The largest event of the year for the Delaware Museum of Nature and Science is finally this weekend.
Family Fun Day will be held this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., with a lineup featuring both indoor and outdoor activities (rain or shine event), visitors can meet live birds, and learn more about animals, our environment and conservation.
Get outdoors for a fun family day, with community partners hosting a variety of activities in the museum’s backyard.
Face painting by Dori of Party Business will be at the event, and food will be available from Dixie’s Down Home Cooking and Zach’s Street Grill.
Timed activities include:
- 10:30–11 a.m.: Members’ Only Meet & Greet with Animal Behavior & Conservation Connections inside in the Ederic Exhibit Hall
- 11 a.m.–1 p.m.: Meet & Greet throughout museum/backyard with Animal Behavior & Conservation Connections
- 1:30 p.m.: Storytime with State Treasurer Colleen Davis
Various organizations will be present for the event, including:
- i9 Sports
- American Littoral Society
- Brandywine Battlefield Park
- Brandywine River Restoration Trust
- Delaware Compost LLC
- Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve
- Delaware Solid WasteAuthority
- DNREC Wetland Monitoring and Assessment Program
- Fair Hill Nature Center
- Greyhound Pet Adoptions of Delaware
- Hagley Museum and Library
- Kai Coders
- Longwood Gardens
- New Castle County Libraries
- OSHER Life Long Learning (OLLI)
- Robo-Sapiens
- Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research
- UD Entomology Club
- Wilmington-New Castle Macaroni KID
- White Clay Fly Fishers
- Winterthur Museum, Garden, and Library
- Xerces Society
The event is free for members and is included in the admission cost for nonmembers.
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