Enjoy special extended hours and fun education programs in conjunction with the Animal Architects exhibit at the Lake County Discovery Museum, in Wauconda.
Extended Museum Hours
In conjunction with the Animal Architects exhibition, the museum is offering special extended hours. Throughout the run of the exhibit, the museum will open an hour earlier, at 10 a.m., Monday through Saturday. The museum hours are now Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Museum admission is $6 for adults and $2.50 for youth 4-17. Kids three and under are free.
Animal Architects features Lake County animals and the structures they build, including beaver lodges, bird nests and spiderwebs. The exhibit lets kids build a nest, make a spiderweb, crawl through a burrow and explore a kid-sized beaver lodge. The Animal Architects exhibit closes on February 21, 2010.
Animal Architects Programs
Join us Saturday, November 7 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at the museum for Exploring Animal Homes. Participants will take a hands-on look at different animal homes and learn how animals use homes to provide shelter, safety and a good place to raise a family. The program concludes with outdoor exploration to search for burrows, nests, holes and other animal homes.
Exploring Animal Homes is for kids ages 4 to 8, with an adult. The cost is $5 per child for Lake County residents and $7 per child for nonresidents. Price includes museum admission.
Learn about insect homes at Building for Bugs on Sunday, November 15 from 1:30 to 3 p.m. In this program kids ages 6 to 10 will learn how insects build their homes, then try to build like insects with a wasp nest building relay race and spiderweb building activity.
Building for Bugs is $5 for per child for Lake County residents and $7 per child for nonresidents. Price includes museum admission. Registration is required for Animal Homes and Building for Bugs. |
