🪐 Attention space explorers! 💫 Planetarium Monday is launching on October 5th! With fresh topics every month and multiple stellar shows scheduled throughout the day, there’s no limit to what we can explore. Come journey through the cosmos with us! 🚀 This special event is free for Museums for All (SNAP, WIC, EBT) participants thanks to the generous support… Continue reading Planetarium Monday
Is it a little early to celebrate Halloween? Never! 🎃 At 10:15 AM our Great Ex members will get into the spirit by decorating their own Haunted Houses made of foam and fun stickers! 👻 Our story telling begins when the museum opens at 10:30 AM and our guests join us. We’re reading Eek! Halloween!, by… Continue reading Terrific Tots
🐍 Join our snakes for lunch! Get an up-close look as our resident snakes enjoy their meal and learn fascinating facts from our Critter Care Specialist, Cierra. It’s a fun, interactive experience that will leave the whole family with a new appreciation for these amazing reptiles! Every other Thursday 🕜 1:30 PM 📍 Great Ex… Continue reading Snake Feeding
Calling all parents: your night off is coming! 🎃 October’s Parents Night Out is Monsters Night Out! Drop off the kids for a spooktacular evening of games, pizza, crafts, dancing, and a movie while you enjoy a night to yourselves. When: October 9th (Register by October 7th) Who: Ages 4-9 (Must be in VPK–5th Grade) Where: Great Explorations,… Continue reading Parents Night Out
✨ Join us for October Great Connections! ✨ Enjoy the museum with fewer crowds, dimmed overhead lighting, and soft, calming music throughout the space 🎶 Need a break? Our cool-down room will be available for anyone who needs a quiet moment 🧸We can’t wait to welcome you for a relaxed, inclusive, and joyful museum experience 🌟 A… Continue reading Great Connections
Halloween can’t be complete without a decorated pumpkin! So, let’s get started decorating! 🎃 At 10:15 am, Great Ex members get in the decorating mood with Halloween games and sensory bins! Once the museum opens at 10:30 AM, we share the pumpkin vibes with our guests with a reading of It’s Pumpkin Day Mouse, by Laura Numeroff and Felicia… Continue reading Terrific Tots
Get ready to dig into the past at Great Explorations Children’s Museum! Join us for National Fossil Day, a day filled with prehistoric fun, hands-on discovery, and plenty of opportunities to learn about the amazing fossils that help tell the story of life long ago. Young paleontologists can dig for fossils, explore fossil-themed activities, and… Continue reading National Fossil Day
Get ready for a reptile adventure at Great Ex! 🦎 Join us on October 21, 2026, for Reptile Awareness Day as we discover what makes reptiles remarkable and why protecting them matters. Search for hidden creatures in a camouflage scavenger hunt, enjoy reptile encounters throughout the day, and explore the world of these scaly animals… Continue reading Reptile Awareness Day
Take a lunch break, grab dinner, or stop by for a drink and support Great Explorations! Join us at Ford’s Garage on Wednesday, October 21, from 11 AM–10 PM for a fundraiser benefiting the museum. Mention that you’re there to support Great Ex, and Ford’s Garage will donate 15% of your total back to the… Continue reading Ford’s Garage X Great Explorations Fundraiser
Super scary spiders to decorate for the big day! 🕸️ Great Ex members coming at 10:15 AM will give their fine motor skills a workout by molding air-dry clay into their very own spider creations to take home! 🕷️ Then, at 10:30 AM when the museum opens, guests and members alike will remind all resident… Continue reading Terrific Tots
🐍 Join our snakes for lunch! Get an up-close look as our resident snakes enjoy their meal and learn fascinating facts from our Critter Care Specialist, Cierra. It’s a fun, interactive experience that will leave the whole family with a new appreciation for these amazing reptiles! Every other Thursday 🕜 1:30 PM 📍 Great Ex… Continue reading Snake Feeding
📣 Hear ye, hear ye! Great Eeks-plorations returns with a Renaissance twist! 🎃 Don your finest royal robes, knightly armor, fairy wings, or medieval garb and join us for a day of merriment, mischief, and Halloween fun throughout the kingdom of Great Explorations! ⚔️👑 Test your skills at giant chess, try your hand at axe throwing, race to… Continue reading Great Eeks-plorations
It’s monster time! 👹 Halloween is only two days away!!!!! Is everyone ready? 🎃 We are so excited! It’s time to make that last minute decoration everyone is looking for, Boo Canvas art! Great Ex members, we will start this craft just for you at 10:15 AM. The museum opens at 10:30 AM, which is… Continue reading Terrific Tots
It’s a moment to slow down and remember those who serve. 🇺🇸 This year, our Great Ex members who arrive at 10:15 AM will create poppy flowers from cupcake liners. A nice little bouquet for the Tots! 🌷 At 10:30 AM, when the museum opens and our guests join us, we will highlight some oftentimes forgotten… Continue reading Terrific Tots
🐍 Join our snakes for lunch! Get an up-close look as our resident snakes enjoy their meal and learn fascinating facts from our Critter Care Specialist, Cierra. It’s a fun, interactive experience that will leave the whole family with a new appreciation for these amazing reptiles! Every other Thursday 🕜 1:30 PM 📍 Great Ex… Continue reading Snake Feeding
While the leaves might not change color much in Florida in November, the rest of the nation is having a slightly different experience! 🍂 Great Ex members who join us at 10:15 AM will create fall ornaments to hang in their windows. Guests who join us when the museum opens at 10:30 am will be right… Continue reading Terrific Tots
It’s time to gobble gobble and eat with friends and family. 🦃 We will start our morning at 10:15 AM with our Great Ex members and a turkey shape matching game! The museum opens at 10:30 AM for guests, which is the same time we open the book Pookie’s Thanksgiving, by Sandra Boynton. Then members… Continue reading Terrific Tots
🐍 Join our snakes for lunch! Get an up-close look as our resident snakes enjoy their meal and learn fascinating facts from our Critter Care Specialist, Cierra. It’s a fun, interactive experience that will leave the whole family with a new appreciation for these amazing reptiles! Every other Thursday 🕜 1:30 PM 📍 Great Ex… Continue reading Snake Feeding
Winter is coming ❄️ Winter may not actually start until the 21st, but it sure does feel like winter in December. As long as you don’t look at the temperature! Maybe we are just too excited for the cold months, because at 10:15 AM our Great Ex members are celebrating the beginning of December with Wood… Continue reading Terrific Tots
We don’t see much snow in Florida. Which is part of what makes playing with fake snow so much fun! ☃️ We aren’t missing the snowstorms the north gets, even if they inspired our member craft this week. Our Great Ex members are going to make snow themed process art on canvas at 10:15 AM. They should… Continue reading Terrific Tots
