Programs for Families

Living Classrooms

Children's Museum

7300 MacArthur Blvd.

Glen Echo, MD 20812

P: 202-488-0627 x 242

The Living Classrooms Children’s Museum at Glen Echo Park hosts an experiential children’s museum with a focus on science and the environment. Living Classrooms provides engaging outdoor nature experiences, live animal encounters, as well as science and art activities for children up to age 11.

Public hours:

Saturdays and Sundays

10am-3pm

Early closings:On occasion, the Children’s Museum closes early to host special events (many of which are open to the public).

Children's Museum Hours

Saturday February 23

10:00 AM-3:00 PM

Sunday February 24

10:00 AM-1:00 PM*

*Early Closing for Special Event

 

For updates on current public hours please check back frequently to our website and our Twitter feed.

Check out our Twitter page here! Become a follower and get updated information on our programs, toddler classes, and weekend public hours.

Explore and experience our local environment with your children! We offer educational environmental programming, short hikes to the creek, arts-and-crafts projects to take home, and LIVE animal encounters!

Admission Fees
Members:                    Free!
Nonmembers:               $5.00
Seniors 65+:                $3.00
Infants (under 2 years): Free

Click here for directions

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Spring Break and Summer

Camps

Living Classrooms Spring Break Camp Ages 4-6

Spring Break Camp Registration is now OPEN!

Click below to register TODAY!!


Little Discoverers explore the wonders surrounding Glen Echo Park. With different nature themes every day, campers meet live animals, hike in the woods, wade in a creek, and much more!

What kinds of exciting discoveries will your child make at camp? Check out a sample camp day below!

9:00-9:30

Museum exploration

9:30-9:45

Learn the earth science behind volcanic explosions

9:45-10:30

Experiment with baking soda & vinegar mini-volcanoes

10:30-10:45

Snack/Bathroom

10:45-11:00

Craft leis and grass skirts to wear at the luau

11:00-11:15

Meet the bearded dragon

11:15-12:00

Learn basic hula moves to Hawaiian music

12:00-12:30

Lunch/Bathroom

12:30-1:00

Playground

1:00-1:30

Cool down listening to stories and music

1:30-1:45

Snack/Bathroom

1:45-2:15

Experience a luau

2:15-2:30

Explode a giant 5 foot volcano

2:30-3:00

Museum exploration

Two locations!
Living Classrooms Children's Museum

7300 MacArthur Blvd.Glen Echo, MD 20812
March 25-29, 2013

9am-3pm

Price: $360

includes two healthy snacks each day and all program materials


Nature is all around us, even in the heart of the district! Our Nature Rangers Investigate local habitats, meet live animals and learn about the great outdoors.


Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital

921 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE
Washington, DC 20003

April 1-5, 2013

9am-3pm

Price: $290

includes two healthy snacks each day and all program materials

** Please note the difference in dates for the two locations**

Summer Camps

Summer Camp registration for members is now OPEN!!!

 

Click here for more information on our 2013 Summer Camp

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Become a Member!

As a member of our Children's Museum, you will enjoy a number of fantastic discounts including (but not limited to!): passes to our children's museum, early and discounted summer camp registration, discounts on special events, and much more! In addition, each of our members receives a special piece of swag inside their membership package as a welcome to the Living Classrooms family!

In addition to the list of benefits you receive, you can also feel good about purchasing a Family Membership. Membership fees provide critical funding to off-set the cost of operating the museum, particularly the care of our animals. Food, medicine, veterinary care, bedding, and constant upgrades to the animal exhibits are just a few of the costs of caring for our animals. These mostly rescued animals play an essential role in our educational programs for children.

For more information, click here.

 

Special Events

Our Children's Museum at Glen Echo will be holding all kinds of exciting special events throughout 2013, starting with our Dino Egg Hunt on March 23! Check back with us

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Family Classes

Living Classrooms Toddler Treehouse

         

          January 29-March 14th 2013

Registration now open!

Tuesdays and Thursdays

10:00 AM -10:45 AM

The Hill Center

921 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE
Washington, DC 2000
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Toddler Treehouse is an informal opportunity for toddlers and their caregivers to have a chance to explore the wonders of the natural world in an intimate playgroup setting. Emphasis is on process and exposure to new and different materials, plus live animal encounters, fun stories, outdoor adventures and nature based art projects. Best for ages 18 – 36 months.


  

 


Contact

phone: (202) 488-0627 ext. 236

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Birthday Parties

The Living Classrooms Children's Museum

Monday-Sunday

start times: 10am, 1pm, 3:30pm

  • Ages 4-11

    Monday-Friday anytime from 10:00am-5:00pm

    Weekends at 3:30pm-5:00pm

Birthday parties are active ninety-minute programs that enable children to interact with their environment in an educational, hands-on, and intimate setting. Our parties offer children turning ages 4-11 a unique nature-themed experience where they meet live animals, take a hike, make a craft to take home, and play educational games that will keep everyone entertained!

For more information on Birthday Parties click HERE.

The Birthday Boat

Potomac and Anacostia Rivers

  • Ages 7-18

  • March 15 - November 15, 9:00am-9:00pm

Give your child a birthday experience to remember on board the Birthday Boat! Birthday boats are 2.5 hour long programs. Children and youth rotate through different science stations including fishing, water-quality testing, and clam dissection. Every child will even get to drive the boat!

For more information on the Birthday Boat click HERE.

Contact

e-mail: birthdayparties@livingclassroomsdc.org

phone: (202) 488-0627 ext. 236

To register or learn more, click below!

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phone: (202) 488-0627 ext. 242

fax: (202) 488-1307

e-mail: membership@livingclassroomsdc.org

Living Classrooms of the National Capital Region

phone: (202) 488-0627

fax: (202) 488-1307

515 M Street, SE

Suite 222

Washington, DC 20003

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