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Museum Open


 

Explore, investigate, and create!

Let’s play, learn and grow together with kindness!


 
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday: One play session – 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
 
We will continue to require face coverings for all visitors two years and older at the Museum regardless of vaccination status. We appreciate your cooperation with our health and safety protocols to ensure a safe experience for everyone.

Museum Open


 

Explore, investigate, and create!

Let’s play, learn and grow together with kindness!


 
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday: One play session – 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
 
We will continue to require face coverings for all visitors two years and older at the Museum regardless of vaccination status. We appreciate your cooperation with our health and safety protocols to ensure a safe experience for everyone.

Museum Open


 

Explore, investigate, and create!

Let’s play, learn and grow together with kindness!


 
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday: One play session – 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
 
We will continue to require face coverings for all visitors two years and older at the Museum regardless of vaccination status. We appreciate your cooperation with our health and safety protocols to ensure a safe experience for everyone.

Museum Open


 

Explore, investigate, and create!

Let’s play, learn and grow together with kindness!


 
Saturday and Sunday: Two play sessions – 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
 
We will continue to require face coverings for all visitors two years and older at the Museum regardless of vaccination status. We appreciate your cooperation with our health and safety protocols to ensure a safe experience for everyone.

Museum Open


 

Explore, investigate, and create!

Let’s play, learn and grow together with kindness!


 
Wednesday through Sunday: Two play sessions – 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
 
We will continue to require face coverings for all visitors two years and older at the Museum regardless of vaccination status. We appreciate your cooperation with our health and safety protocols to ensure a safe experience for everyone.

Museum Open


 

Explore, investigate, and create!

Let’s play, learn and grow together with kindness!


 
Saturday and Sunday: Two play sessions – 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
 
We will continue to require face coverings for all visitors two years and older at the Museum regardless of vaccination status. We appreciate your cooperation with our health and safety protocols to ensure a safe experience for everyone.

Museum Open


 

Explore, investigate, and create!

Let’s play, learn and grow together with kindness!


 
Wednesday through Sunday, and Labor Day (Sept. 5): Two play sessions – 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
 
We will continue to require face coverings for all visitors two years and older at the Museum regardless of vaccination status. We appreciate your cooperation with our health and safety protocols to ensure a safe experience for everyone.

Animals Inspire Us!

 

Animals Inspire Us!

Saturday, August 21st
9 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. at the Museum
Virtual program from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Facebook and YouTube
Hybrid Event (on-site programs + virtual program)

Join us in-person and online for the fourth annual animal event with our friends at Palo Alto Humane Society!

Watch the amazing magician Patrick Livingstone’s magic shows live on Facebook and YouTube at 1:30 p.m. or check out the highlights from the show in the Museum’s theater. Patrick will be joined by Bonzer Productions, and Isabelle Cnudde of Clorofil, who’ll show us how to make vegan dog treats. Woof!

 

 

Event Playlist on YouTube

Combined Video on Facebook

 
At the Museum activities from 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.:

  • Magic Show! Highlights streaming “Animal Magic Tricks” by the amazing magician Patrick Livingstone (Theatre)
  • What’s your favorite animal? Paint your arms, hands, and forehead like your favorite creature! Add color and texture to your arms to recreate scales and fur. (Face Paint Room)
  • Make creature ears or a wearable animal from pipe cleaners! Turn pipe cleaners into animal ears and tails to make a part of an animal to wear. (Located in Bill’s Backyard)
  • Go on an Animal Scavenger Hunt. Have an adventure finding animal art around the Museum and claim a prize.
  • Enjoy animal-inspired art. Check out “Homeward Bound,” an art exhibit of shelter animals in our upstairs Art Gallery by AbilityPath artist Jazthri. View artwork from Palo Alto Humane Society’s Adoptables Art Program.
  • Visit our Resource Table to learn more about local resources for humane education, pet adoption, and animal advocacy (Located in Bill’s Backyard)
  • Pick up your activity guide upon entrance for animal-inspired projects, including a “pup”cake recipe

Download the Animals Inspire Us! Activity Guide

The Palo Alto Humane Society is a 501(c) 3 nonprofit, charitable, volunteer-supported organization. PAHS is one of the few humane societies nationwide with no animal shelter. Instead of managing animals inside a shelter, PAHS works to keep animals out of the shelter through humane programs in intervention, advocacy, and education. For a century, its mission has been to alleviate the suffering of animals, increase public sensitivity to animal issues, and elevate the status of animals in our society.

Learn about PAHS at PaloAltoHumane.org

New Ballet Dance Along

Summer Partnership with New Ballet Offers Dance Alongs!

New Ballet

Dance along with ballet dancers from New Ballet and learn about the world of dance with the Bay Area’s premier ballet school. Every Saturday from July 3 through August 7, we’ll offer Dance Alongs in the outdoor amphitheater led by ballet instructors to teach little ones ballet steps that will inspire and excite them. If you’ve considered dance lessons for your youngster but wondered what it’s all about, this is the perfect opportunity to learn more.

