February
Winter Break Activities/Events
at The Children's Museum, 311 Main Street, Utica, NY
Open: Mon., Feb. 15th, Tues., Feb. 16th, Thurs.,
Feb. 18th, Fri., Feb. 19th, & Sat., Feb. 20th, 2010
View 2010 Activities! * Download 2010
schedule * Register for our Science & Technology Fair here
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 Feb. 2010 - The Children's Museum unveiled its new Robot Room! |
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 Feb. 2010 Mr. Hot Wheels, Mike Zarnock, & an admirer build interactive exhibit |
 Feb. 2010 the OC Sheriff's conducting Kids I.D. program |
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 Feb. 2010 - Jeanette Swiderski presents Kindermusik! |
 Feb. '2010 - WKTV Meteorologist Bill Kardas presents Weather Room program |
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 Feb. 2010 Josh Glassberg presents Kids Komputers: kids digging in to take apart computers & learn what the insides were all about! |
 2010 Ed Waszkiewicz presents in our Int'l Halls of Fame: Bicycling, Rowing, Canoeing, Kayaking |
View 2009 Winter Break pictures below
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 Feb. '09 - Oneida County Sheriff's conduct a Kids Safety program via fingerprint I. D. w/parents |
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 Feb. '09 Regent Broadcasting Engineer Tim Perry |
 ...presents program in our live Radio Room! |
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 Feb. '09 - youngsters enjoyed the Musical Mats program, presented by Museum staff on our 2nd floor stage area |
 Feb. '09- Ed Waszkiewicz presents in our Int'l Halls of Fame: Bicycling, Rowing, Canoeing, Kayaking |
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 Feb. '09 - Children Paint/Design Bird Houses & Make Corn Husk dolls with museum educator Miss Sarah |
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 Feb. '09 - children being a Jr. DG w/museum staff, Miss Theresa, in our 3rd floor's "live" radio room |
 WKTV interviews Director Brown w/Bill Kardas |
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 Feb. '09 - Princeton Plasma Lab's John DeLooper returns to the Children's Museum & enthralls crowds of visitors with his Fun Plasma Science Toys |
| February 2010: Mon, Feb 15th thru Sat. Feb. 20th (closed Wed. Feb. 17th & Sun.) we will again have several cool programs during Winter Break, plus 100's of interactive exhibits on our four floors. NOTE: Come early- doors open at 9:30 a.m. To ensure enough time to enjoy your visit, no admissions are allowed one hour before closing. Closing time is 2:00pm. We reserve the right to close early on any given day which has no visitors in before 1:00pm.The 4th floor is open 11:15-11:45am & 12:45-1:15pm. Hours are subject to change. (we're opening earlier due to member & educator requests, thus closing earlier) Admission $9. adults; $8. seniors; $7. children 2 to 17; Members & children under 2 free (included access to all 4 floors & activities, xtra $1 for some optional activities) * View 2009 pictures * Download 2010 schedule Monday, Feb. 15th: Open
9:30am to 2:30pm Tuesday, Feb. 16th: Open
9:30am to 2:30pm Thursday, Feb. 18th: Open
9:30am to 2:30pm Friday, Feb. 19th: Open
9:30am to 2:30pm Saturday: Feb. 20th: Open
9:30am to 2:30pm |
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2009 Schedule * 2008 Winter Break
pictures below
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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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2008 Schedule * 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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 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 w/Deanne Balutis, StevensSwan 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 Ed 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 |
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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 Intl 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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