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Art Smart (Ages 6-7)
05-27-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $236 – Public Child: $284
Paint without touching the paper, get creative with cauliflower, and make mysterious pictures that appear like magic as you create science masterpieces to take home.
Crazy for Coding (Ages 6-7)
05-27-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $236 – Public Child: $284
Discover the mystery and history of codes as you create and play games using Scratch Jr. ™ and more. Explore the roots of coding from the Enigma Machine to ancient Egypt and beyond.
Junior Paleontologist (Ages 6-7)
05-27-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $236 – Public Child: $284
Investigate how our resident dinosaurs lived, died, and were discovered by paleontologists. Get up close and personal with our specimens, go on a mock dig, and touch a real dinosaur bone!
Junior Science Magic (Ages 6-7)
05-27-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $236 – Public Child: $284
Explore the physics and chemistry behind magic by making things disappear, levitate, and change colors using magnets, mirrors, and more. Show off your magic to friends and family at Friday’s magic show.
Kitchen Chemistry (Ages 6-7)
05-27-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $236 – Public Child: $284
Discover what cool chemical reactions happen as we cook, explore cuisines from other countries, grow your own food, and more. This camp is not recommended for children with food allergies/sensitivities. Camp includes optional bug tasting activity.
Riveting Robots! (Ages 6-7)
05-27-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $236 – Public Child: $284
Experiment with gears, electricity, pneumatics, and simple machines to discover how robots move and manipulate objects. Program a mini robot to follow your commands.
Advanced Crime Scene Investigators (Ages 10-12)
05-27-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $236 – Public Child: $284
Uncover the science behind blood stains and spatter, forensic anthropology, and more. Learn how to process evidence and solve a mysterious crime! Please Note: This camp deals with issues of crime and death and may not be suitable for more sensitive investigators.
After Camp
05-27-2025 – 3:00 pm
Member Child: $56 – Public Child: $56
Campers are escorted to the after camp classrooms at the end of the camp day. Campers are supervised as they play games or do craft activities in the classrooms. A snack is provided in the afternoon. Campers must be picked up by 5:30 PM, after which an extra charge of $1.00 per minute will be applied.
Before Camp
05-27-2025 – 8:00 am
Member Child: $48 – Public Child: $48
Campers must be checked in at the sign-in table in the museum each morning. Campers are supervised as they play games or watch a movie. Campers are escorted to their camp room at 10 AM.
Camp Half Blood (Ages 10-12)
05-27-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $236 – Public Child: $284
Come discover mythical monsters and protective amulets, participate in challenges, and go on adventures! At the end of the week, cabins will participate in the Final Challenge to put their skills to the test.
Camp Jupiter (Ages 10-12)
05-27-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $236 – Public Child: $284
Perfect your battle strategy, sharpen your swordsmanship, develop your archery skills, hunt monsters, and embark on quests. Then, put your training to the test as you meet the opposing team in “battle.”
Drop-off/Pick-Up Carpool
05-27-2025 – 3:30 pm
Member Child: $40
An HMNS Summer Camp staff member will escort your camper(s) to and from camp classrooms and ensure authorized pick-up and signature. Available exclusively to members of the museum; limited to 50 guests per week.
The purchase of Drop-Off/Pick-Up Carpool is for one week, at $50 per week.
Drop-Off/Pick-Up Days: Monday Mornings: Ca …
Escape Camp (Ages 10-12)
05-27-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $236 – Public Child: $284
Put on your thinking caps to solve daily challenges and experiment with making puzzles. Encrypt and decode secret messages, then stash them in your custom-built puzzle box!
Lego Robotics (Ages 8-9)
05-27-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $236 – Public Child: $284
Using LEGO®SPIKE™ Prime, you and your team will create programs using a Scratch-based visual programming language to download to your pre-built robot. Teams will compete to complete challenges and earn the highest scores by the end of the week.
Mad Scientist (Ages 10-12)
05-27-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $236 – Public Child: $284
Become a super scientist! Explore chemical reactions that bubble and pop, create your own slime collection, and concoct mixtures that change color, heat up, and glow in the dark.
Minecraft Mania (Ages 8-9)
05-27-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $236 – Public Child: $284
Embark on a computer coding adventure as you explore the basics of game design. Create a classic game, discover how to mod, and create add-ons, using MINECRAFT TM and your imagination as a guide.
Super Science Magic (Ages 8-9)
05-27-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $236 – Public Child: $284
Explore the physics and chemistry behind magic as you make things appear, disappear, levitate, and change colors using magnets, mirrors, and more. Perform your tricks in a science magic show!
Super Human Science School (Ages 6-7)
05-27-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $236 – Public Child: $284
Delve into the fascinating science that bridges the gap between fiction and reality. Create your superhero costume as you explore the real-world principles and inspiring animals behind your favorite superheroes.
Treasure Hunters (Ages 8-9)
05-27-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $236 – Public Child: $284
Experience the thrill of the hunt! Search for lost “loot” and discover the secrets of the Museum’s hidden treasures as you experiment with tools of the trade from GSP to metal detectors and more! Dress for the heat.
Wizard Science Academy (Ages 8-9)
05-27-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $236 – Public Child: $284
Discover the science behind the care of wizard pets, herbs, herpetology, and the chemistry behind magical potions! Create your own wand, hat, and book of science spells in this week of wizard wonders.
Art Smart (Ages 6-7)
06-02-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Paint without touching the paper, get creative with cauliflower, and make mysterious pictures that appear like magic as you create science masterpieces to take home.
Booms and Blastoffs (Ages 6-7)
06-02-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Experiment with things that go BOOM, from foaming chemicals to popping balloons. Then, create various flying machines using paper, straws, funnels, balls, balloons, and more.
Crazy for Coding (Ages 6-7)
06-02-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Discover the mystery and history of codes as you create and play games using Scratch Jr. ™ and more. Explore the roots of coding from the Enigma Machine to ancient Egypt and beyond.
Junior Paleontologist (Ages 6-7)
06-02-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Investigate how our resident dinosaurs lived, died, and were discovered by paleontologists. Get up close and personal with our specimens, go on a mock dig, and touch a real dinosaur bone!
Junior Science Magic (Ages 6-7)
06-02-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Explore the physics and chemistry behind magic by making things disappear, levitate, and change colors using magnets, mirrors, and more. Show off your magic to friends and family at Friday’s magic show.
Riveting Robots! (Ages 6-7)
06-02-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Experiment with gears, electricity, pneumatics, and simple machines to discover how robots move and manipulate objects. Program a mini robot to follow your commands.
Advanced Crime Scene Investigators (Ages 10-12)
06-02-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Uncover the science behind blood stains and spatter, forensic anthropology, and more. Learn how to process evidence and solve a mysterious crime! Please Note: This camp deals with issues of crime and death and may not be suitable for more sensitive investigators.
After Camp
06-02-2025 – 3:00 pm
Member Child: $70 – Public Child: $70
Campers are escorted to the after camp classrooms at the end of the camp day. Campers are supervised as they play games or do craft activities in the classrooms. A snack is provided in the afternoon. Campers must be picked up by 5:30 PM, after which an extra charge of $1.00 per minute will be applied.
Amazing Animals (Ages 8-9)
06-02-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
From meat-eating predators to the tiniest amoebas, your world is full of interesting creatures! Explore our live animal collection, exhibits and venues as we “hunt” for amazing animals.
