Kids Summer Camps at the
Children's Museum

• Registration starts April 16, 2012
• Deadline two weekes prior to Camp Start Date
• Min. of 5 campers per Camp

For Ages 3-5

Wee Ones Discovery Camp

Discover the world around us through science, art, geography, and imagination.  Visit a new country and culture each day and take something home from your journey.  

• Date: June 25-29
• Time: 10-11 am
  
  OR
• Date: July 23-27
• Time: 1-2 pm
  
  Download form to register

Box Car Grand Prix

From cartoon-inspired sports cars to recreational vehicles, campers will design and construct a car from recycled materials to race on the last day.  This is a parent-child class.

• Location: Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center Art Annex
• Date: July 9-13, 10-11 am
  
  OR
  
• Date: July 16-20, 1-2 pm

Tuition per camper:
Members: $40
Non-members: $45

Camps for 6-8 year-olds

• A Quest in the Past
  Step into a world of artifacts and discover the secrets of ancient cultures.  Get ready for an adventure with simulated digs, artifact puzzles, and games.
  Dates: July 9-13 -
  Time: 9 am-12 pm  
  
  
• Salty Sea Dogs
  Put on yer sailing caps ye scalawags and search the seas for the ways of the deckhands.
  Explore through the eyes of pirates and sailors as you discover their work and play. 
  Dates: July 16-20 -
  Time: 9 am-12 pm  
  
  
• Koda Camp
  Come “Koda” (meaning friend in Dakota Sioux) and uncover the ways of the First Americans
  that have inhabited this hemisphere for thousands of years.
  Dates: July 30-Aug 3 -
  Time: 9 am-12 pm   
  
  
• Hidden In Plain Sight
  Explore Nature's designs! Campers will design and construct sculptures of animals who artfully camouflage with their environment. Animal sculptures will be painted and placed in their colorful environment. Guest artist Kacey Carneal, who is featured in an upcoming exhibit, will demonstrate and assist in painting. Location: Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center Art Annex
  Dates: June 25-29, 10 am-12 pm
  OR
  July 23-27 1-3 pm
  
  Tuition per camper:
  Members: $65
  Non-members: $70
  
  Download form to register

Camps for 9-12 year-olds

• Up in the Sky and Beyond
  Look beyond our world to seek out the secrets of the planets. Create weather in a jar, constellation stories, and launch rockets.
  Dates: July 23-27
  Time: 9 am-12 pm
  
  
• Dig Like Indiana Jones
  Unfold the mysteries of the past by handling artifacts, simulating digs, and exploring ancient cultures.
  Dates: Aug 6-10
  Time: 9 am-12 pm
  
  
• Nano Quest
  Become a nano-scientist and detect the tiny behavior behind nanotechnology. Take part in a mitten challenge, play with ferro fluid, and mimic a lizard. Dates: Aug 13-17
  Time: 9 am-12 pm   

Tuition per camper:
Members: $65
Non-members: $70

Download form to register

• Design a Deck
  

  Minimum 5 campers,
  Maximum 12 campers

  Campers will design and decorate a skateboard deck using spray paint, stencils, and stickers (trucks and wheels not included.)
  Location: Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center Art Annex
  Dates: Aug 1, 1-3 pm
  
  Tuition per camper:
  Members: $20
  Non-members: $25
  
  Download form to register