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Member Hosted Event: America 250 Hands-On History Day
Date:
June 13, 2026
Child in 18th century-style dress at the Museum's 2025 Hands-On History Day
Event Description:
To celebrate the nation’s semiquincentennial, the Children’s Museum of Oak Ridge will host a Hands-On History Day on June 13 from 10 am to 4 pm.
Families can celebrate America 250 at the Children’s Museum with a day of hands-on activities, demonstrations, and living-history experiences for the whole family. Throughout the Museum and gardens, visitors can explore colonial-era skills, meet reenactors, and enjoy make-and-take crafts inspired by 18th century American life.
Families can plant a kitchen herb garden, try natural fabric dyeing, and enjoy bubbles in the garden. Inside, guests can churn butter, make cartridges, write with a quill and pen, weave on a collaborative loom, and experiment with quilling, printmaking, and invisible ink. Kids can build a Durham boat model, decorate Revolutionary War paper dolls, and follow cipher clues posted around the Museum to decode a secret message for a prize.
The day will also feature black-powder demonstrations, herbal and home-remedy demonstrations, colonial school lessons, historical reenactors throughout the galleries and gym, and live violin music. This event is sponsored by Consolidated Nuclear Security.
Families can celebrate America 250 at the Children’s Museum with a day of hands-on activities, demonstrations, and living-history experiences for the whole family. Throughout the Museum and gardens, visitors can explore colonial-era skills, meet reenactors, and enjoy make-and-take crafts inspired by 18th century American life.
Families can plant a kitchen herb garden, try natural fabric dyeing, and enjoy bubbles in the garden. Inside, guests can churn butter, make cartridges, write with a quill and pen, weave on a collaborative loom, and experiment with quilling, printmaking, and invisible ink. Kids can build a Durham boat model, decorate Revolutionary War paper dolls, and follow cipher clues posted around the Museum to decode a secret message for a prize.
The day will also feature black-powder demonstrations, herbal and home-remedy demonstrations, colonial school lessons, historical reenactors throughout the galleries and gym, and live violin music. This event is sponsored by Consolidated Nuclear Security.
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