Backstage Pass (Ages 10-12)
06-02-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Visit areas the public never sees, including projection booths, live animal rooms, and more. Take photographs with a digital camera and create a publication to share your discoveries. Basic technology experience with laptops and digital cameras may be helpful for this camp!
Bedazzled (8-9)
06-02-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Be dazzled by the science behind makeup, jewelry, lotions, and more! You’ll learn the chemistry and culture behind beauty, as you prepare your own concoctions and create your own jewelry.
Before Camp
06-02-2025 – 8:00 am
Member Child: $60 – Public Child: $60
Campers must be checked in at the sign-in table in the museum each morning. Campers are supervised as they play games or watch a movie. Campers are escorted to their camp room at 10 AM.
Camp Half Blood (Ages 10-12)
06-02-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Come discover mythical monsters and protective amulets, participate in challenges, and go on adventures! At the end of the week, cabins will participate in the Final Challenge to put their skills to the test.
Camp Jupiter (Ages 8-9)
06-02-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Perfect your battle strategy, sharpen your swordsmanship, develop your archery skills, hunt monsters, and embark on quests. Then, put your training to the test as you meet the opposing team in “battle.”
Drop-off/Pick-Up Carpool
06-02-2025 – 3:30 pm
Member Child: $50
An HMNS Summer Camp staff member will escort your camper(s) to and from camp classrooms and ensure authorized pick-up and signature. Available exclusively to members of the museum; limited to 50 guests per week.
The purchase of Drop-Off/Pick-Up Carpool is for one week, at $50 per week.
Drop-Off/Pick-Up Days: Monday Mornings: Ca …
Escape Camp (Ages 10-12)
06-02-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Put on your thinking caps to solve daily challenges and experiment with making puzzles. Encrypt and decode secret messages, then stash them in your custom-built puzzle box!
Get Set to Be a Vet (Ages 10-12)
06-02-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Discover how vets care for the live animals at HMNS. From handling live animals to dissections, come explore the inner workings of an animals! Camp includes dissection.
Kitchen Chemistry (Ages 8-9)
06-02-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Discover what cool chemical reactions happen as we cook, explore cuisines from other countries, grow your own food, and more. This camp is not recommended for children with food allergies/sensitivities. Camp includes optional bug tasting activity.
Lego Robotics (Ages 10-12)
06-02-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Using LEGO®SPIKE™ Prime, you and your team will create programs using a Scratch-based visual programming language to download to your pre-built robot. Teams will compete to complete challenges and earn the highest scores by the end of the week.
Mad Scientist (Ages 10-12)
06-02-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Become a super scientist! Explore chemical reactions that bubble and pop, create your own slime collection, and concoct mixtures that change color, heat up, and glow in the dark.
Minecraft Mania (Ages 8-9)
06-02-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Embark on a computer coding adventure as you explore the basics of game design. Create a classic game, discover how to mod, and create add-ons, using MINECRAFT TM and your imagination as a guide.
Movie Monster Maker (Ages 10-12)
06-02-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Discover monsters from around the world, experiment with movie makeup, and invent your monsters to star in a stop-frame animation film! Not recommended for children with a latex allergy.
Puzzler (Ages 8-9)
06-02-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Let’s play a game! Learn about strategy games from around the world, and construct your own to take home. Engage in challenging puzzles and discover how to solve them. Prepare for tournament play on Friday as you challenge your friends and exercise your new skills.
Shark Camp (Ages 6-7)
06-02-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Make a splash this summer with the world’s fiercest marine predator: Sharks! Explore sharks’ science, history, and mystery and get a chance to touch some live sharks too!
Space Cadet (Ages 6-7)
06-02-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Operate robot arms, grow plants in space, and find out why astronauts wear diapers! At the end of the week, use your training to complete a journey to outer space in the Expedition Center.
Super Science Magic (Ages 8-9)
06-02-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Explore the physics and chemistry behind magic as you make things appear, disappear, levitate, and change colors using magnets, mirrors, and more. Perform your tricks in a science magic show!
Super Human Science School (Ages 6-7)
06-02-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Delve into the fascinating science that bridges the gap between fiction and reality. Create your superhero costume as you explore the real-world principles and inspiring animals behind your favorite superheroes.
T.rex Explorers (6-7)
06-02-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $344
Uncover the wonders of the mighty T. rex! Explore the Museum’s exceptional specimens, engage in hands-on activities, creative crafts, and captivating stories to unearth everything, from its towering height and huge sharp teeth to its fascinating habits and habitats.
Treasure Hunters (Ages 8-9)
06-02-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Experience the thrill of the hunt! Search for lost “loot” and discover the secrets of the Museum’s hidden treasures as you experiment with tools of the trade from GSP to metal detectors and more! Dress for the heat.
Wizard Science Academy (Ages 8-9)
06-02-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Discover the science behind the care of wizard pets, herbs, herpetology, and the chemistry behind magical potions! Create your own wand, hat, and book of science spells in this week of wizard wonders.
Art Smart (Ages 6-7)
06-16-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $236 – Public Child: $284
Paint without touching the paper, get creative with cauliflower, and make mysterious pictures that appear like magic as you create science masterpieces to take home.
Booms and Blastoffs (Ages 6-7)
06-16-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $236 – Public Child: $284
Experiment with things that go BOOM, from foaming chemicals to popping balloons. Then, create various flying machines using paper, straws, funnels, balls, balloons, and more.
Build it Big (Ages 6-7)
06-16-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $236 – Public Child: $284
Discover which shapes make the strongest structures by constructing bridges, buildings, and more. Then have fun demolishing some of your creations while exploring how architects make buildings strong.
Junior Paleontologist (Ages 6-7)
06-16-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $236 – Public Child: $284
Investigate how our resident dinosaurs lived, died, and were discovered by paleontologists. Get up close and personal with our specimens, go on a mock dig, and touch a real dinosaur bone!
Junior Science Magic (Ages 6-7)
06-16-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $236 – Public Child: $284
Explore the physics and chemistry behind magic by making things disappear, levitate, and change colors using magnets, mirrors, and more. Show off your magic to friends and family at Friday’s magic show.
Man’s Best Friend (Ages 6-7)
06-16-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $236 – Public Child: $284
Get up close and personal with animals in your classroom, grow your own catnip, make dog treats, create a bird feeder, and much more in this hands-on “hare-raising” experience.
Master Museum Camp (Ages 6-7)
06-16-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $236 – Public Child: $284
Discover the gems and fuels deep within the earth, mingle with prehistoric giants, explore the night sky, and more! Explore the Museum halls and engage in hands-on fun as you “travel” the world.
Riveting Robots! (Ages 6-7)
06-16-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $236 – Public Child: $284
Experiment with gears, electricity, pneumatics, and simple machines to discover how robots move and manipulate objects. Program a mini robot to follow your commands.
Rome Around the World (Ages 6-7)
06-16-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $236 – Public Child: $284
Explore Roman inventions, architecture, and culture. Build an aqueduct, taste Roman cuisine, play ancient games, and more while you discover how this empire was engineered.
After Camp
06-16-2025 – 3:00 pm
Member Child: $56 – Public Child: $56
Campers are escorted to the after camp classrooms at the end of the camp day. Campers are supervised as they play games or do craft activities in the classrooms. A snack is provided in the afternoon. Campers must be picked up by 5:30 PM, after which an extra charge of $1.00 per minute will be applied.
