Coming Events at the Children’s Discovery Museum

Coming Events!

Monday, September 6

CLOSED

Tuesday, September 7

FREE ADMISSION
Courtesy of Tim Hortons

11:00-11:30 – Kids on the Block Puppet Show by Saskatchewan Association for Community Living

1:30-2:00 – Christine Savard will read French stories in our craft room

Sunday, September 12

2:00-2:30 - SCAT, Street Cat Resuce

Saturday, September 18

Much More Munsch Opens!!!

11:00 – Much More Munsch Parade,

FREE ADMISSION for everyone in costume, register online for a chance to win a Birthday Party at the Museum

The Much More Munsch Parade!

Much More Munsch Parade!

• When: Saturday, September 18 at 11:00 am
• Where: In Market Mall
• What ages: Everyone!
• Register online  for a chance to win a gift certificate for a birthday party!
• Everyone in costume on September 18 gets free admission to the Museum and the Exhibit.
• If you don't want to dress up, a nonperishable food donation for the Saskatoon Food bank will get you free admission

On September 18th we are having a Parade to mark the grand opening of the Much More Munsch exhibit.  The exhibit will be right next door to our current location.  Register on our website to be entered for a gift certificate for a birthday party.  Everyone who dresses up will have free access to both the Museum and the Exhibit.  That includes adults.  Alternatively, you can bring a food donation for the Saskatioon Food Bank.  If you need inspiration read any of Robert Munsch's books. 

Much More Munsch Exhibit!

This exhibit was created with the help of Robert Munsch by the Manitoba Children's Museum and centres on many of his most popular titles, like "Paper Bag Princess" and "Love You Forever".  It has been all over North America and is now coming to Saskatoon!  This is a real feather in our cap since we are such a young Children's Museum.

Admission to one side will be $3.50, admission to both will be $5.00.  The exhibit is great fun for everyone who has listened to or read a Munsch book.

We will have school programming available for Munsch as well as our normal school programming on the Museum side.  Schools are booked on Mondays and Tuesdays and spots are being claimed quickly.  Give us a call for more information or to book a date, 683-2555.

The Life Cycle of a Butterfly!

Butterflies are an amazing part of nature!

The transition from egg to catepillar to pupa to a beautiful butterfly is the process of Metamorphisis. Children and adults tend to be curious about this transition as it is limited to very few species.

The Children's Discovery Museum on the Saskatchewan has a new live exhibit - The Life Cycle of a Painted Lady Butterfly!

In late May we introduced large catepillars to the museum. Children and caregivers have marveled over the transitions we have experienced to date. As of June 5th we had 7 Pupas. Here is a picture of them.

It should not be long now! It usually takes between 7-10 days to move from a Pupa to an Adult.

We encourage you to bring your child in to share in this amazing processes and take part in the interactive games we have set up along with the live exhibit.

Discovery Dash 2010

The 2nd annual Discovery Dash will be a day of fun races and events for the whole family. All proceeds go to the Children’s Discovery Museum and will help us continue to foster curiosity, creativity and a lifelong love of learning in children.

July 17, 2010, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Rotary Park, Saskatoon
$10/person or $35/family
Click here to register online.

This Weekend's Activities

We have some fun animals at the Museum this weekend!

Saturday, May 15, 10 a.m.: the SPCA, with live animals
Sunday, May 16, 2 p.m.: Oasis Aviary & Exotics, with live exotic birds

Happy Birthday!

Did you know that it's our first birthday on Thursday? We opened to the public in Market Mall on May 13, 2009. Since then, we have had 10,000 visitors, including children from 85 school groups. We have 200 members, and 30 active volunteers. Thank you all, and we look forward to another amazing year!

Tim Hortons Day

We had 150 people visit us for free last Friday, May 7, courtesy of Tim Hortons. Janice at the front desk said everyone shared well with others, and it was a great day!