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Celebrate and SPARK! your imagination!

Play-filled Programs

Opportunities to play and learn at the Children's Museum of Tacoma include drop-in programs like Sparks, classes like Wee One's Weekly, camps, and Group Visits.

You can also play with us in your own neighborhood at our Play to Learn programs.

And, you can celebrate your birthday at the Museum!

Check our calendar for what's happening today.


Ongoing Programs

Featured Artist Workshops

Engage and enrich your child's artistic nature as we discover and explore the Museum's current art installment.
Begins: March 15, 2012
Times: Third Thursday of every month.
Cost: $25 per child, $10 each additional sibling. Members receive a 10% discount.

Register Here!

Parents' Night Out

Need a night out? Let us entertain your children in a safe and fun environment.
Times: Third Friday of every month. 6:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Cost: $25 per child, $10 each additional sibling. Members receive a 10% discount.


Registration is required.  Register early, spots fill up quickly!  For more information please contact Lisa Dorst, Program Manager, at ldorst@playtacoma.org or 253-627-6031.

Click on a date below to register.
February 17, 2012
March 16, 2012
April 20, 2012
May 18, 2012
June 15, 2012


WOW: Wee Ones Weekly

Join our thematic and musical program just for preschoolers and their adults.
Times: Mondays - Members Only 9:30 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Fridays 9:30 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Cost: Members Free! $15 per family of 4, $5 for additional siblings. No registration required.

For questions about WOW, email Deean Marsh, Program Manager.


Sparks

Enjoy creative, artistic activities in Becka's Studio.
Begins: January 28, 2012
Times: Saturdays 9:30 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Cost: Members Free! $15 per family of 4, $5 per additional siblings.
Registration is recommended but not required.

Click On An Upcoming Sparks Theme To Register:
Jan. 28 - Print Making
Feb. 4 - Hovercrafts
Feb. 11 - Super Why!
Feb. 18 - Book Making
Feb. 25 - Painting to Music
March 3 - Watercolor Painting with Sue Monin
March 10 - Dinosaur Train
March 17 - Oobleck: The Green Concoction
March 24 - Permanent Pen Tie Dye
March 31 - Creative Natural Clay


Super Why! and Dinosaur Train are presented in partnership with KBTC and are funded by a Ready To Learn grant (PR/AWARD No. U295A100025, CFDA No. 84.295A) provided by the Department of Education to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The PBS KIDS logo is a registered mark of PBS and is used with permission.









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1501 Pacific Avenue
Tacoma, Washington 98402
253.627.6031

             

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