Amazing Animals (Ages 8-9)
06-16-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $236 – Public Child: $284
From meat-eating predators to the tiniest amoebas, your world is full of interesting creatures! Explore our live animal collection, exhibits and venues as we “hunt” for amazing animals.
Backstage Pass (Ages 10-12)
06-16-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $236 – Public Child: $284
Visit areas the public never sees, including projection booths, live animal rooms, and more. Take photographs with a digital camera and create a publication to share your discoveries. Basic technology experience with laptops and digital cameras may be helpful for this camp!
Bedazzled (8-9)
06-16-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $236 – Public Child: $284
Be dazzled by the science behind makeup, jewelry, lotions, and more! You’ll learn the chemistry and culture behind beauty, as you prepare your own concoctions and create your own jewelry.
Before Camp
06-16-2025 – 8:00 am
Member Child: $48 – Public Child: $48
Campers must be checked in at the sign-in table in the museum each morning. Campers are supervised as they play games or watch a movie. Campers are escorted to their camp room at 10 AM.
Camp Half Blood (Ages 8-9)
06-16-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $236 – Public Child: $284
Come discover mythical monsters and protective amulets, participate in challenges, and go on adventures! At the end of the week, cabins will participate in the Final Challenge to put their skills to the test.
Camp Jupiter (Ages 10-12)
06-16-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $236 – Public Child: $284
Perfect your battle strategy, sharpen your swordsmanship, develop your archery skills, hunt monsters, and embark on quests. Then, put your training to the test as you meet the opposing team in “battle.”
Crime Scene (Ages 8-9)
06-16-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $236 – Public Child: $284
Lift and develop fingerprints, investigate footprints, experiment with blood spatter, and more. Use your crime scene kit and skills to process a crime scene at the Museum.
Design & Destroy (Ages 10-12)
06-16-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $236 – Public Child: $284
Construct model bridges, skyscrapers and more! Perform stress tests on your creations and make them crumble. Use what you discover to build them back better than before.
Dino Claws & Shark Jaws (Ages 8-9)
06-16-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $236 – Public Child: $284
From sauropods to sabertooths, dig into the past to see what it takes to be a paleontologist. You’ll curate a fossil collection of your own, meet the “residents” of the Morain Paleontology Hall, and much more!
Drop-off/Pick-Up Carpool
06-16-2025 – 3:30 pm
Member Child: $40
An HMNS Summer Camp staff member will escort your camper(s) to and from camp classrooms and ensure authorized pick-up and signature. Available exclusively to members of the museum; limited to 50 guests per week.
The purchase of Drop-Off/Pick-Up Carpool is for one week, at $50 per week.
Drop-Off/Pick-Up Days: Monday Mornings: Ca …
Kitchen Chemistry (Ages 8-9)
06-16-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $236 – Public Child: $284
Discover what cool chemical reactions happen as we cook, explore cuisines from other countries, grow your own food, and more. This camp is not recommended for children with food allergies/sensitivities. Camp includes optional bug tasting activity.
Lego Robotics (Ages 8-9)
06-16-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $236 – Public Child: $284
Using LEGO®SPIKE™ Prime, you and your team will create programs using a Scratch-based visual programming language to download to your pre-built robot. Teams will compete to complete challenges and earn the highest scores by the end of the week.
Mad Scientist (Ages 10-12)
06-16-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $236 – Public Child: $284
Become a super scientist! Explore chemical reactions that bubble and pop, create your own slime collection, and concoct mixtures that change color, heat up, and glow in the dark.
Master Spy Camp (Ages 8-9)
06-16-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $236 – Public Child: $284
Do you have what it takes to be a spy? Learn tricks of the trade! Write in codes and invisible ink, test your spy skills, and build and bring home your own spy gadgets!
Minecraft Mania (Ages 8-9)
06-16-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $236 – Public Child: $284
Embark on a computer coding adventure as you explore the basics of game design. Create a classic game, discover how to mod, and create add-ons, using MINECRAFT TM and your imagination as a guide.
Movie Monster Maker (Ages 10-12)
06-16-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $236 – Public Child: $284
Discover monsters from around the world, experiment with movie makeup, and invent your monsters to star in a stop-frame animation film! Not recommended for children with a latex allergy.
Paleontology 101 (Ages 10-12)
06-16-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $236 – Public Child: $284
Discover how fossils form and how to make your own! Learn more about the ancient creatures that call HMNS home, excavate your fossil fish from stone, and take it home.
Shark Camp (Ages 8-9)
06-16-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $236 – Public Child: $284
Make a splash this summer with the world’s fiercest marine predator: Sharks! Explore sharks’ science, history, and mystery and get a chance to touch some live sharks too!
Space Cadet (Ages 6-7)
06-16-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $236 – Public Child: $284
Operate robot arms, grow plants in space, and find out why astronauts wear diapers! At the end of the week, use your training to complete a journey to outer space in the Expedition Center.
Super Science Magic (Ages 8-9)
06-16-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $236 – Public Child: $284
Explore the physics and chemistry behind magic as you make things appear, disappear, levitate, and change colors using magnets, mirrors, and more. Perform your tricks in a science magic show!
T.rex Explorers (6-7)
06-16-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $236 – Public Child: $284
Uncover the wonders of the mighty T. rex! Explore the Museum’s exceptional specimens, engage in hands-on activities, creative crafts, and captivating stories to unearth everything, from its towering height and huge sharp teeth to its fascinating habits and habitats.
Trainer Camp II (Ages 10-12)
06-16-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $236 – Public Child: $284
Pick your starter and explore the Museum to find the real animal inspirations for these imaginary creatures. Complete challenges to earn badges and create a trainer card, Dex, and more! This camp includes a dissection.
Treasure Hunters (Ages 8-9)
06-16-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $236 – Public Child: $284
Experience the thrill of the hunt! Search for lost “loot” and discover the secrets of the Museum’s hidden treasures as you experiment with tools of the trade from GSP to metal detectors and more! Dress for the heat.
Wizard Science Academy (Ages 6-7)
06-16-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $236 – Public Child: $284
Discover the science behind the care of wizard pets, herbs, herpetology, and the chemistry behind magical potions! Create your own wand, hat, and book of science spells in this week of wizard wonders.
Wizard Science Academy II (Ages 10-12)
06-16-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $236 – Public Child: $284
Explore the wizarding world through the lens of science. Learn about herbology, flight physics, and the chemistry behind potion brewing! This camp includes dissection.
Art Smart (Ages 6-7)
06-23-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Paint without touching the paper, get creative with cauliflower, and make mysterious pictures that appear like magic as you create science masterpieces to take home.
Booms and Blastoffs (Ages 6-7)
06-23-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Experiment with things that go BOOM, from foaming chemicals to popping balloons. Then, create various flying machines using paper, straws, funnels, balls, balloons, and more.
Junior Paleontologist (Ages 6-7)
06-23-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Investigate how our resident dinosaurs lived, died, and were discovered by paleontologists. Get up close and personal with our specimens, go on a mock dig, and touch a real dinosaur bone!
Junior Science Magic (Ages 6-7)
06-23-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Explore the physics and chemistry behind magic by making things disappear, levitate, and change colors using magnets, mirrors, and more. Show off your magic to friends and family at Friday’s magic show.
Kitchen Chemistry (Ages 6-7)
06-23-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Discover what cool chemical reactions happen as we cook, explore cuisines from other countries, grow your own food, and more. This camp is not recommended for children with food allergies/sensitivities. Camp includes optional bug tasting activity.
