Programming
All special programs are free with Museum admission on a first-come-first-served basis. No registration is necessary.
Art Adventures
Art Adventures are guided art activities that children and their caregivers can create together, take with them, and replicate at home.
These activities take place in the Adventures in Art exhibit:
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Tue – Sat: 9 AM to noon and 1 to 3 PM
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Sun & Mon: 9 AM to noon
Underwritten by:

Baby & Me
Please join us for this weekly networking group every Monday for parents or caregivers and their children up to 12 months.
Books and Bops
Designed for very young children, this program features stories, singing, and little movin’ and groovin’.
Children's Theater
It’s time to explore your inner actor with Children’s Theater. Through engaging performances, interactive storytelling, and partnerships with theater programming, you can explore the world of stage.
Dog Safety
Join Rainbow Animal Assisted Therapy to learn safety tips for young children aimed at prevention of dog bites. Program takes places the first and third Wednesdays of every month at 10 AM.
Dover Tech Play Lab
Dover Tech Play Lab introduces young children to the basic building blocks of technology. Spaces are limited and are filled on a first come first served basis following with a wait-list system.
These activities take place in our Dover Tech Play Lab:
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Tue – Thur: 12:30 PM
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Fri: 9:30 AM
Underwritten by:

STEAM Explorers
STEAM Explorers takes place every Tuesday starting at 2 PM.
Story Time AM
Story Time takes place in announced exhibit areas, and includes early elementary age-appropriate stories (but all ages are welcome to attend!). Current story times are Tuesdays and Thursdays at 11:30 AM.
Story Time PM
Story Time takes place in announced exhibit areas, and includes early elementary age appropriate stories (but all ages are welcome to attend!). Current story times are Tuesdays at 3 PM, Wednesdays at 1 PM, and Sundays at 12:30 PM.
Theater Games
It’s time to let your inner actor out with Theater Games. Through a variety of creative dramatic exercises, we will explore gross and fine motor skills, problem solving, listening and speaking skills, following directions, and building confidence. Theater games takes place Sundays at 10 AM and Thursdays at 1 PM.