The Play Fair Game Show
2023-10-21 14:00 - 14:30, 2023-10-28 11:00 - 11:30, 2023-10-28 14:00 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | Port Discovery Children’s Museum, 35 Market Place, Baltimore, MD, 21202, United States
A family game show with multiple choice and carnival inspired challenges. Select players will test their knowledge and skills for the chance to win take-home prizes. Challenges and questions will be based around monsters, myths, and mysteries.

Folding Monsters
2023-10-22, 2023-10-24, 2023-10-25, 2023-10-26, 2023-10-27, 2023-10-28, 2023-10-29, 2023-10-31
Draw a monster that unfolds to show any surprise you want in its mouth!

Storytime with Queen Gwen
2023-10-22 12:00 - 12:30, 2023-10-29 12:00 - 12:30
Spend the morning reading magical stories with a queen!

Pumpkin Carving
2023-10-22 14:00 - 14:30, 2023-10-29 14:00 - 14:30
Help turn a pumpkin into a jack-o-lantern!

CLOSED
2023-10-23, 2023-10-30
The museum will be closed today.

The Music in Me
2023-10-25 11:00 - 11:30, 2023-10-26 11:00 - 11:30, 2023-11-02 11:00 - 11:30
Sing it loud, sing it proud! Join us in a special music time that will bring the love of music into your hearts.

Pumpkin Hammering
2023-10-25 13:00 - 13:30
Use your hand skills to hammer nails into a pumpkin! With assistance from our educators, develop fine motor skills with this hands-on activity.

Meet KIBO
2023-10-26 13:00 - 13:30, 2023-11-02 13:00 - 13:30
Who is KIBO? Find out in this hands-on, screen-free exploration of coding, robotics, and creative design.

Rattle Your Bones
2023-10-27 17:00 - 21:00
Port Discovery is all about learning through play and one of the best times to play is around Halloween. We are gearing up for a wonderful night full of pumpkin-themed games, ghost stories, a Halloween game show and many more! All the activities and crafts were created by our staff and kept you and your little one in mind. Make Rattle Your Bones a safe and fun family tradition to celebrate every year!
There is so much to do on this special night. So, make sure to try it all and finish it off with our costume parade!
FrankenSTEAM Laboratory | All Night
Our Studio Workshop will become a STEAM explorative play space offering different hands-on activities. Includes creature puppet assembly and electricity powered art projects.
The Bone Bin | All Night
Our Oasis exhibit will be themed around bones! Learn about this living tissue through a variety of books, games, puzzles, and toys.
Spooky Maze Adventure | All Night
Our cardboard maze will feature Halloween themed décor and props. Will you venture through this spooky maze and find all of the hidden items?
Decorate Your Own Mini Pumpkin | All Night
Use special paint pens to decorate your selected mini pumpkin. Pumpkins available while supplies last.
Special Guest: Face Painter Janelle Jones
Add a special to you Halloween outfit and get your face painted by local artist Janelle Jones!
Special Guest: Scarecrow Greg May
Our friend Scarecrow Greg will be roaming throughout the museum with circus tricks, magic tricks, and lots of silliness! Watch out! He might even show up ten-feet tall.
Discovery Tales: A BOO-seum Story Time | 5:30 PM
A story time for our younger visitors. Listen to books, play with instruments, and participate in scarf play all themed around friendly ghosts, skeletons, and monsters.
Hide and Seek with the Headless Horseman | 7:15 PM
Do you think you could beat our playful Headless Horseman puppet in a group game of hide and seek? Test your skills while learning about the classic short story, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”.
Bubbles and Broomsticks | 5:30 PM & 7:30 PM
Seashell the Mermaid becomes the Sea Witch of Port Discovery in this bubble blowing bonanza! Come and pop some bubbles and watch as Seashell performs some bubble magic!
The Play Fair Game Show | 6 PM & 8 PM
A family game show where select players will test their skills to win take-home prizes. Multiple choice questions and physical challenges will be about classic Halloween symbols and traditions.
Costume Parade | 6 & 8 PM
Join museum staff and the event’s featured characters as we travel around the 1st floor on a musical, marching parade led by visiting performer Greg May.
Summon the Banshee Train: A Sensory Ghost Story | 6:30 PM
A family friendly, interactive ghost story that will engage several of your senses. Based on the book “The Banshee Train” by Odds Bodkin, help act out a chase that will bring forth a ghostly, noisy train.

This event is sponsored in part by PNC Bank and Wegmans

Printmaking
2023-11-01 - 2023-11-21
Fall is the season of different shapes & colors, which you can explore through printmaking! Explore different materials, patterns, and techniques to make your own unique creation that’s one of a kind.

Discovery Tales
2023-11-01 11:00 - 11:30, 2023-11-03 11:00 - 11:30
Look, listen and sing! Gather ’round, friends. Join us as we sing songs and read stories and the whole family can enjoy.

Teddy Talks
2023-11-01 13:00 - 13:30
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.

Adventure Expedition Travel Agency
2023-11-02 14:00 - 14:30
Join Time Traveler Thomas Tremaine Sawyer as he prepares you to travel back in time to 1922 Egypt.

King Arty and Queen Gwen: Tournament of Stories!
2023-11-03 14:00 - 14:30
King Arty and Queen Gwen are back to tell the grand tales of King Arthur and his two most trusted knights Sir Gawaine and Sir Lancelot! But which knights’ story is the best? Choose which story is your favorite by competing in the Great Tournament of Stories. Our two knights will prepare you for battle! Those who are victorious will be The Champion of Stories and an honorary knight of King Arthur’s Round Table. Do you have what it takes to be a knight?