Master Museum Camp (Ages 6-7)
06-23-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Discover the gems and fuels deep within the earth, mingle with prehistoric giants, explore the night sky, and more! Explore the Museum halls and engage in hands-on fun as you “travel” the world.
Riveting Robots! (Ages 6-7)
06-23-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Experiment with gears, electricity, pneumatics, and simple machines to discover how robots move and manipulate objects. Program a mini robot to follow your commands.
Rome Around the World (Ages 6-7)
06-23-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Explore Roman inventions, architecture, and culture. Build an aqueduct, taste Roman cuisine, play ancient games, and more while you discover how this empire was engineered.
After Camp
06-23-2025 – 3:00 pm
Member Child: $70 – Public Child: $70
Campers are escorted to the after camp classrooms at the end of the camp day. Campers are supervised as they play games or do craft activities in the classrooms. A snack is provided in the afternoon. Campers must be picked up by 5:30 PM, after which an extra charge of $1.00 per minute will be applied.
Backstage Pass (Ages 10-12)
06-23-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Visit areas the public never sees, including projection booths, live animal rooms, and more. Take photographs with a digital camera and create a publication to share your discoveries. Basic technology experience with laptops and digital cameras may be helpful for this camp!
Bedazzled (8-9)
06-23-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Be dazzled by the science behind makeup, jewelry, lotions, and more! You’ll learn the chemistry and culture behind beauty, as you prepare your own concoctions and create your own jewelry.
Before Camp
06-23-2025 – 8:00 am
Member Child: $60 – Public Child: $60
Campers must be checked in at the sign-in table in the museum each morning. Campers are supervised as they play games or watch a movie. Campers are escorted to their camp room at 10 AM.
Build it Big (Ages 8-9)
06-23-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Discover which shapes make the strongest structures by constructing bridges, buildings, and more. Then have fun demolishing some of your creations while exploring how architects make buildings strong.
Camp Half Blood (Ages 8-9)
06-23-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Come discover mythical monsters and protective amulets, participate in challenges, and go on adventures! At the end of the week, cabins will participate in the Final Challenge to put their skills to the test.
Camp Jupiter (Ages 8-9)
06-23-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Perfect your battle strategy, sharpen your swordsmanship, develop your archery skills, hunt monsters, and embark on quests. Then, put your training to the test as you meet the opposing team in “battle.”
Crime Scene (Ages 8-9)
06-23-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Lift and develop fingerprints, investigate footprints, experiment with blood spatter, and more. Use your crime scene kit and skills to process a crime scene at the Museum.
Culinary Hero (Ages 10-12)
06-23-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Work with your team to create exciting dishes using everyday foods and unexpected ingredients. Then, compete in challenges to see which dish will end up on top! This camp is not recommended for children with food allergies or sensitivities. Includes use of preparation knives and other culinary utensils.
Design & Destroy (Ages 10-12)
06-23-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Construct model bridges, skyscrapers and more! Perform stress tests on your creations and make them crumble. Use what you discover to build them back better than before.
Dino Claws & Shark Jaws (Ages 8-9)
06-23-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
From sauropods to sabertooths, dig into the past to see what it takes to be a paleontologist. You’ll curate a fossil collection of your own, meet the “residents” of the Morain Paleontology Hall, and much more!
Drop-off/Pick-Up Carpool
06-23-2025 – 3:30 pm
Member Child: $50
An HMNS Summer Camp staff member will escort your camper(s) to and from camp classrooms and ensure authorized pick-up and signature. Available exclusively to members of the museum; limited to 50 guests per week.
The purchase of Drop-Off/Pick-Up Carpool is for one week, at $50 per week.
Drop-Off/Pick-Up Days: Monday Mornings: Ca …
Full S.T.E.A.M. Ahead (Ages 8-9)
06-23-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Explore a new field of science each day with hands-on experiments and activities, from chemistry to physics and beyond. Create your own scientist’s kit that you take home with you at the end of the week.
Get Set to Be a Vet (Ages 10-12)
06-23-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Discover how vets care for the live animals at HMNS. From handling live animals to dissections, come explore the inner workings of an animals! Camp includes dissection.
Lego Robotics (Ages 8-9)
06-23-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Using LEGO®SPIKE™ Prime, you and your team will create programs using a Scratch-based visual programming language to download to your pre-built robot. Teams will compete to complete challenges and earn the highest scores by the end of the week.
Master Spy Camp (Ages 8-9)
06-23-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Do you have what it takes to be a spy? Learn tricks of the trade! Write in codes and invisible ink, test your spy skills, and build and bring home your own spy gadgets!
Minecraft Mania (Ages 8-9)
06-23-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Embark on a computer coding adventure as you explore the basics of game design. Create a classic game, discover how to mod, and create add-ons, using MINECRAFT TM and your imagination as a guide.
Movie Monster Maker (Ages 10-12)
06-23-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Discover monsters from around the world, experiment with movie makeup, and invent your monsters to star in a stop-frame animation film! Not recommended for children with a latex allergy.
Museum District Explorers (Ages 10-12)
06-23-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $630 – Public Child: $770
Explore a different Museum District location each day. Participate in classroom experiments and activities. Then spend the night on Thursday to see what secrets the Museum holds after dark! Dress for the heat. Camp includes dissection. No discounts are available for this camp.
Paleontology 101 (Ages 10-12)
06-23-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Discover how fossils form and how to make your own! Learn more about the ancient creatures that call HMNS home, excavate your fossil fish from stone, and take it home.
Shark Camp (Ages 8-9)
06-23-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Make a splash this summer with the world’s fiercest marine predator: Sharks! Explore sharks’ science, history, and mystery and get a chance to touch some live sharks too!
Space Cadet (Ages 6-7)
06-23-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Operate robot arms, grow plants in space, and find out why astronauts wear diapers! At the end of the week, use your training to complete a journey to outer space in the Expedition Center.
T.rex Explorers (6-7)
06-23-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $344
Uncover the wonders of the mighty T. rex! Explore the Museum’s exceptional specimens, engage in hands-on activities, creative crafts, and captivating stories to unearth everything, from its towering height and huge sharp teeth to its fascinating habits and habitats.
Trainer Camp II (Ages 10-12)
06-23-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Pick your starter and explore the Museum to find the real animal inspirations for these imaginary creatures. Complete challenges to earn badges and create a trainer card, Dex, and more! This camp includes a dissection.
Waterworks (Ages 6-7)
06-23-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Engage in water-based activities, including creating bubble buildings and bubble art, creating a mysterious diver that sinks and rises, and building a cargo boat that can carry the largest load.
Wizard Science Academy (Ages 8-9)
06-23-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Discover the science behind the care of wizard pets, herbs, herpetology, and the chemistry behind magical potions! Create your own wand, hat, and book of science spells in this week of wizard wonders.
Wizard Science Academy II (Ages 10-12)
06-23-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Explore the wizarding world through the lens of science. Learn about herbology, flight physics, and the chemistry behind potion brewing! This camp includes dissection.
Booms and Blastoffs (Ages 6-7)
07-07-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Experiment with things that go BOOM, from foaming chemicals to popping balloons. Then, create various flying machines using paper, straws, funnels, balls, balloons, and more.
Creepy Crawlies (Ages 6-7)
07-07-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Caterpillars, beetles, bees and beyond! Investigate all manner of insects in our insect zoo, build a model anthill and much more. Camp includes optional edible insects and a dissection activity.
