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Weekly Activities at Providence Children???s Museum
July 2 – 9
NOW OPEN! Voyage to Vietnam: Celebrating the Tet Festival showcases traditions, customs and values exemplified by the annual celebration of Tet. Through interactive exhibits, families will immerse themselves in Vietnamese culture, gain appreciation for traditions, values and daily experiences of people who live in Vietnam, and discover similarities and differences between their lives in the U.S. and the lives of children in Vietnam.?? Funded through a highly competitive national initiative by the Freeman Foundation Asian Culture Exhibit Series, and developed by Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose, the Voyage to Vietnam exhibition is traveling to nine children’s museums as part of a national tour
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Sunday July 2?? ????? 9:00 AM ??? 6:00 PM
Kids hop, skip and jump as they experiment with long ropes, short ropes, flat ropes, and round ropes.
Underwritten by the Dominion Foundation.
Let’s Play a Tet Game!
Monday, July 3 ??? Sunday, July 9?? ????? 10:00 AM ??? 3:00 PM
Celebrate the Tet Festival with Vietnamese games such as Choi Chuyen and Bau Cua Ca Cop! Learn how to play traditional games and why they???re important to families during the Tet holiday.
Underwritten by the Levy Foundation.
Get Out!: Chalk the Walk
Tuesday, July 4?? ????? 9:00 AM ??? 6:00 PM
Kids make their mark by creating colorful sidewalk chalk drawings and doodles. Get out and play in the Museum???s Children’s Garden each Tuesday afternoon in July!
Underwritten by National Grid.
Wheels at Work! Pedicab
Wednesday, July 5?? ????? 10:00 AM – Noon
Explore vehicles you see out in your community up close, and talk with the people operate them. This week, check out a Sol Chanots Pedicab.
Underwritten by Amgen.
Voyage to Vietnam: Story Time
Thursday, July 6?? ????? 10:30 AM & 11:15 AM
Embark on imaginative journeys while listening to Vietnamese tales, myths, stories and legends read by Museum Staff and South Providence Library???s Tien Tran.
Underwritten by the Levy Foundation.
MetLife Family Friday ?????Free at Five!????????????????????
Friday, July 7?? ????? 5:00 – 8:00 PM
The Museum is open free from 5:00 – 8:00 PM for ???MetLife Family Friday ??? Free at Five!,??? sponsored by MetLife Foundation.?? Stay out late and splash, play, explore and discover!
Let’s Play a Tet Game! From 5:30 PM ??? 7:30 PM celebrate the Tet Festival with Vietnamese games such as Choi Chuyen and Bau Cua Ca Cop! Learn how to play traditional games and why they???re important to families during the Tet holiday.
??Underwritten by the Levy Foundation.
Visit www.ChildrenMuseum.org for a full calendar of events.