Museum Activities

These experiences are designed to encourage “Family Learning,” sharing and collaboration among members of a multigenerational group.

Try these activities at the museum!

Explore the Hands-on Exhibit

• Find your way on Adventure Island
• Examine many different kinds of maps
• See maps made hundreds of years ago
• Share the adventures of Zheng He, Lewis and Clark, Ameilia Earhart and other explorers of the past
• Join present-day explorers of land, sea, air and space
• Try out your skills: Explore pyramid, find a sunken treasure, sail a Polynesian voyaging canoe or visit Mars
• Plan a family vacation to your favorite place in the world

Discuss with your family

• How are maps useful to us?
• How can maps help us learn about the world?
• Why do you think people like to explore?
• How did people explore in the past?
• What would it be like to travel by foot, on horseback or by sailing ship?
• Are there still new places and things to discover?
• Where would you like to travel? What would you like to explore?