DCM is turning two! We’ve planned a big party and we need your help on Saturday April 21st and Sunday April 22nd to celebrate with singing, dancing, wild animals, and so much more!




Saturday, April 21—

“Paintfacing” (10am-3pm)

Try out your face painting skills. Are you a lion, a tiger, a bear?




“Open Studio” (10am-3pm)

Create a paper-plate weaving, make a sun catcher for your window at home, play in the sensory

garden, and cozy up on the carpets to read and build with family and friends.




“Earth Balloon” (10:30am)

Try out a different kind of birthday-party inflatable! Take a quick world tour around a 19-foot

globe, then unzip it and walk inside for a geographical journey you won’t forget.




“Birthday Animals with Della Where” (11am-1pm)

Sing a round of “Happy Birthday” to the DCM and explore the Etch A Sketch Animals of the

Earth exhibition with your tour guide, Della Where. Pretend some of the baby animals are

having a birthday, too, and imagine what kind of presents you’d get for them.










“Jungle John’s Exotic Animal Show” (11am-12pm)

Reptiles, amphibians, and insects, oh my! Join Jungle John LaMedica for a show packed with

animal facts, four-footed stories, Wally Gator (a 5-foot American alligator), Julius Squeezer (an

11 1/2-foot albino Burmese python, and the rest of his friendly animal crew.




“Earth Balloon” (12pm)

Try out a different kind of birthday-party inflatable! Take a quick world tour around a 19-foot

globe, then unzip it and walk inside for a geographical journey you won’t forget.




“Jungle John’s Strolling with the Animals” (12-1pm)

Get up close and personal with some of Jungle John’s favorite animals, as they stroll through the

exhibition galleries.




“Earth Balloon” (1pm)

Try out a different kind of birthday-party inflatable! Take a quick world tour around a 19-foot

globe, then unzip it and walk inside for a geographical journey you won’t forget.




“DCM Dance Party” (2pm)

You say it’s our birthday? Shimmy and shake to some new classics and some old-time rock ‘n’

roll in our birthday dance!







Sunday, April 22

“Face Painting” (10am-3pm)

Try out your face painting skills. Are you a lion, a tiger, a bear?




“Open Studio” (10am-3pm)

Create a paper-plate weaving, make a sun catcher for your window at home, play in the sensory

garden, and cozy up on the carpets to read and build with family and friends.




“Strolling Magic with Bill Kerwood” (10:45-11:45am)

Be on the lookout for stilt-walking specialist Bill Kerwood as he strolls through the Museum

performing magic tricks and playing around from high up in the air.




“Birthday Animals with Della Where” (11am-1pm)

Sing a round of “Happy Birthday” to the DCM and explore the Etch A Sketch Animals of the

Earth exhibition with your tour guide, Della Where. Pretend some of the baby animals are

having a birthday, too, and imagine what kind of presents you’d get for them.




“Magic Show with Bill Kerwood” (12pm)

Join us for a fast-paced, fun-filled magic show with illusionist extraordinaire Bill Kerwood. This

interactive show features mystifying sleights of hand, kid comedy, and memorable experiences

for the whole family.







“We Kids Rock! with Bill Currier” (1pm and 2pm)

Enjoy lively original songs and new arrangements of children’s classics, performed with what

kidzmusic.com called a “tremendous kid-centered sensibility.” We Kids Rock! introduces kids

to a foot-tapping mix of rock ‘n’ roll, R&B, folk, country and gentle punk styles, and leaves the

grown-ups clapping and swaying too.






For more information:   www.delawarechildrensmuseum.org 




Location:   Delaware Children's Museum, 550 Justison Street, Wilmington, DE  19801

Roller Racers employ an intriguing combination of lateral friction, force, and torque that lets riders make the
vehicles move, and guests can try obstacle maneuvers, an all-out speed test, or free-form stylin’ at scheduled times. 


Round a corner and you’ll find more physics activities in the DCM lab classrooms and exhibition galleries.  Explore everyday scientific concepts that are also used in racing, including momentum, motion, machines, and magnets, in featured programs:  “Don’t Be a Drag!” (aerodynamics), “Ready, Set . . . GO!” (momentum), and “Machine Mechanics” (simple machines).


A special program for preschoolers only, “Incline Design,” in the DCM’s early-childhood Training Wheels gallery will provide the youngest guests the a chance to play with the effects of different ramp angles and lengths on speed and momentum.



For more information:  www.delawarechildrensmuseum.org

Location:   550 Justison Street, Wilmington, DE 19801

“The Big Yellow Building in Riverfront Wilmington”



This event is appropriate for:  the whole family



Cost: $12 per person. Museum members and children 12 months and younger admitted at no charge.

Starting Friday, July 22, Adventure Aquarium will introduce a brand new concept:“Summer Fun Nights,” extended hours in the summer months to provide guests with 3 extra hours of fun at America’s Most Touchable Aquarium. On weekends (Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights) from July 22 through Aug 14, Adventure Aquarium is extending its operating hours from 5 pm to 8 pm (Aquarium opens at 9:30 AM), so that guests can take full advantage of the added daylight that summer brings.


“Summer Fun Nights were created in response to guest feedback expressing a desire to visit Adventure Aquarium in the evening, particularly in the summer months,” said Kevin Keppel, the Aquarium’s Executive Director. “These extended summer hours are just another way we’re able to make a trip to Adventure Aquarium convenient and accessible for guests.”

Turtle Travels, a family-friendly new exhibit opening at the Delaware Museum of Natural History on June 18, will be accompanied by local turtle photography and sculptures.

James F. White, Jr., of the Delaware Nature Society and co-author of Amphibians and Reptiles of Delmarva contributed photographs and descriptions of Delaware turtles for display. Nearby, bronze sculptures by noted artist André Harvey will depict painted, loggerhead, box and other types of turtles.

Turtle Travels is an interactive special exhibit featuring a life-sized board game where visitors can experience life as a turtle:

● See live turtles in a special tank
● Watch a video shot by a sea-turtle
● Crawl under a turtle tunnel
● Build the arch of a turtle's shell
● Flip out the feet of a "Swiss Army turtle"
● Pose for photographs at the cutout "turtle traveler" display
● Use radio telemetry equipment

Turtle Travels is a traveling exhibit created by the Environmental Exhibit Collaborative (EEC), a group of natural science museums founded by the EcoTarium, Vermont's ECHO, and Squam Lakes Natural Sciences Center in New Hampshire. Sponsored by DuPont and Glenmede.

WHERE: Delaware Museum of Natural History, 4840 Kennett Pike, Wilmington, DE 19807

DATES: Saturday, June 18 - Monday, September 5 (Labor Day), 2011

HOURS: Monday - Saturday 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.; Sunday 12 - 4:30 p.m.

ADMISSION: $8 for adults, $6 for children (3-17), $7 for seniors, free for children 2 and younger. Free for museum members.

MORE INFO: Visit www.delmnh.org or call (302) 658-9111 .

Put a spring in your step with family and friends at the Brandywine Zoo! Experience live entertainment, fun animal games, crafts, and activities all while taking in the great outdoors. With FREE Admission



For more information: www.brandywinezoo.org

Location: The Brandywine Zoo 1001 North Park Drive
(Brandywine Park) Wilmington, Delaware 19802

This event is appropriate for: the whole family

Cost: Free

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