team will create programs using a Scratch-based visual programming language to download to your pre-built robot. Teams will compete to complete challenges and earn the highest scores by the end of the week.

Ready, set, create! Discover how to use tools safely while creating a soldered pendant, a levitating pen, a custom-made shadow box, and more. Please note: This activity includes using power tools under adult supervision.

Do you have what it takes to be a spy? Learn tricks of the trade! Write in codes and invisible ink, test your spy skills, and build and bring home your own spy gadgets!

Do you have what it takes to be a spy? Learn tricks of the trade! Write in codes and invisible ink, test your spy skills, and build and bring home your own spy gadgets!

Embark on a computer coding adventure as you explore the basics of game design. Create a classic game, discover how to mod, and create add-ons, using MINECRAFT TM and your imagination as a guide.

Make a splash this summer with the world’s fiercest marine predator: Sharks! Explore sharks’ science, history, and mystery and get a chance to touch some live sharks too!

Explore the physics and chemistry behind magic as you make things appear, disappear, levitate, and change colors using magnets, mirrors, and more. Perform your tricks in a science magic show!

Can you survive? YOU BETCHA! Distill drinking water, discover how to navigate by the stars, build a compass, and more. Participate in a survivor competition at the end of the week. Camp includes an optional bug-tasting activity.

Can you catch them all? Become the ultimate trainer by exploring the science behind these imaginary creatures throughout the museum. Create a trainer card, bag, and other equipment as you journey to become the best!

How Weird! Discover why humans have boogers and blisters, build a model skeleton that moves, and create fake wounds to scare your parents. Dissect a sheep’s brain and cow’s eyeball to discover how these organs work. Camp includes dissection.

Discover the science behind the care of wizard pets, herbs, herpetology, and the chemistry behind magical potions! Create your own wand, hat, and book of science spells in this week of wizard wonders.

You will participate in astronaut training by operating robots, conducting experiments, and constructing probes. Use your training to journey to outer space aboard the SS Legacy in the Expedition Center.

Discover parts unknown as you sample foods, games, crafts, and cultures from around the world. Collect all your world traveler stamps in your Museum passport to take home!