Junior Paleontologist (Ages 6-7)
07-07-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Investigate how our resident dinosaurs lived, died, and were discovered by paleontologists. Get up close and personal with our specimens, go on a mock dig, and touch a real dinosaur bone!
Junior Science Magic (Ages 6-7)
07-07-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Explore the physics and chemistry behind magic by making things disappear, levitate, and change colors using magnets, mirrors, and more. Show off your magic to friends and family at Friday’s magic show.
Mummies and Mysteries (Ages 6-7)
07-07-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Come and meet our resident mummies, discover mummy-making secrets, explore how the pyramids were constructed, and a whole lot more on this ancient Egyptian adventure!
Riveting Robots! (Ages 6-7)
07-07-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Experiment with gears, electricity, pneumatics, and simple machines to discover how robots move and manipulate objects. Program a mini robot to follow your commands.
After Camp
07-07-2025 – 3:00 pm
Member Child: $70 – Public Child: $70
Campers are escorted to the after camp classrooms at the end of the camp day. Campers are supervised as they play games or do craft activities in the classrooms. A snack is provided in the afternoon. Campers must be picked up by 5:30 PM, after which an extra charge of $1.00 per minute will be applied.
Backstage Pass (Ages 10-12)
07-07-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Visit areas the public never sees, including projection booths, live animal rooms, and more. Take photographs with a digital camera and create a publication to share your discoveries. Basic technology experience with laptops and digital cameras may be helpful for this camp!
Before Camp
07-07-2025 – 8:00 am
Member Child: $60 – Public Child: $60
Campers must be checked in at the sign-in table in the museum each morning. Campers are supervised as they play games or watch a movie. Campers are escorted to their camp room at 10 AM.
Build it Big (Ages 8-9)
07-07-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Discover which shapes make the strongest structures by constructing bridges, buildings, and more. Then have fun demolishing some of your creations while exploring how architects make buildings strong.
Camp Half Blood (Ages 10-12)
07-07-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Come discover mythical monsters and protective amulets, participate in challenges, and go on adventures! At the end of the week, cabins will participate in the Final Challenge to put their skills to the test.
Camp Half Blood (Ages 8-9)
07-07-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Come discover mythical monsters and protective amulets, participate in challenges, and go on adventures! At the end of the week, cabins will participate in the Final Challenge to put their skills to the test.
Camp Jupiter (Ages 8-9)
07-07-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Perfect your battle strategy, sharpen your swordsmanship, develop your archery skills, hunt monsters, and embark on quests. Then, put your training to the test as you meet the opposing team in “battle.”
Crime Scene (Ages 8-9)
07-07-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Lift and develop fingerprints, investigate footprints, experiment with blood spatter, and more. Use your crime scene kit and skills to process a crime scene at the Museum.
Culinary Hero (Ages 10-12)
07-07-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Work with your team to create exciting dishes using everyday foods and unexpected ingredients. Then, compete in challenges to see which dish will end up on top! This camp is not recommended for children with food allergies or sensitivities. Includes use of preparation knives and other culinary utensils.
Dino Claws & Shark Jaws (Ages 8-9)
07-07-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
From sauropods to sabertooths, dig into the past to see what it takes to be a paleontologist. You’ll curate a fossil collection of your own, meet the “residents” of the Morain Paleontology Hall, and much more!
Drop-off/Pick-Up Carpool
07-07-2025 – 3:30 pm
Member Child: $50
An HMNS Summer Camp staff member will escort your camper(s) to and from camp classrooms and ensure authorized pick-up and signature. Available exclusively to members of the museum; limited to 50 guests per week.
The purchase of Drop-Off/Pick-Up Carpool is for one week, at $50 per week.
Drop-Off/Pick-Up Days: Monday Mornings: Ca …
Extreme Machines (Ages 8-9)
07-07-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Come investigate interesting inventions and participate in design challenges! Experiment with electricity, motors and more. Build your own flashlight and quiz board to take home.
Full S.T.E.A.M. Ahead (Ages 8-9)
07-07-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Explore a new field of science each day with hands-on experiments and activities, from chemistry to physics and beyond. Create your own scientist’s kit that you take home with you at the end of the week.
Get Set to Be a Vet (Ages 10-12)
07-07-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Discover how vets care for the live animals at HMNS. From handling live animals to dissections, come explore the inner workings of an animals! Camp includes dissection.
Kitchen Chemistry (Ages 8-9)
07-07-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Discover what cool chemical reactions happen as we cook, explore cuisines from other countries, grow your own food, and more. This camp is not recommended for children with food allergies/sensitivities. Camp includes optional bug tasting activity.
Lego Robotics (Ages 10-12)
07-07-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Using LEGO®SPIKE™ Prime, you and your team will create programs using a Scratch-based visual programming language to download to your pre-built robot. Teams will compete to complete challenges and earn the highest scores by the end of the week.
Maker Lab Alpha (Ages 10-12)
07-07-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Get ready to get hands-on! Use various materials to build and take home a modular lamp, a custom frame for your pendulum art, and experiment with conductivity using unusual everyday objects. Please note: Includes the use of power tools, under adult supervision.
Master Spy Camp (Ages 10-12)
07-07-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Do you have what it takes to be a spy? Learn tricks of the trade! Write in codes and invisible ink, test your spy skills, and build and bring home your own spy gadgets!
Master Spy Camp (Ages 8-9)
07-07-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Do you have what it takes to be a spy? Learn tricks of the trade! Write in codes and invisible ink, test your spy skills, and build and bring home your own spy gadgets!
Minecraft Mania (Ages 8-9)
07-07-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Embark on a computer coding adventure as you explore the basics of game design. Create a classic game, discover how to mod, and create add-ons, using MINECRAFT TM and your imagination as a guide.
Museum District Explorers (Ages 10-12)
07-07-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $630 – Public Child: $770
Explore a different Museum District location each day. Participate in classroom experiments and activities. Then spend the night on Thursday to see what secrets the Museum holds after dark! Dress for the heat. Camp includes dissection. No discounts are available for this camp.
Senior Space Commander (Ages 10-12)
07-07-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Experiment various rockets and then build your own. Participate in challenging activities during astronaut training in preparation for a mission aboard the SS Legacy in the Expedition Center.
Shark Camp (Ages 6-7)
07-07-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Make a splash this summer with the world’s fiercest marine predator: Sharks! Explore sharks’ science, history, and mystery and get a chance to touch some live sharks too!
Space Cadet (Ages 6-7)
07-07-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Operate robot arms, grow plants in space, and find out why astronauts wear diapers! At the end of the week, use your training to complete a journey to outer space in the Expedition Center.
Story Lab (6-7)
07-07-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $344
Where the magic of storytelling meets the wonders of science! Create a journal for your notes and ideas as you do experiments and discover the Museum page by page as we blend creativity with critical thinking.
Trainer Camp (Ages 8-9)
07-07-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Can you catch them all? Become the ultimate trainer by exploring the science behind these imaginary creatures throughout the museum. Create a trainer card, bag, and other equipment as you journey to become the best!
Waterworks (Ages 6-7)
07-07-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Engage in water-based activities, including creating bubble buildings and bubble art, creating a mysterious diver that sinks and rises, and building a cargo boat that can carry the largest load.
Wizard Science Academy (Ages 6-7)
07-07-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Discover the science behind the care of wizard pets, herbs, herpetology, and the chemistry behind magical potions! Create your own wand, hat, and book of science spells in this week of wizard wonders.