We’ll offer two, 30-minute Dance Alongs every Saturday at 10 a.m. and 12 noon on a first-come, first-served basis. Dance Alongs are included in the price of museum admission.

Explore the world of ballet in a safe, supportive, and positive environment.

 

New Ballet

New Ballet Dance Along

Summer Partnership with New Ballet Offers Dance Alongs!

New Ballet

Dance along with ballet dancers from New Ballet and learn about the world of dance with the Bay Area’s premier ballet school. Every Saturday from July 3 through August 7, we’ll offer Dance Alongs in the outdoor amphitheater led by ballet instructors to teach little ones ballet steps that will inspire and excite them. If you’ve considered dance lessons for your youngster but wondered what it’s all about, this is the perfect opportunity to learn more.

We’ll offer two, 30-minute Dance Alongs every Saturday at 10 a.m. and 12 noon on a first-come, first-served basis. Dance Alongs are included in the price of museum admission.

Explore the world of ballet in a safe, supportive, and positive environment.

 

New Ballet

New Ballet Dance Along

Summer Partnership with New Ballet Offers Dance Alongs!

New Ballet

Dance along with ballet dancers from New Ballet and learn about the world of dance with the Bay Area’s premier ballet school. Every Saturday from July 3 through August 7, we’ll offer Dance Alongs in the outdoor amphitheater led by ballet instructors to teach little ones ballet steps that will inspire and excite them. If you’ve considered dance lessons for your youngster but wondered what it’s all about, this is the perfect opportunity to learn more.

We’ll offer two, 30-minute Dance Alongs every Saturday at 10 a.m. and 12 noon on a first-come, first-served basis. Dance Alongs are included in the price of museum admission.

Explore the world of ballet in a safe, supportive, and positive environment.

 

New Ballet

New Ballet Dance Along

Summer Partnership with New Ballet Offers Dance Alongs!

New Ballet

Dance along with ballet dancers from New Ballet and learn about the world of dance with the Bay Area’s premier ballet school. Every Saturday from July 3 through August 7, we’ll offer Dance Alongs in the outdoor amphitheater led by ballet instructors to teach little ones ballet steps that will inspire and excite them. If you’ve considered dance lessons for your youngster but wondered what it’s all about, this is the perfect opportunity to learn more.

We’ll offer two, 30-minute Dance Alongs every Saturday at 10 a.m. and 12 noon on a first-come, first-served basis. Dance Alongs are included in the price of museum admission.

Explore the world of ballet in a safe, supportive, and positive environment.

 

New Ballet

New Ballet Dance Along

Summer Partnership with New Ballet Offers Dance Alongs!

New Ballet

Dance along with ballet dancers from New Ballet and learn about the world of dance with the Bay Area’s premier ballet school. Every Saturday from July 3 through August 7, we’ll offer Dance Alongs in the outdoor amphitheater led by ballet instructors to teach little ones ballet steps that will inspire and excite them. If you’ve considered dance lessons for your youngster but wondered what it’s all about, this is the perfect opportunity to learn more.

We’ll offer two, 30-minute Dance Alongs every Saturday at 10 a.m. and 12 noon on a first-come, first-served basis. Dance Alongs are included in the price of museum admission.

Explore the world of ballet in a safe, supportive, and positive environment.

 

New Ballet

New Ballet Dance Along

Summer Partnership with New Ballet Offers Dance Alongs!

New Ballet

Dance along with ballet dancers from New Ballet and learn about the world of dance with the Bay Area’s premier ballet school. Every Saturday from July 3 through August 7, we’ll offer Dance Alongs in the outdoor amphitheater led by ballet instructors to teach little ones ballet steps that will inspire and excite them. If you’ve considered dance lessons for your youngster but wondered what it’s all about, this is the perfect opportunity to learn more.

We’ll offer two, 30-minute Dance Alongs every Saturday at 10 a.m. and 12 noon on a first-come, first-served basis. Dance Alongs are included in the price of museum admission.

Explore the world of ballet in a safe, supportive, and positive environment.

 

New Ballet

Juneteenth 2021 Program


 
Silicon Valley African Film Festival, in partnership with Children’s Discovery Museum, presents “Echoes of Africa” – the first Juneteenth family program at the Museum. The program features screening of African animation films and live African drumming entertainment with Ghanaian Master Drummer Pope Flyne.

Saturday, June 19, 2021 at 10 a.m.

Schedule:

Drumming by Ghanaian Master Drummer Pope Flyne

Film: Souleyman
Animation: 5 minutes
Director: Aloïs Agboglo from Benin
“Souleyman” is a little boy, a fan of a superhero who saves people in the city from danger. This inspires the boy to do good to those around him.

Break

Drumming by Ghanaian Master Drummer Pope Flyne

Film: Recoiled
Animation: 8 minutes
Director: Claire Grim from the USA
Kailli’s hair is so curly that it has a life of its own. With the help of her young sister, Kalli quickly discovers that being true to herself and one another is far more important than conforming to social norms of beauty and peer pressure in order to fit in.

 

Silicon Valley African Film Festival