By delivering engaging experiences for kids, families, and educators through hands-on programs at our educational makerspaces, we empower the next generation with the skills to invent the future.
SUMMER CAMP
MAKE IT A SUMMER OF FUN & INVENTION
KID Museum’s camps are designed and led by our professional maker educators and develop real-world skills through fun, hands-on projects.
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GRAND OPENING
MAY 22, 2022
KID Museum is proud to welcome you to its new flagship site at Bethesda Metro Center — a brand new, 28,000 square foot facility.
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FIELD TRIPS
DESIGNED FOR EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS
Schedule a field trip this school year to KID Museum — and let your students experience hands-on maker learning at its best!
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MAKER PLAYGROUND
DESIGNED FOR KIDS AND FAMILIES
At KID Museum’s Maker Playground, kids can explore, imagine, and create — taking inspiration from the world around them.
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IMPACT
We are proud of our reach and the results we’re achieving in partnership with our community, and we are on track to grow exponentially in the coming years.
330,000
students, families, and teachers have experienced hands-on, maker programming since KID Museum opened in October 2014.
FEBRUARY 16, 2022
SNOW DAYS, WONDER,
AND INNOVATION
The pandemic has upended so many aspects of our daily lives – and snow days are a perfect case in point. Remember the joy of a snow day as a kid? There’s nothing like it.
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JANUARY 11, 2022
GO WITH THE FLOW
At the end of most KID Museum Invention Studio workshops, there are inevitably stunned looks and sometimes an audible groan. The middle schoolers who are at KID for these sessions are so deeply absorbed in their projects that they’ve lost track of time.
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DECEMBER 1, 2021
WHAT DOES IT MEAN
TO BE A MAKER?
What does it mean to be a maker? Usually what first comes to mind is someone who is a tinkerer, a gadget-maker, an inventor. While this is true, it’s also unnecessarily restrictive — being a maker means so much more.
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SPOTLIGHT
Each year, KID Museum brings together hundreds of middle school students, families, educators, and community members to invent solutions to the question: What will you make to protect life on this planet?
Each year, KID Museum brings together hundreds of middle school students, families, educators, and community members to invent solutions to the question: What will you make to protect life on this planet?
PARTNERS
Collaboration is one of our guiding values. We work with a wide variety of partners and we catalyze the power of school, community, and corporate investment to make a difference for kids, families, and educators.
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“If you are the next generation of inventors, I’m feeling hopeful about the future.”
– Dr. Shanika Hope, Director Tech Education, Google