Wizard Science Academy II (Ages 10-12)
07-07-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Explore the wizarding world through the lens of science. Learn about herbology, flight physics, and the chemistry behind potion brewing! This camp includes dissection.
Booms and Blastoffs (Ages 6-7)
07-14-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Experiment with things that go BOOM, from foaming chemicals to popping balloons. Then, create various flying machines using paper, straws, funnels, balls, balloons, and more.
Build it Big (Ages 6-7)
07-14-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Discover which shapes make the strongest structures by constructing bridges, buildings, and more. Then have fun demolishing some of your creations while exploring how architects make buildings strong.
Creepy Crawlies (Ages 6-7)
07-14-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Caterpillars, beetles, bees and beyond! Investigate all manner of insects in our insect zoo, build a model anthill and much more. Camp includes optional edible insects and a dissection activity.
Junior Paleontologist (Ages 6-7)
07-14-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Investigate how our resident dinosaurs lived, died, and were discovered by paleontologists. Get up close and personal with our specimens, go on a mock dig, and touch a real dinosaur bone!
Junior Science Magic (Ages 6-7)
07-14-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Explore the physics and chemistry behind magic by making things disappear, levitate, and change colors using magnets, mirrors, and more. Show off your magic to friends and family at Friday’s magic show.
Kitchen Chemistry (Ages 6-7)
07-14-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Discover what cool chemical reactions happen as we cook, explore cuisines from other countries, grow your own food, and more. This camp is not recommended for children with food allergies/sensitivities. Camp includes optional bug tasting activity.
Mummies and Mysteries (Ages 6-7)
07-14-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Come and meet our resident mummies, discover mummy-making secrets, explore how the pyramids were constructed, and a whole lot more on this ancient Egyptian adventure!
Riveting Robots! (Ages 6-7)
07-14-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Experiment with gears, electricity, pneumatics, and simple machines to discover how robots move and manipulate objects. Program a mini robot to follow your commands.
After Camp
07-14-2025 – 3:00 pm
Member Child: $70 – Public Child: $70
Campers are escorted to the after camp classrooms at the end of the camp day. Campers are supervised as they play games or do craft activities in the classrooms. A snack is provided in the afternoon. Campers must be picked up by 5:30 PM, after which an extra charge of $1.00 per minute will be applied.
Amazing Animals (Ages 8-9)
07-14-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
From meat-eating predators to the tiniest amoebas, your world is full of interesting creatures! Explore our live animal collection, exhibits and venues as we “hunt” for amazing animals.
Backstage Pass (Ages 10-12)
07-14-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Visit areas the public never sees, including projection booths, live animal rooms, and more. Take photographs with a digital camera and create a publication to share your discoveries. Basic technology experience with laptops and digital cameras may be helpful for this camp!
Before Camp
07-14-2025 – 8:00 am
Member Child: $60 – Public Child: $60
Campers must be checked in at the sign-in table in the museum each morning. Campers are supervised as they play games or watch a movie. Campers are escorted to their camp room at 10 AM.
Camp Half Blood (Ages 10-12)
07-14-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Come discover mythical monsters and protective amulets, participate in challenges, and go on adventures! At the end of the week, cabins will participate in the Final Challenge to put their skills to the test.
Camp Half Blood (Ages 8-9)
07-14-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Come discover mythical monsters and protective amulets, participate in challenges, and go on adventures! At the end of the week, cabins will participate in the Final Challenge to put their skills to the test.
Camp Jupiter (Ages 10-12)
07-14-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Perfect your battle strategy, sharpen your swordsmanship, develop your archery skills, hunt monsters, and embark on quests. Then, put your training to the test as you meet the opposing team in “battle.”
Crime Scene (Ages 8-9)
07-14-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Lift and develop fingerprints, investigate footprints, experiment with blood spatter, and more. Use your crime scene kit and skills to process a crime scene at the Museum.
Culinary Hero (Ages 10-12)
07-14-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Work with your team to create exciting dishes using everyday foods and unexpected ingredients. Then, compete in challenges to see which dish will end up on top! This camp is not recommended for children with food allergies or sensitivities. Includes use of preparation knives and other culinary utensils.
Drop-off/Pick-Up Carpool
07-14-2025 – 3:30 pm
Member Child: $50
An HMNS Summer Camp staff member will escort your camper(s) to and from camp classrooms and ensure authorized pick-up and signature. Available exclusively to members of the museum; limited to 50 guests per week.
The purchase of Drop-Off/Pick-Up Carpool is for one week, at $50 per week.
Drop-Off/Pick-Up Days: Monday Mornings: Ca …
Ecology Engineers (Ages 10-12)
07-14-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Discover our planet’s amazing creatures and biomes! Create snacks and homes for local wildlife, experiment with green energy by building a better battery, and more.
Extreme Machines (Ages 8-9)
07-14-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Come investigate interesting inventions and participate in design challenges! Experiment with electricity, motors and more. Build your own flashlight and quiz board to take home.
Get Set to Be a Vet (Ages 10-12)
07-14-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Discover how vets care for the live animals at HMNS. From handling live animals to dissections, come explore the inner workings of an animals! Camp includes dissection.
Lego Robotics (Ages 10-12)
07-14-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Using LEGO®SPIKE™ Prime, you and your team will create programs using a Scratch-based visual programming language to download to your pre-built robot. Teams will compete to complete challenges and earn the highest scores by the end of the week.
Maker Lab Alpha (Ages 10-12)
07-14-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Get ready to get hands-on! Use various materials to build and take home a modular lamp, a custom frame for your pendulum art, and experiment with conductivity using unusual everyday objects. Please note: Includes the use of power tools, under adult supervision.
Master Spy Camp (Ages 10-12)
07-14-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Do you have what it takes to be a spy? Learn tricks of the trade! Write in codes and invisible ink, test your spy skills, and build and bring home your own spy gadgets!
Master Spy Camp (Ages 8-9)
07-14-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Do you have what it takes to be a spy? Learn tricks of the trade! Write in codes and invisible ink, test your spy skills, and build and bring home your own spy gadgets!
Minecraft Mania (Ages 8-9)
07-14-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Embark on a computer coding adventure as you explore the basics of game design. Create a classic game, discover how to mod, and create add-ons, using MINECRAFT TM and your imagination as a guide.
Senior Space Commander (Ages 10-12)
07-14-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Experiment various rockets and then build your own. Participate in challenging activities during astronaut training in preparation for a mission aboard the SS Legacy in the Expedition Center.
Shark Camp (Ages 8-9)
07-14-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Make a splash this summer with the world’s fiercest marine predator: Sharks! Explore sharks’ science, history, and mystery and get a chance to touch some live sharks too!
Story Lab (6-7)
07-14-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Where the magic of storytelling meets the wonders of science! Create a journal for your notes and ideas as you do experiments and discover the Museum page by page as we blend creativity with critical thinking.
Survivor (Ages 8-9)
07-14-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Can you survive? YOU BETCHA! Distill drinking water, discover how to navigate by the stars, build a compass, and more. Participate in a survivor competition at the end of the week. Camp includes an optional bug-tasting activity.
Trainer Camp (Ages 8-9)
07-14-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Can you catch them all? Become the ultimate trainer by exploring the science behind these imaginary creatures throughout the museum. Create a trainer card, bag, and other equipment as you journey to become the best!
