Events AT miami Children's Museum

Join Peter and friends every Tuesday and Thursday as they share their love for books and storytelling with your child. This interactive story time will see some favorite stories and rare gems brought to life through. Storytimes can include music, puppetry and pretend play.

Join Peter and friends every Tuesday and Thursday as they share their love for books and storytelling with your child. This interactive story time will see some favorite stories and rare gems brought to life through. Storytimes can include music, puppetry and pretend play.

Join us every Friday for a high-energy experience designed to get little bodies moving! Through playful movement, music, and hands-on activities, children will build coordination, balance, and body awareness. From freeze dance and ribbon twirling to water bin play, tossing games, and exploring the difference between heavy and light, each session is packed with gross motor fun, sensory exploration, and plenty of reasons to wiggle, jump, and groove.

Mini Mondays are a place for infants and toddlers to grow and develop through play. Join us every Monday for a program full of play-based activities specifically designed for children from birth to five.

“The playing adult steps sideward into another reality; the playing child advances forward to new stages of mastery.” – Erik H. Erikson

Programming for Mini Mondays is sponsored by Florida Dairy Farmers.

Baby STEAM: Where STEM meets the ARTS – a first step into STEAM discovery

Baby STEAM is an enriching weekly program designed to captivate our youngest visitors while showcasing Miami Children’s Museum’s commitment to playful, early learning. With a unique blend of science, technology, engineering, art, and math—tailored for ages 1 to 3—each session offers sensory-rich, age-appropriate activities that promote creativity, confidence, and critical thinking. By highlighting gallery exploration, art integration, and interactive storytelling, Baby STEAM positions the Museum as a leader in early childhood education and STEAM programming, while providing valuable content for family engagement, sponsorship visibility, and community outreach.

Sponsored by Florida Prepaid

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May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and we're celebrating in the most fun, feel-good way we know how! Kick off your journey at our Bubble Breathing Station, where kids discover the superpower of deep breathing through the magic of bubbles,  one big breath at a time. Then head over to our Calm Down Craft Corner to create your very own stress ball, fidget, or sensory bottle to take home as your personal calm-down toolkit. Roll out your mat and find your zen at our Kids Yoga Sessions, where little ones move their bodies, quiet their minds, and learn that taking care of themselves can feel amazing. Cozy up for Feelings Are Okay Storytime, a warm, comforting read-aloud that reminds us that every emotion, big or small, is valid, important, and totally okay. And the best part? We're bringing in the experts! Throughout the weekend, families can meet and engage with incredible community partners — including art therapists, music therapists, and child psychologists — who will be leading activities, answering questions, and showing everyone just how creative and joyful mental wellness can be.

Your feelings are welcome here. Come as you are.

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Soak up the sun at our MiChiMu Field and play your parents’ favorite classic lawn games like giant chess, jumbo Jenga, cornhole and colossal connect four.

As the sun rises on Summer, it sets on our Mini Monday programs for the break. So let’s go out with a splash of Summer time fun! Snow cones, water activities, outdoor games and more!  Come back and see your Mini Monday on September 14th.

Sponsored by Florida Dairy Farmers

Let’s kick off storm season right! Whip up a hurricane in a jar, engineer a storm-proof blanket fort, assemble your hurricane prep kit, and clean up our South Florida & Me ocean exhibit!

A wonderfully wild, whimsical journey through the World Championship Mini Golf Tournament unfolds for Casey, once screentime shuts down her iPad, where puppets jeer, music makes you dance, and a gopher messes with the score!

Splash into a calm, ocean inspired morning during this Sensory Friendly Saturday! Children can investigate ocean environments through thoughtfully crafted tactile experiences, including wet and dry sensory bins, a fishing activity, and immersive ocean-themed materials like seashells and coral. Enjoy the museum at your own pace in a low-stimulation setting, with dedicated quiet spaces and trained floor staff ready to support every sensory style for a comfortable welcoming visit.

Space is limited so register HERE today! If you need assistance, please call 305-373-5437.

Sponsored by The Ethel and Harry Reckson Foundation/Michael Spritzer & Marjorie Baron

Step into the spotlight and learn about the world of theater with our very own in-house Theater Troupe. Participate in improv, physical comedy, musical theatre, costume design and puppetry workshops and catch our latest original production, Anyways, Golf! This weekend is your time to shine!

Unlock the best of the museum during our Member Mornings, held the second Sunday of every month from 9AM to 11AM. This month, make a splash and dive into our water play stations. Enjoy the extra room to discover our exhibits without the wait, all while parents recharge with a complimentary coffee on us.

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The museum will reopen for general public at 11:00am.

Patricia Monclus is a local visual artist and educator. Patricia’s work is deeply rooted in personal and cultural symbolism. Explore how images can be enlarged using overhead projection and traced to create a collaborative mural of butterflies. Work with projection and oil pastels and experiment with artistic tools and processes, discovering how different media shape the final image. Contributing to a shared visual space, encounter the symbolic beauty of butterflies across cultures, reflecting transformation, diversity, and connection.

Special thanks to Sarah Arison, The Lynn & Louis Wolfson II Family Foundation, and Knight Foundation for supporting The Artist’s Lens program.

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Water, Earth, Fire, Air: where are you most in your element? Are you easy and breezy like air or wild and passionate like fire? Join us this weekend to try your hand at all four. Design a wind glider to test in our air tunnel, manipulate the flow of water with touch and sound at our water table, explore different types of earth sensory bins, and explore fiery and explosive movements with a rhythmic movement class! On Saturday, after reflecting on your tribe, meet with award-winning poet Carlynn Newhouse to write your own poem about your elemental journey of self-discovery!

"In Your Element" is an anime inspired workshop inviting young people and their families to play with poetry and explore personal power. Based on a fan favorite, Avatar: The Last Airbender, anime and art lovers alike will be guided through an introduction to metaphor, simile, and descriptive language to creatively compare themselves to the elements of water, fire, earth, and air. This interactive, family friendly workshop will empower participants to express their power and celebrate the beauty reflected in the world around them.

Handcraft a card made with love for the fathers in your life and personalize a mug and have your message etched forever once it’s sandblasted. Don’t worry about missing out because these mugs are for dad and you! For every mug you buy, you get a glass for free!

Glass Lab Special: Buy one beer mug for dad and get a juice glass for you!

Celebrate beloved book author Eric Carle’s birthday with a storytime of his greatest hits, colorful sensory bins, and multimedia crafts inspired by The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

Take a trip to the islands as we highlight Caribbean culture through tropical jam sessions and island folklore storytelling. Be your own “mas designer” and create your costume for our masquerade. Emphasize an island’s color palette with feathers, beads, masks and “mas bands” and strut your unique get-up while marching down a carnival-style parade where wild moves, masks, and music will celebrate freedom and uniqueness! For our World cup fans we will also have a watch party!

Put on your best costume and get ready to trick or treat throughout Miami Children's Museum's 17 galleries on Sunday, October 4th from 1pm to 5pm! This family-friendly Halloween extravaganza returns for activities like mini pumpkin decorating, spooky arts and crafts, lunch, character meet & greets, and much, much more! Our renowned Haunted House is back, enter if you dare!

All funds raised through this event will directly the support the Museum's educational programs, ensuring the highest quality immersive, hands-on learning experiences for our community's children of all backgrounds and abilities.

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