Open Art Studio: Collages
This week, explore mixed media art as you create a collage out of different materials.
Start with Art: Pop Art inspired by Andy Warhol
This week, create your own Pop Art piece inspired by the work of Andy Warhol.
Open Art Studio: Collages
This week, explore mixed media art as you create a collage out of different materials.
Open Makerspace: Cardboard Hinge Robots
This week, use scrap cardboard pieces to assemble your own silly robot with movable arms and legs.
PopUp Program: How Are You Feeling?
This week, explore your emotions! Happy, sad, angry, and excited, we all express feelings in many ways! How do you show your feelings? Create expressive faces with playdough to show how you are feeling.
Start with Art: Pop Art inspired by Andy Warhol
This week, create your own Pop Art piece inspired by the work of Andy Warhol.
Open Makerspace: Cardboard Hinge Robots
This week, use scrap cardboard pieces to assemble your own silly robot with movable arms and legs.
Open Art Studio: Collages
This week, explore mixed media art as you create a collage out of different materials.
Mid-Week Curiosity Lab: Water Filtration Lab
This week, discover materials science as you test different materials to try and make the best water filter.
Open Art Studio: Anything but a Brush
This week, paint in different ways by using silly materials instead of paint brushes.
ThinkQuest Thursday: Ladybug Explores History
Join Amazement Square’s LynchBugs in a quest around the museum! Explore the exhibitions and complete challenges each week to earn a LynchBug sticker. Collect four different LynchBug stickers in your passport to earn the title of QuestMaster and redeem for a prize. What will you discover this summer? This week, join Ladybug to explore history.
Open Art Studio: Anything but a Brush
This week, paint in different ways by using silly materials instead of paint brushes.
Open Art Studio: Anything but a Brush
This week, paint in different ways by using silly materials instead of paint brushes.
Fantastic Friday: Southwest VA Wildlife Center Animal Ambassadors
This week, meet animal ambassadors from the Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center of Roanoke and learn how we can protect our local wildlife.
ThinkQuest Thursday: Lightning Explores Science
Join Amazement Square’s LynchBugs in a quest around the museum! Explore the exhibitions and complete challenges each week to earn a LynchBug sticker. Collect four different LynchBug stickers in your passport to earn the title of QuestMaster and redeem for a prize. What will you discover this summer? This week, join Lightning to explore science.
Open Art Studio: Collages
This week, explore mixed media art as you create a collage out of different materials.
Mid-Week Curiosity Lab: Owl Pellet Dissection
This week, become an animal detective as you uncover clues to what an owl last ate through an owl pellet dissection!
Open Art Studio: Collages
This week, explore mixed media art as you create a collage out of different materials.
Open Art Studio: Tempera and Tin Foil
Each week we explore different materials as we invite you to freely create. This week, create with tempera paint on a different canvas…foil!
Open Makerspace: Cardboard Collage Dinosaur
This week, build your own freestanding cardboard dinosaur and embellish it with various materials to bring it to life!
Start with Art: Sculptures inspired by Georgia O’Keefe
This week, use clay to create an abstract sculpture inspired by the work of Georgia O’Keefe!
PopUp Program: Teddy Bear Bridge
This week, test your engineering skills as you build different bridge designs to help teddy bears cross. What design holds the best?
Open Makerspace: Cardboard Collage Dinosaur
This week, build your own freestanding cardboard dinosaur and embellish it with various materials to bring it to life!
Open Art Studio: Tempera and Tin Foil
Each week we explore different materials as we invite you to freely create. This week, create with tempera paint on a different canvas…foil!
Start with Art: Sculptures inspired by Georgia O’Keefe
This week, use clay to create an abstract sculpture inspired by the work of Georgia O’Keefe!
Fantastic Friday: Perler Bead Emojis
This week, celebrate Emoji Day by creating your own perler bead emoji keychains.
Open Art Studio: Tempera and Tin Foil
Each week we explore different materials as we invite you to freely create. This week, create with tempera paint on a different canvas…foil!
Open Art Studio: Tempera and Tin Foil
Each week we explore different materials as we invite you to freely create. This week, create with tempera paint on a different canvas…foil!
ThinkQuest Thursday: Scorpy Explores Measurement
Join Amazement Square’s LynchBugs in a quest around the museum! Explore the exhibitions and complete challenges each week to earn a LynchBug sticker. Collect four different LynchBug stickers in your passport to earn the title of QuestMaster and redeem for a prize. What will you discover this summer? This week, join Scorpy to explore measurement.
Open Art Studio: Tempera and Tin Foil
Each week we explore different materials as we invite you to freely create. This week, create with tempera paint on a different canvas…foil!
Mid-Week Curiosity Lab: Sand Slime
This week, create your own textured concoction with sand slime!
Open Art Studio: Oil Pastels
This week, discover color blending as you create with Oil Pastels.
Start with Art: DIY Postage Stamps
This week, celebrate America as we step back in time, to the mid-to late 1800s, to create our very own stamp design!
PopUp Program: Optical Illusions
This week, wrap your brain around these reality-bending optical illusions. Optical illusions create images that trick our brains using color, light, and patterns.
Open Makerspace: Cardboard Marble Maze
This week, create your own marbles mazes using a cardboard lid and paper scraps.
Open Art Studio: Oil Pastels
This week, discover color blending as you create with Oil Pastels.
Start with Art: DIY Postage Stamps
This week, celebrate America as we step back in time, to the mid-to late 1800s, to create our very own stamp design!
Open Art Studio: Oil Pastels
This week, discover color blending as you create with Oil Pastels.
Open Art Studio: Oil Pastels
This week, discover color blending as you create with Oil Pastels.
ThinkQuest Thursday: Professor Shockley Explores Physics
Join Amazement Square’s LynchBugs in a quest around the museum! Explore the exhibitions and complete challenges each week to earn a LynchBug sticker. Collect four different LynchBug stickers in your passport to earn the title of QuestMaster and redeem for a prize. What will you discover this summer? This week, join Professor Shockley to explore physics.
Open Art Studio: Oil Pastels
This week, discover color blending as you create with Oil Pastels.
Mid-Week Curiosity Lab: Electromagnets
This week, experiment with electricity and magnetism as you assemble an electromagnet.
Red, White, & Woo Hoo!
Nothing says America like creativity and exploration! Join us on July 5th as we celebrate 250 years of America with art, coding, and popsicles. Discover the science behind fireworks through an in-museum demonstration and explore the museum while completing a patriotic scavenger hunt. Beat the heat and continue the celebration of 250 years of America here at Amazement Square!
- Fireworks Painting in the Imagination Studio
- Code a Star in the HIVE Makerspace
- 2:00pm – Combustion Reactions Demonstration in the Community Room
- 3:00pm – Human Fireworks Show in The League of Healthy Heroes