Waterworks (Ages 6-7)
07-14-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Engage in water-based activities, including creating bubble buildings and bubble art, creating a mysterious diver that sinks and rises, and building a cargo boat that can carry the largest load.
Weird Science (Ages 8-9)
07-14-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
How Weird! Discover why humans have boogers and blisters, build a model skeleton that moves, and create fake wounds to scare your parents. Dissect a sheep’s brain and cow’s eyeball to discover how these organs work. Camp includes dissection.
Wizard Science Academy (Ages 6-7)
07-14-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Discover the science behind the care of wizard pets, herbs, herpetology, and the chemistry behind magical potions! Create your own wand, hat, and book of science spells in this week of wizard wonders.
Space Pilot (Ages 8-9)
07-14-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
You will participate in astronaut training by operating robots, conducting experiments, and constructing probes. Use your training to journey to outer space aboard the SS Legacy in the Expedition Center.
Booms and Blastoffs (Ages 6-7)
07-28-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Experiment with things that go BOOM, from foaming chemicals to popping balloons. Then, create various flying machines using paper, straws, funnels, balls, balloons, and more.
Build it Big (Ages 6-7)
07-28-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Discover which shapes make the strongest structures by constructing bridges, buildings, and more. Then have fun demolishing some of your creations while exploring how architects make buildings strong.
Creepy Crawlies (Ages 6-7)
07-28-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Caterpillars, beetles, bees and beyond! Investigate all manner of insects in our insect zoo, build a model anthill and much more. Camp includes optional edible insects and a dissection activity.
Junior Paleontologist (Ages 6-7)
07-28-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Investigate how our resident dinosaurs lived, died, and were discovered by paleontologists. Get up close and personal with our specimens, go on a mock dig, and touch a real dinosaur bone!
Junior Science Magic (Ages 6-7)
07-28-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Explore the physics and chemistry behind magic by making things disappear, levitate, and change colors using magnets, mirrors, and more. Show off your magic to friends and family at Friday’s magic show.
Kitchen Chemistry (Ages 6-7)
07-28-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Discover what cool chemical reactions happen as we cook, explore cuisines from other countries, grow your own food, and more. This camp is not recommended for children with food allergies/sensitivities. Camp includes optional bug tasting activity.
Man’s Best Friend (Ages 6-7)
07-28-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Get up close and personal with animals in your classroom, grow your own catnip, make dog treats, create a bird feeder, and much more in this hands-on “hare-raising” experience.
Riveting Robots! (Ages 6-7)
07-28-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Experiment with gears, electricity, pneumatics, and simple machines to discover how robots move and manipulate objects. Program a mini robot to follow your commands.
Advanced Crime Scene Investigators (Ages 10-12)
07-28-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Uncover the science behind blood stains and spatter, forensic anthropology, and more. Learn how to process evidence and solve a mysterious crime! Please Note: This camp deals with issues of crime and death and may not be suitable for more sensitive investigators.
After Camp
07-28-2025 – 3:00 pm
Member Child: $70 – Public Child: $70
Campers are escorted to the after camp classrooms at the end of the camp day. Campers are supervised as they play games or do craft activities in the classrooms. A snack is provided in the afternoon. Campers must be picked up by 5:30 PM, after which an extra charge of $1.00 per minute will be applied.
Backstage Pass (Ages 10-12)
07-28-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Visit areas the public never sees, including projection booths, live animal rooms, and more. Take photographs with a digital camera and create a publication to share your discoveries. Basic technology experience with laptops and digital cameras may be helpful for this camp!
Before Camp
07-28-2025 – 8:00 am
Member Child: $60 – Public Child: $60
Campers must be checked in at the sign-in table in the museum each morning. Campers are supervised as they play games or watch a movie. Campers are escorted to their camp room at 10 AM.
Camp Half Blood (Ages 10-12)
07-28-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Come discover mythical monsters and protective amulets, participate in challenges, and go on adventures! At the end of the week, cabins will participate in the Final Challenge to put their skills to the test.
Camp Jupiter (Ages 8-9)
07-28-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Perfect your battle strategy, sharpen your swordsmanship, develop your archery skills, hunt monsters, and embark on quests. Then, put your training to the test as you meet the opposing team in “battle.”
Culinary Hero (Ages 10-12)
07-28-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Work with your team to create exciting dishes using everyday foods and unexpected ingredients. Then, compete in challenges to see which dish will end up on top! This camp is not recommended for children with food allergies or sensitivities. Includes use of preparation knives and other culinary utensils.
Drop-off/Pick-Up Carpool
07-28-2025 – 3:30 pm
Member Child: $50
An HMNS Summer Camp staff member will escort your camper(s) to and from camp classrooms and ensure authorized pick-up and signature. Available exclusively to members of the museum; limited to 50 guests per week.
The purchase of Drop-Off/Pick-Up Carpool is for one week, at $50 per week.
Drop-Off/Pick-Up Days: Monday Mornings: Ca …
Ecology Engineers (Ages 10-12)
07-28-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Discover our planet’s amazing creatures and biomes! Create snacks and homes for local wildlife, experiment with green energy by building a better battery, and more.
Extreme Machines (Ages 8-9)
07-28-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Come investigate interesting inventions and participate in design challenges! Experiment with electricity, motors and more. Build your own flashlight and quiz board to take home.
Fast and Furious (Ages 8-9)
07-28-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Calling all pit crew! Create model cars, boats, and planes using rubber bands, soap, and other unexpected items. Discover how to protect your passengers from car crashes and participate in an egg drop contest.
Lego Robotics (Ages 8-9)
07-28-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Using LEGO®SPIKE™ Prime, you and your team will create programs using a Scratch-based visual programming language to download to your pre-built robot. Teams will compete to complete challenges and earn the highest scores by the end of the week.
Maker Lab Beta (Ages 10-12)
07-28-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Ready, set, create! Discover how to use tools safely while creating a soldered pendant, a levitating pen, a custom-made shadow box, and more. Please note: This activity includes using power tools under adult supervision.
Master Spy Camp (Ages 10-12)
07-28-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Do you have what it takes to be a spy? Learn tricks of the trade! Write in codes and invisible ink, test your spy skills, and build and bring home your own spy gadgets!
Master Spy Camp (Ages 8-9)
07-28-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Do you have what it takes to be a spy? Learn tricks of the trade! Write in codes and invisible ink, test your spy skills, and build and bring home your own spy gadgets!
Minecraft Mania (Ages 8-9)
07-28-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Embark on a computer coding adventure as you explore the basics of game design. Create a classic game, discover how to mod, and create add-ons, using MINECRAFT TM and your imagination as a guide.
Museum District Explorers (Ages 10-12)
07-28-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $630 – Public Child: $770
Explore a different Museum District location each day. Participate in classroom experiments and activities. Then spend the night on Thursday to see what secrets the Museum holds after dark! Dress for the heat. Camp includes dissection. No discounts are available for this camp.
Shark Camp (Ages 8-9)
07-28-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Make a splash this summer with the world’s fiercest marine predator: Sharks! Explore sharks’ science, history, and mystery and get a chance to touch some live sharks too!
Super Science Magic (Ages 8-9)
07-28-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Explore the physics and chemistry behind magic as you make things appear, disappear, levitate, and change colors using magnets, mirrors, and more. Perform your tricks in a science magic show!
Survivor (Ages 8-9)
07-28-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Can you survive? YOU BETCHA! Distill drinking water, discover how to navigate by the stars, build a compass, and more. Participate in a survivor competition at the end of the week. Camp includes an optional bug-tasting activity.
