Winter
Break Activities/Events
at The Children's Museum, 311 Main Street, Utica, NY
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February 2008: Mon, Feb 18th thru Sat. Feb. 22nd (closed Wed. & Sun.) we will again have several cool programs during Winter Break, plus 100's of interactive exhibits on our four floors. Admission $9. per person; Members $5.@this week; children under 1 free (includes access to all 4 floors & activities) Download 2008 Schedule * View 2007 pictures Monday, Feb. 18th: Open
9:45am to 3:45pm * Tuesday, Feb. 19th: Open 9:45am to 3:45pm
Thursday, Feb. 21st: Open 9:45am to 3:45pm
Friday, Feb. 22nd: Open 9:45am to 3:45pm
Saturday: Feb. 23rd: Open 10:00am to
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 Feb. '07 - Parents Russ & Josephine Grogan with grandparents & grandchildren at Opening of the Hess collectable trucks on the museum's 3rd floor |
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 Above: richard Mitchell with his cousin Jason (photo submitted by his Mom). Right: Grampa (who lovingly bought the trucks each year) with a great-grandson at CM opening |
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 Kids asked questions, contributed information, and had a great time learning in our weather room! |
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 Feb. '07- Grand Opening of our NetSmartz Room, donated by local Chapt of Missing & Exploited Children |
 Feb. '07 - Oneida County Sheriff's conduct a Kids I. D. |
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 Feb. '07 - Ed Waszkiewicz presents Water Safety program |
Feb. '07 - Joe Bourke presents Radio DJ program in our CM Radio Room, donated by Regent Broadcasting |
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 Part of the awesome exhibit on "The Cradle of Baseball in Congressional District 23" |
 Featuring CNY baseball players who made it big, donated by retired Congressman Sherry Boehlert |
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February 2006 Winter Break Pictures
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 Amanda Gabeler, WKTV's Chief Meteorologist, enthralls visitors with her presentation on Weather Phenomenon & Predicting |
 Kids asked questions, contributed information, and had a great time learning and exploring in our weather room! |
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 Allan Lang, of Lang's Fossils, donates a large meteorite to the Children's Museum. It was found in 1576 in Argentina and weighs 165 pounds. |
 Kids get a chance to touch it! Meteorites are bits of the solar system that have fallen to the Earth |
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 Grampa poses with his grandchildren under the Pteranodon he created for the museum, a flying reptile that lived during the time of the dinosaurs |
 Taking "rides" in the airplane on our 4th floor, donated by the late Ted Kibiuk, always remains a great favorite! |
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Right: John DeLooper demonstrates his latest exhibit donation to the museum, "The Flying Ring" with Executive Director Marlene Brown |
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 Kids Safety by Kathy Slocum, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children & Fred Lomanto, Oneida County Sheriff's Deputy |
 Dog Care by Deanne Balutis, Stevens Swan Bd Chair |
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 Paint/Design a Bird House & Making Dream Catchers with museum educators, always popular fun activities! |
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 Princeton Plasma Lab's John DeLooper returns to the Children's Museum once again - enthralls crowds of visitors with his Fun Plasma Science Toys |
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February 2005 Winter Break Pictures Go to Top
 Science fun with Plasma toys by John DeLooper, Princeton Plasma Lab |
 Kids of all ages enjoyed John's Plasma Science Toys |
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 Native American Storytelling in our Iroquois Longhouse |
 An eager overflow crowd enjoyed building their birdhouses |
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 Collecting Toy Cars with Hot Wheels author Mike Zarnock |
Dog Care by Deanne Balutis, Stevens Swan Bd Chair |
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 Internet Safety with Jim Buyea, USC’s Director of IT |
 Microbes: Nasty Guys or Helpers in Disguise by Jen Herzog, HCCC Bio Professor |
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 Sally Buyea teaches them how to make dreamcatchers |
 Kids Safety by Kathy Slocum, Center & Ride for Missing Children |
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 Fun with The Basics of Remote Control, with Edward Moore: above & right They learned how and did it themselves! |
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 Youngsters enjoyed the Magic of Finger Painting |
 in our Arts & Crafts area with educator Dan Kazmierski |
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 Our Living Science area exhibit attracted many |
 Having fun while learning... |
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 Exploring all the hands-on exhibits |
 Rowing & biking in our International Halls of Fame |
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 Checking out our Animal/ Insect room |
 Hank the Snake stuck up his head to say hello! |
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 Our interactive train tables are always a draw |
 As are our legoes tables for kids of all ages |
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 Our 2nd floor Musical Stage exhibits get a workout |
 One of our creepy crawlies, loved by the kids! |
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 Rocky the Turtle |
 One of our fish tanks |
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 New energy efficient windows make our building shine! |
 RigAll hauls up our newly donated carriage & buggy |
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