Kid's Day at the Museum
June 30, 2007 (Saturday)
10:00 am - 2:00 pm

Monkeyshines: Kid's Day at the Museum is a collaborative effort between the Yakima Valley Museum, the Yakima Junior Chamber (Jaycees), Celebra la Ciencia, and the Child Abuse & Neglect Coordinating Council of Yakima (CANCCY) to offer free activities to families. Held inside the Yakima Valley Museum and outside on the Noel FamilyStage, Monkeyshines: Kid's Day at the Museum will feature many FREE hands-on activities provided by local community organizations and businesses.

The Yakima Valley Museum Saturday Specials program
welcomes the Pacific Science Center and their Symmetry hands-on physics exhibits.

Where can you explore kaleidoscopes, palindromes, and polarized light? The Symmetry exhibits! Investigate this fascinating field of mathematics with hands-on, tabletop exhibits and activities. Participants can construct a Bucky Ball, investigate how a kaleidoscope works and discover the mathematical artistry of M.C. Escher.

also special workshops by in the Children's Underground

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Weather puppets (Wuppets), weather
videos, weather songs, instruments, demonstrations

Monkeyshines: Kid’s Day at the Museum activities are provided by GEAR UP for Yakima • Yakima Jaycees • Yakima Valley Community College • Celebra la Ciencia • CANCCY • Yakima Valley Museum • Yakima Health District • Central Vending • Dispute Resolution Center • YMCA • Yakima Valley Credit Union • Circle of Success • YVTC Mesa • Wellness House • NCAC Bee Smart • Farmworker's Clinic Mobile Unit • U.S. Jaycees • NCAC ConneX • Allied Arts • Yakima School District • The Cellar Dwellers • People for People • CWU HEP • Yakima Fire Department • The Yakima Bears • Heritage University

Yakima Valley Museum • 2105 Tieton Drive • Yakima, Washington (next to Franklin Park)