Trainer Camp (Ages 6-7)
07-28-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Can you catch them all? Become the ultimate trainer by exploring the science behind these imaginary creatures throughout the museum. Create a trainer card, bag, and other equipment as you journey to become the best!
Waterworks (Ages 6-7)
07-28-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Engage in water-based activities, including creating bubble buildings and bubble art, creating a mysterious diver that sinks and rises, and building a cargo boat that can carry the largest load.
Weird Science (Ages 8-9)
07-28-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
How Weird! Discover why humans have boogers and blisters, build a model skeleton that moves, and create fake wounds to scare your parents. Dissect a sheep’s brain and cow’s eyeball to discover how these organs work. Camp includes dissection.
Wizard Science Academy (Ages 8-9)
07-28-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Discover the science behind the care of wizard pets, herbs, herpetology, and the chemistry behind magical potions! Create your own wand, hat, and book of science spells in this week of wizard wonders.
World Explorers (Ages 6-7)
07-28-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Discover parts unknown as you sample foods, games, crafts, and cultures from around the world. Collect all your world traveler stamps in your Museum passport to take home!
Space Pilot (Ages 8-9)
07-28-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
You will participate in astronaut training by operating robots, conducting experiments, and constructing probes. Use your training to journey to outer space aboard the SS Legacy in the Expedition Center.
Booms and Blastoffs (Ages 6-7)
08-04-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Experiment with things that go BOOM, from foaming chemicals to popping balloons. Then, create various flying machines using paper, straws, funnels, balls, balloons, and more.
Junior Paleontologist (Ages 6-7)
08-04-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Investigate how our resident dinosaurs lived, died, and were discovered by paleontologists. Get up close and personal with our specimens, go on a mock dig, and touch a real dinosaur bone!
Junior Science Magic (Ages 6-7)
08-04-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Explore the physics and chemistry behind magic by making things disappear, levitate, and change colors using magnets, mirrors, and more. Show off your magic to friends and family at Friday’s magic show.
Riveting Robots! (Ages 6-7)
08-04-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Experiment with gears, electricity, pneumatics, and simple machines to discover how robots move and manipulate objects. Program a mini robot to follow your commands.
Advanced Crime Scene Investigators (Ages 10-12)
08-04-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Uncover the science behind blood stains and spatter, forensic anthropology, and more. Learn how to process evidence and solve a mysterious crime! Please Note: This camp deals with issues of crime and death and may not be suitable for more sensitive investigators.
After Camp
08-04-2025 – 3:00 pm
Member Child: $70 – Public Child: $70
Campers are escorted to the after camp classrooms at the end of the camp day. Campers are supervised as they play games or do craft activities in the classrooms. A snack is provided in the afternoon. Campers must be picked up by 5:30 PM, after which an extra charge of $1.00 per minute will be applied.
Backstage Pass (Ages 10-12)
08-04-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Visit areas the public never sees, including projection booths, live animal rooms, and more. Take photographs with a digital camera and create a publication to share your discoveries. Basic technology experience with laptops and digital cameras may be helpful for this camp!
Before Camp
08-04-2025 – 8:00 am
Member Child: $60 – Public Child: $60
Campers must be checked in at the sign-in table in the museum each morning. Campers are supervised as they play games or watch a movie. Campers are escorted to their camp room at 10 AM.
Camp Half Blood (Ages 10-12)
08-04-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Come discover mythical monsters and protective amulets, participate in challenges, and go on adventures! At the end of the week, cabins will participate in the Final Challenge to put their skills to the test.
Camp Jupiter (Ages 10-12)
08-04-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Perfect your battle strategy, sharpen your swordsmanship, develop your archery skills, hunt monsters, and embark on quests. Then, put your training to the test as you meet the opposing team in “battle.”
Culinary Hero (Ages 10-12)
08-04-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Work with your team to create exciting dishes using everyday foods and unexpected ingredients. Then, compete in challenges to see which dish will end up on top! This camp is not recommended for children with food allergies or sensitivities. Includes use of preparation knives and other culinary utensils.
Drop-off/Pick-Up Carpool
08-04-2025 – 3:30 pm
Member Child: $50
An HMNS Summer Camp staff member will escort your camper(s) to and from camp classrooms and ensure authorized pick-up and signature. Available exclusively to members of the museum; limited to 50 guests per week.
The purchase of Drop-Off/Pick-Up Carpool is for one week, at $50 per week.
Drop-Off/Pick-Up Days: Monday Mornings: Ca …
Lego Robotics (Ages 8-9)
08-04-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Using LEGO®SPIKE™ Prime, you and your team will create programs using a Scratch-based visual programming language to download to your pre-built robot. Teams will compete to complete challenges and earn the highest scores by the end of the week.
Maker Lab Beta (Ages 10-12)
08-04-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Ready, set, create! Discover how to use tools safely while creating a soldered pendant, a levitating pen, a custom-made shadow box, and more. Please note: This activity includes using power tools under adult supervision.
Master Spy Camp (Ages 10-12)
08-04-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Do you have what it takes to be a spy? Learn tricks of the trade! Write in codes and invisible ink, test your spy skills, and build and bring home your own spy gadgets!
Master Spy Camp (Ages 8-9)
08-04-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Do you have what it takes to be a spy? Learn tricks of the trade! Write in codes and invisible ink, test your spy skills, and build and bring home your own spy gadgets!
Minecraft Mania (Ages 8-9)
08-04-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Embark on a computer coding adventure as you explore the basics of game design. Create a classic game, discover how to mod, and create add-ons, using MINECRAFT TM and your imagination as a guide.
Shark Camp (Ages 6-7)
08-04-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Make a splash this summer with the world’s fiercest marine predator: Sharks! Explore sharks’ science, history, and mystery and get a chance to touch some live sharks too!
Super Science Magic (Ages 8-9)
08-04-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Explore the physics and chemistry behind magic as you make things appear, disappear, levitate, and change colors using magnets, mirrors, and more. Perform your tricks in a science magic show!
Survivor (Ages 8-9)
08-04-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Can you survive? YOU BETCHA! Distill drinking water, discover how to navigate by the stars, build a compass, and more. Participate in a survivor competition at the end of the week. Camp includes an optional bug-tasting activity.
Trainer Camp (Ages 6-7)
08-04-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Can you catch them all? Become the ultimate trainer by exploring the science behind these imaginary creatures throughout the museum. Create a trainer card, bag, and other equipment as you journey to become the best!
Weird Science (Ages 8-9)
08-04-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
How Weird! Discover why humans have boogers and blisters, build a model skeleton that moves, and create fake wounds to scare your parents. Dissect a sheep’s brain and cow’s eyeball to discover how these organs work. Camp includes dissection.
Wizard Science Academy (Ages 6-7)
08-04-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Discover the science behind the care of wizard pets, herbs, herpetology, and the chemistry behind magical potions! Create your own wand, hat, and book of science spells in this week of wizard wonders.
Space Pilot (Ages 8-9)
08-04-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
You will participate in astronaut training by operating robots, conducting experiments, and constructing probes. Use your training to journey to outer space aboard the SS Legacy in the Expedition Center.
World Explorers (Ages 6-7)
08-04-2025 – 10:00 am
Member Child: $295 – Public Child: $355
Discover parts unknown as you sample foods, games, crafts, and cultures from around the world. Collect all your world traveler stamps in your Museum passport to take home!
