Mid-Week Curiosity Lab: Electromagnets
This week, experiment with electricity and magnetism as you assemble an electromagnet.
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.
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 Makerspace: Cardboard Marble Maze
This week, create your own marbles mazes using a cardboard lid and paper scraps.
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.
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.
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
Fantastic Friday: Amazing Planetarium
Explore the stars and planets in Amazement Square’s planetarium, explore animals, or even see a magic trick or two! Each Friday holds a fun and exciting adventure! This week, discover the night sky in Amazement Square’s planetarium!
Open Art Studio: Clay and Beads
This week, create with clay and beads to make clay objects to take home.
Open Art Studio: Clay and Beads
This week, create with clay and beads to make clay objects to take home.
ThinkQuest Thursday: BeeJay Explores Colors
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 BeeJay to explore colors.
Open Art Studio: Clay and Beads
This week, create with clay and beads to make clay objects to take home.
Mid-Week Curiosity Lab: Wheat Germ DNA Extraction
Step into the lab and explore your curiosity and you conduct science experiments and explore the world of physics, chemistry, and biology! This week, explore the role of DNA as you extract a sample of DNA from wheat germ.
Open Art Studio: Crayons and Watercolors
Perfect for All Ages
The Imagination Studio is ready for your creativity! Explore different art mediums from paint to clay to oil pastels. Each week we explore different materials as we invite you to freely create. This week, combine crayons with watercolors and explore how the two mediums interact.
Open MakerSpace: LEGO Bridges
Perfect for ages 6-10
The Hive is abuzz! Stop by to cultivate creativity and engage in the engineering design process while tackling prompts using unique materials. Create new designs with recycled materials, build unique structures and buildings, or explore the featured activity for the week from circuits to robotics to textiles! This week, design a strong LEGO bridge and see how much weight it can hold.
Start with Art: Glow in the Dark Rocks
Perfect for All Ages
Discover art in new ways as you explore art techniques, art history, and culture while creating your own masterpiece. Each month explores a new theme with different activities each week, so come back to see what we will explore next! This week, decorate a rock with a fun design or pattern and watch it glow at night!
PopUp Program: What’s in the Box?
Perfect for All Ages
Explore science, art, math, and more with engaging activities and demonstrations around the museum! This week, put your senses to the test! Feel different objects and take your best guess at what is inside while discovering how the brain uses visual memory to know objects without seeing them.
Open MakerSpace: LEGO Bridges
Perfect for ages 6-10
The Hive is abuzz! Stop by to cultivate creativity and engage in the engineering design process while tackling prompts using unique materials. Create new designs with recycled materials, build unique structures and buildings, or explore the featured activity for the week from circuits to robotics to textiles! This week, design a strong LEGO bridge and see how much weight it can hold.
Open Art Studio: Crayons and Watercolors
Perfect for All Ages
The Imagination Studio is ready for your creativity! Explore different art mediums from paint to clay to oil pastels. Each week we explore different materials as we invite you to freely create. This week, combine crayons with watercolors and explore how the two mediums interact.
Start with Art: Glow in the Dark Rocks
Perfect for All Ages
Discover art in new ways as you explore art techniques, art history, and culture while creating your own masterpiece. Each month explores a new theme with different activities each week, so come back to see what we will explore next! This week, decorate a rock with a fun design or pattern and watch it glow at night!
Fantastic Friday: AquaZoo Animal Ambassadors
Perfect for All Ages
Explore the stars and planets in Amazement Square’s planetarium, explore animals, or even see a magic trick or two! Each Friday holds a fun and exciting adventure! This week, meet animal ambassadors from AquaZoo and learn about their unique adaptations.
Open Art Studio: Crayons and Watercolors
Perfect for All Ages
The Imagination Studio is ready for your creativity! Explore different art mediums from paint to clay to oil pastels. Each week we explore different materials as we invite you to freely create. This week, combine crayons with watercolors and explore how the two mediums interact.
ThinkQuest Thursday: Stinkbug Explorers Architecture
Perfect for All Ages
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 Stinkbug to explore architecture.
Open Art Studio: Crayons and Watercolors
Perfect for All Ages
The Imagination Studio is ready for your creativity! Explore different art mediums from paint to clay to oil pastels. Each week we explore different materials as we invite you to freely create. This week, combine crayons with watercolors and explore how the two mediums interact.
Mid-Week Curiosity Lab: Penny Cleaning Lab
Perfect for All Ages
Step into the lab and explore your curiosity and you conduct science experiments and explore the world of physics, chemistry, and biology! This week, experiment with different methods to clean a penny back to its original shine!
Open Art Studio: Crayons and Watercolors
Perfect for All Ages
The Imagination Studio is ready for your creativity! Explore different art mediums from paint to clay to oil pastels. Each week we explore different materials as we invite you to freely create. This week, combine crayons with watercolors and explore how the two mediums interact.
PopUp Program: Batteau Boats
Perfect for All Ages
Explore science, art, math, and more with engaging activities and demonstrations around the museum! This week, make your own wooden batteau boat model in honor of the 41st Annual James River Batteau Festival!
Open MakerSpace: LEGO Boats
Perfect for ages 6-10
The Hive is abuzz! Stop by to cultivate creativity and engage in the engineering design process while tackling prompts using unique materials. Create new designs with recycled materials, build unique structures and buildings, or explore the featured activity for the week from circuits to robotics to textiles! This week, design your own marble maze using LEGOS and base plates.
Open Art Studio: Beads and Pipe Cleaners
Perfect for All Ages
The Imagination Studio is ready for your creativity! Explore different art mediums from paint to clay to oil pastels. Each week we explore different materials as we invite you to freely create. This week, create with beads and pipe cleaners to make 3D structures, bracelets, shapes, and more!
Start with Art: Lightning Bugs
Perfect for All Ages
Discover art in new ways as you explore art techniques, art history, and culture while creating your own masterpiece. Each month explores a new theme with different activities each week, so come back to see what we will explore next! This week, create paper lightning bugs and make them glow with glow in the dark paint.
Fantastic Friday: Juneteenth Celebration
Perfect for All Ages
Explore the stars and planets in Amazement Square’s planetarium, explore animals, or even see a magic trick or two! Each Friday holds a fun and exciting adventure! This week, join Warrior Success Academy to explore self-confidence and self-defense.
Open Art Studio: Beads and Pipe Cleaners
Perfect for All Ages
The Imagination Studio is ready for your creativity! Explore different art mediums from paint to clay to oil pastels. Each week we explore different materials as we invite you to freely create. This week, create with beads and pipe cleaners to make 3D structures, bracelets, shapes, and more!
ThinkQuest Thursday: Ante Explorers Animals
Perfect for All Ages
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 Ante to explore animals.
Open Art Studio: Beads and Pipe Cleaners
Perfect for All Ages
The Imagination Studio is ready for your creativity! Explore different art mediums from paint to clay to oil pastels. Each week we explore different materials as we invite you to freely create. This week, create with beads and pipe cleaners to make 3D structures, bracelets, shapes, and more!
Mid-Week Curiosity Lab: Ink Chromatography
Perfect for All Ages
Step into the lab and explore your curiosity and you conduct science experiments and explore the world of physics, chemistry, and biology! This week, discover the pigment in marker and pen inks through ink chromatography.
Open Art Studio: Beads and Pipe Cleaners
Perfect for All Ages
The Imagination Studio is ready for your creativity! Explore different art mediums from paint to clay to oil pastels. Each week we explore different materials as we invite you to freely create. This week, create with beads and pipe cleaners to make 3D structures, bracelets, shapes, and more!