Port Discovery Children's Museum

Teddy Talks
2024-02-23 13:00 - 13:30, 2024-02-16 13:00 - 13:30, 2024-02-09 13:00 - 13:30 (America/New_York) | Port Discovery Children’s Museum, 35 Market Place, Baltimore, MD, 21202, United States
BearTube sensation Ted “Theodore” Bearson presents Teddy Talks! This informative presentation will feature puppets, slideshows, and morale boosting lessons good for little and big kids alike.

Discovery Tales with Captain Lyra
2024-02-23 11:00 - 11:30, 2024-02-19 11:00 - 11:30, 2024-02-18 12:00 - 12:30, 2024-02-16 11:00 - 11:30, 2024-02-10 11:00 - 11:30, 2024-02-09 11:00 - 11:30 | Port Discovery Children’s Museum, 35 Market Place, Baltimore, MD, 21202, United States
Look, listen and sing! Gather ’round, friends. Join us as we sing songs and read stories the whole family can enjoy.

The Music in Me
2024-02-22 11:00 - 11:30, 2024-02-21 11:00 - 11:30, 2024-02-15 11:00 - 11:30, 2024-02-14 11:00 - 11:30, 2024-02-08 11:00 - 11:30, 2024-02-07 11:00 - 11:30 | Port Discovery Children’s Museum, 35 Market Place, Baltimore, MD, 21202, United States
Sing it loud, sing it proud! Join us in a special music time that will bring the love of music into your hearts.

CLOSED
2024-02-20, 2024-02-13 | Port Discovery Children’s Museum, 35 Market Place, Baltimore, MD, 21202, United States
The museum is only open for Field Trip Groups on Tuesdays this Winter. Thank you for your understanding!

Show What You Know: Presidents Edition
2024-02-19 14:00 - 14:30 | Port Discovery Children’s Museum, 35 Market Place, Baltimore, MD, 21202, United States
Test your knowledge and be a contestant on our game show happening on the museum floor! To celebrate President’s Day, match up former presidents to an interesting fact about them for the chance to win take-home prizes.

OPEN : Presidents Day
2024-02-19 | Port Discovery Children’s Museum, 35 Market Place, Baltimore, MD, 21202, United States
Port Discovery is open on Presidents Day! Join us at the museum and participate in president themed activities presented by our Public Programming team.

Sensory Friendly Morning
2024-02-18 09:00 - 11:00 | Port Discovery Children’s Museum, 35 Market Place, Baltimore, MD, 21202, United States
Port Discovery’s Sensory Friendly Mornings provide Museum access to families who would benefit from a sensory friendly experience and quieter setting at Port Discovery two hours before opening to the general public.

Let It Shine
2024-02-17 | Port Discovery Children’s Museum, 35 Market Place, Baltimore, MD, 21202, United States
Celebrate Black culture on February 17th through interactive experiences, art projects, storytelling, history and STEM programs. Plus visit special guests and local Black owned businesses!
Visit PortDiscovery.org/LetItShine to learn more.

Storytelling/Music Programs

On Let It Shine, we’ll have various story-time activities and music programming! Join a short story-time in our Discovery Tales activity which will feature books about the experiences of Black children, families, and culture, or join in with our special guests from LTYC in their Lightning and Thunder Workshop focusing on traditional rhythms and spontaneous jams with their bucket drum circle.

Hands-On Activities

Engage in hands-on games and activities centered around Black culture such as using story building cards to create original adventures inspired by principles used in Afrofuturism. Join us in our Port Discovery game show, Show What You Know where you can match up famous and influential Black celebrities from Baltimore to their contributions for the chance to win take-home prizes.

Art Projects

Spend some time creating self-expressive artwork that everyone will admire! Let your light shine with lanterns that you can create in our Studio Workshop.

$10 Community Day
2024-02-16 | Port Discovery Children’s Museum, 35 Market Place, Baltimore, MD, 21202, United States
Visit Port Discovery for just $10 per person and enjoy 3 floors of fun, plus special performances and activities from our education team!

CLOSED
2024-02-12 | Port Discovery Children’s Museum, 35 Market Place, Baltimore, MD, 21202, United States
The museum will be closed today.

Red Envelopes
2024-02-11 14:00 - 14:30 | Port Discovery Children’s Museum, 35 Market Place, Baltimore, MD, 21202, United States
Create your very own red envelope and decorate it with a gold design for good luck in the Lunar New Year!

Discovery Tales - Lunar New Year
2024-02-11 12:00 - 12:30 | Port Discovery Children’s Museum, 35 Market Place, Baltimore, MD, 21202, United States

Tales from Time Travelers Society
2024-02-10 15:00 - 15:30, 2024-02-10 11:00 - 11:30 | Port Discovery Children’s Museum, 35 Market Place, Baltimore, MD, 21202, United States
Renowned time traveler Thomas Tremain Sawyer presents Tales from the Time Traveler Society. Join Thomas in the Playhouse and participate in the story as we act out the many legends and adventures of time travelers.

Show What You Know: African American Inventors
2024-02-10 14:00 - 15:00 | Port Discovery Children’s Museum, 35 Market Place, Baltimore, MD, 21202, United States
Test your knowledge and be a contestant on our game show happening on the museum floor! To celebrate Black History Month, match up inventions to their famous inventors for the chance to win take-home prizes.

Storytime & Puppet Show with Danny Joe
2024-02-10 13:00 - 14:00 | Port Discovery Children’s Museum, 35 Market Place, Baltimore, MD, 21202, United States
Did you know that Baltimore has its very own local kids’ tv show? Meet the host of Danny Joe’s Tree House and his puppet pals at Port Discovery. Together, we’ll sing songs, dance, and play with big thoughts, ideas and feelings. This program is geared towards young children and their grownups. It promotes and fosters Social Emotional Learning, S.T.E.A.M. Education and Early Media Literacy.
This story time and puppet show is FREE to attend with museum admission. Danny Joe’s Tree House is now streaming on Sensical TV, backed by Common Sense Media. Learn more about Danny Joe’s Tree House at dannyjoestreehouse.com

Drumming Them Drums
2024-02-10 12:00 - 12:30 | MD
Join Port Discovery’s our Education team in a drum circle experience! Use one of our loaner drums and learn how African drumming has been used for communication.
