Backyard and Beyond: Knife Skills with PrimiTim

Discovery Museum Discovery Museum, 177 Main St, Acton, MA, United States

Knives have proven themselves to be the most useful tools in the woods. They are used to carve, slice, and cut our way through any task that is thrown at […]

Included with Museum admission

Celebrate National Take a Hike Day: Walking Sticks

Discovery Museum Discovery Museum, 177 Main St, Acton, MA, United States

Hop out onto the Great Hill conservation land adjacent to Discovery Woods to find the perfect walking stick, then bring it back to Discovery Woods and decorate it. We’ll provide […]

Included with Museum admission

Backyard and Beyond: Winter Tracking with PrimiTim

Discovery Museum Discovery Museum, 177 Main St, Acton, MA, United States

Signs of animals are all around us, if we know where to look! Join primitive-skills expert, Tim “PrimiTim” Swanson, to learn and practice the ancient skill of tracking. He’ll take […]

$14.50

Backyard and Beyond: Winter Survival Workshop with PrimiTim

Discovery Museum Discovery Museum, 177 Main St, Acton, MA, United States

This class offers tools and techniques you can use if you ever find yourself cold, hungry, and alone in the wilderness. Our expert survivalist, Tim “PrimiTim” Swanson, will cover basic […]

$15.50

Backyard and Beyond: Winter Scavenger Hunt

Discovery Museum Discovery Museum, 177 Main St, Acton, MA, United States

Discovery Woods is full of natural materials to excite your sense of sight and touch. Look closely and experiment with some of the most interesting textures found in Discovery Woods. […]

$15.50

Make a Mess: Paint Like Seurat

Discovery Museum Discovery Museum, 177 Main St, Acton, MA, United States

Georges Seurat invented a special style of painting using lots of little dots, called pointillism. Explore some of Seurat’s masterpieces and then try your hand at creating you own work […]

Backyard and Beyond: Nature Textures

Discovery Museum Discovery Museum, 177 Main St, Acton, MA, United States

Can you duplicate nature’s textures?  You can if you create a frottage!  Explore Discovery Woods as we search for and collect natural items with different textures, then create a frottage […]

Fairyborough

Discovery Museum Discovery Museum, 177 Main St, Acton, MA, United States

Welcome to Fairyborough – the little city with a big future! Design, build, and explore a mysterious forest environment of fairy houses, gnome homes, and sprite skyscrapers, constructed completely out […]

Mirror, Mirror, What do You See?

Discovery Museum Discovery Museum, 177 Main St, Acton, MA, United States

Have you ever wondered how you can see yourself in a mirror? Join us as we play with different kinds of reflections and experiment by using mirrors to create symmetry, […]

Celebrate National Aviation Day

Discovery Museum Discovery Museum, 177 Main St, Acton, MA, United States

National Aviation Day is a holiday that commemorates the development in aviation and its revolutionary impact on scientific and technological progress. It falls on the birthday of Orville Wright, one […]

Backyard and Beyond: Sink or Float

Discovery Museum Discovery Museum, 177 Main St, Acton, MA, United States

Experiment with all sorts of natural materials, what’s your prediction: will it sink or float?  The results might surprise you! This program will happen light rain or shine. Heavy rain or […]

Backyard and Beyond: Working in the Garden

Discovery Museum Discovery Museum, 177 Main St, Acton, MA, United States

Learn what plants need to grow and help us take care of the Discovery Woods Garden. We will water our plants, check for weeds, and see if any plants are […]