Children's Museum of Idaho
Dr. Picklestein demonstrating a liquid-nitrogen science experiment to a museum audience.

Programs

Drop-in programs that run on a regular cadence.

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What's coming up

Today, Wednesday, October 28 · open 10am to 5pm

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  1. Weekly Program: Let's Get Messy Community Room
  2. Travel to the Planets Planetarium show, 15 minutes, Ages 4+ $2 per person, free for members, at the front desk Ages 4+
  3. Full STEAM Ahead: Homeschool Series Workshop, 1 hour 15 minutes, Ages 8 to 12 Ages 8 to 12
  4. Little Owl's Night, by Divya Srinivasan Story time, Story & Project, Ages 2 to 5 Ages 2 to 5
  5. All dayThe exhibits are open

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Story time

A picture book and a hands-on project.

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  1. Today, Story & Project Story time, Free with admission, Ages 2 to 5 This week's book: Little Owl's Night Ages 2 to 5

Weekly Program

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  1. Today, Weekly Program: Let's Get Messy Community Room, Free with admission Community Room open for "messy" crafts and activities.
  2. Thu 29, Weekly Program: STEM ages 3+ Community Room STEM toys and projects in Community Room.
  3. Mon 2 Nov, Weekly Program: Trash to Treasure Make and take a project using recycled material.
  4. Tue 3 Nov, Weekly Program: Early STEM Community Room, Ages 6 months to 2 years Ages 6 months to 2 years

Workshop

A program we run now and then.

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  1. Today, Full STEAM Ahead: Homeschool Series Workshop, 1 hour 15 minutes, Ages 8 to 12 Join us for 8 weeks of STEAM Lessons. Ages 8 to 12
  1. Fri 30, Art with Miss Catherine Workshop
  2. Wed 4 Nov, Robots! Workshop, Ages 4+ Come experiment with awesome robots in this kid-friendly intro to coding! Ages 4+
  3. Thu 12 Nov, STEM (6yr+) Workshop, Community Room STEM activities in the community room
  4. Tue 17 Nov, Cardboard Creations Workshop Join us in making a cardboard creation with your imagination and creativity!
  5. Mon 23 Nov, Recycled Paper Making! Workshop Join staff to learn about how paper is recycled and make your own piece to take home! Part of Make & Take
  6. Tue 24 Nov, Wildlife Workshop

Planetarium show

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  1. Today, Planetarium Show Planetarium show $2 per person, free for members, at the front desk Next show: Travel to the Planets · 9 shows in the line-up

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Listings last updated October 27, 2026. Questions? Call 208.345.1920 or email catherine@cmidaho.org.