Birthday Parties

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Saturday's at the Children's Museum we host Birthday Parties in our Birthday Room for children ages 1 to 8. Starting at $175 for up to 10 guests, or $250 for up to 25 guests, we can help you plan a memorable time, in a safe, unique enjoyably setting, with no hassles and no set up or clean up for you!

Packages/Costs: we have 2 Small Party, 2 Basic parties & 2 Theme parties available to choose from. During a 2 hour & 25 minute time frame (11:30am-1:55pm) children can explore and enjoy the four floors of the Museum with their chaperones, and spend 25 minutes (12:05pm to 12:30pm) celebrating in our birthday room, when you'll privately enjoy your choice of pizza & cake, or cake & opening of presents. The time before the birthday room time slot you'll spend greeting your guests & enjoying our 1st floor exhibits. The time after your birthday room time slot, you'll spend with your guests enjoying our 4th, 3rd, & 2nd floor exhibits. If you don't have that many children attend and you have time to open presents within the 30 minute birthday room time slot, or you have a lot of children and you choose to take the presents home to open, there will be time for the kids to take a ride in our airplane!

Download Party Packages with costs. Party Extras are available. Email us with additional questions.

Guidelines: To ensure the safety of the children and our exhibits, following are our rules for birthday party parents or chaperones:
* I understand as parents, we will arrive with the birthday child five to ten (5-10) minutes prior to the party to put our cake and presents in the birthday room and be ready to greet our guests.
*I will invite my guests for a 2 hour 25 minute party, with my invitation showing a party time of 11:30am dropoff & 1:55pm pickup.
* I understand I am expected to provide one (1) Adult Chaperone for every four (4) children to supervise the children at the party, at all times, on all floors, who will help them follow our b-day rules.
* I understand that the children will be expected to obey the Museum’s Birthday Rules: (given to the Birthday parent & parent guardians as they enter the museum)
* I understand that balloons must remain tied in birthday room until end of party, at which time they will be removed by the Museum party staff & taken up front to be tied to your goodie bags & given to children upon their leaving. Balloons are not given out unless you provide some kind of a goody bag.
* I understand that all food (except cake & ice cream) must be provided by the Museum. If I want to bring in any extra supplies or decorations, it must be okayed by the Museum staff & brought in to us by at least the day before the party to allow us to have setup complete when you arrive.

* I also understand we have 30 minutes in the birthday room, so if we have a large number of children at the party, and we want pizza, & we’d like airplane rides, we’ll take our presents home to open.
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f parents or guardians don't stay, they must identify themselves at the front window and deliver and pickup their child from the birthday parent at the start and end of the party.

Download Party Rules.

Got further questions? Check out our online page of Bday FAQ's. Ready to book? Call us at 315-724-6129, or come by with the signed forms, or email us. We book parties on a first come, first to submit signed forms & pay 50% the deposit, first served. (Members get a 10% discount on birthday parties & gift shop items)


We hosted 100's of parties this past year!

After parties, children continue to enjoy playing on our 3 floors of exhibits

In addition to the birthday fun, guests also enjoy our 3 floors of interactive exhibits!

Birthday family on our oak stairway

Happy parents, grandparents, birthday children, & guests, enjoy our birthday room


The Children's Museum of History, Living History, Science & Technology
311 Main Street, Utica, NY 13501
Tel: 315-724-6129
* Web: www.museum4kids.net

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