Winter Trees
Make a magical, winter, three-dimensional tree by upcycling a toilet paper tube. Cut and paint it any way you want then display your creation during the festive winter season. For guests 10 and up.
Help Port Discovery ring in 2023 with the annual Noontime New Year Event. Participate in hands-on winter-themed activities such as Snow Fun and a Polar Bear Party. This year, learn about a group of Time Travelers and hear their stories from different time periods. As well as witness the travelers make their jump through the Port Discovery... Read more »
Stop by our photo area and take family pictures to remember your time celebrating New Year's Eve at the museum. A variety of nautical photo props will be available for kids and their adults.
Step right up! Now’s your chance to run away and join the circus without leaving home! Try your hand at a host of circus tricks with former Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus performer Gregory May. Throughout the museum, he’ll be juggling, walking on globes and stilts, spinning plates and lassos, and much more!
Join the members of the Time Traveler Syndicate as they gather to celebrate the new year. Learn fun facts about their time period and witness as they make the jump through the Port Discovery time machine. All leading up to 12 noon, where we lower Port Discovery’s first ever New Year’s ball!
Stop by our Discovery Cart for a selection of science learning, sensory exploration or motor skill play.
Come help Boo put little Peak to bed by going through their bedtime routine. Help our little ghost friend get a good nights' sleep by brushing our teeth, taking a bath, and reading a bedtime story!
Join Thomas T. Sawyer on the adventure of a lifetime! Travel through time and space to 1922 Egypt and help discover the tomb of a previously forgotten pharaoh.
Come meet different members from the Time Travelers Syndicate as they lead some hands-on activities and take the chance to grab a snapshot with them!
Come meet different members from the Time Travelers Syndicate as they lead some hands-on activities and take the chance to grab a snapshot with them!
Stop by our Discovery Cart for a selection of science learning, sensory exploration or motor skill play.
Come help Boo put little Peak to bed by going through their bedtime routine. Help our little ghost friend get a good nights' sleep by brushing our teeth, taking a bath, and reading a bedtime story!
Speech bubbles are used in cartoons to represent character’s speeches and thoughts. Use some real-life life ones to explore language, poetry, and the words behind Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s famous “I Have A Dream” speech.
Stop by our Discovery Cart for a selection of science learning, sensory exploration or motor skill play.
Come help Boo put little Peak to bed by going through their bedtime routine. Help our little ghost friend get a good nights' sleep by brushing our teeth, taking a bath, and reading a bedtime story!
Stop by our Discovery Cart for a selection of science learning, sensory exploration or motor skill play.
Come help Boo put little Peak to bed by going through their bedtime routine. Help our little ghost friend get a good nights' sleep by brushing our teeth, taking a bath, and reading a bedtime story!
Stop by our Discovery Cart for a selection of science learning, sensory exploration or motor skill play.
Do you like to draw hearts? Well so does artist Jim Dine. Come to Studio and compare four different mediums while making a special heart picture.
Help build your fine motor skills by sewing a special Valentine card for someone you love. No two will be alike, just like us!
Gee’s Bend Quilts- a small community in Alabama produces some of the most amazing, modern looking quilts. Come to Studio and learn about their history and make your own quilt.
Help build your fine motor skills by sewing a special Valentine card for someone you love. No two will be alike, just like us!
Gee’s Bend Quilts- a small community in Alabama produces some of the most amazing, modern looking quilts. Come to Studio and learn about their history and make your own quilt.
Do you like to draw hearts? Well so does artist Jim Dine. Come to Studio and compare four different mediums while making a special heart picture.
Participate in a selection of dramatic activities using a variety of giant parachutes.
Do you like to draw hearts? Well so does artist Jim Dine. Come to Studio and compare four different mediums while making a special heart picture.
Help build your fine motor skills by sewing a special Valentine card for someone you love. No two will be alike, just like us!
Gee’s Bend Quilts- a small community in Alabama produces some of the most amazing, modern looking quilts. Come to Studio and learn about their history and make your own quilt.
Participate in yoga inspired activities that will encourage the development of spatial awareness, confidence, and both physical and mental strength. See how movement and traveling are connected.
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.
Do you like to draw hearts? Well so does artist Jim Dine. Come to Studio and compare four different mediums while making a special heart picture.
Gee’s Bend Quilts- a small community in Alabama produces some of the most amazing, modern looking quilts. Come to Studio and learn about their history and make your own quilt.
Help build your fine motor skills by sewing a special Valentine card for someone you love. No two will be alike, just like us!
The Time Travelers Syndicate have made their presence known. Come meet them for the first time or revisit them as they make their next appearance.
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.
Gee’s Bend Quilts- a small community in Alabama produces some of the most amazing, modern looking quilts. Come to Studio and learn about their history and make your own quilt.
Help build your fine motor skills by sewing a special Valentine card for someone you love. No two will be alike, just like us!
Do you like to draw hearts? Well so does artist Jim Dine. Come to Studio and compare four different mediums while making a special heart picture.
The Time Travelers Syndicate have made their presence known. Come meet them for the first time or revisit them as they make their next appearance.
Come join Captain Lyra Black's crew and take over the S.S. Friendship. Be a part of her crew and learn about what it takes to man a ship out in the sea with some hands-on activities.
Feel the love, Port Discovery Guests! Make a card using fancy art supplies to share your love with a family member or friend.
