Upcoming Events

Get ready to go to the moon! Experiment with making craters, meet an astronomer, learn tips for stargazing at home and make a craft that is out of this world! Deadline to Register: April 15 Price: $10 (Member Adult or Youth) and $15 (Non-Member Adult or Youth)

Little Scientists is for children ages 3 to 5 with an adult. Introduce your little learner to science concepts through doing, discovering and making! Each stand-alone program explores a different theme and features stories, games, songs, crafts and museum exploration. This particular program’s theme is weather. Deadline to Register: April 19 Price: $5 (Member Adult or Youth) and $7 (Non-Member Adult or Youth)

Join us for Storytime at the Sam this Wednesday! Storytime is free with admission to the 10:30 a.m. timeslot. Storytime will be at 11:15 a.m. and you can reserve your tickets online or by calling (405) 325-7977. 

Whether designed to travel long distances or return quickly, boomerangs come in a multitude of shapes and sizes! Join us to see a demonstration of different boomerang types, practice throwing and constructing them, and experiment with making your own boomerangs using household materials. Deadline to Register: April 22 Price: $25 (Member) $35 (Non-Member)

Step back in time to discover dinosaurs! Join us for an evening exploring fossils, learning about how dinosaurs lived, creating a craft to take home and more! Experience the temporary exhibit, Dinosaurs: Land of Fire and Ice, in a new way before it closes! Deadline to Register: April 29 Price: $10 (Member Adult or Youth) and $15 (Non-Member Adult or Youth)

Discover the language of frogs with your family! We will meet at a Norman park and learn about frog calls, habitats and identification from a herpetologist before setting out to explore the night life of Oklahoma frogs. Deadline to Register: April 30 Price: $10 (Member Adult or Youth) and $15 (Non-Member Adult or Youth)

Little Scientists is for children ages 3 to 5 with an adult. Introduce your little learner to science concepts through doing, discovering and making! Each stand-alone program explores a different theme and features stories, games, songs, crafts and museum exploration. This particular program’s theme is plants. Deadline to Register: May 3 Price: $5 (Member Adult or Youth) and $7 (Non-Member Adult or Youth)

Bring a family keepsake and learn more about the proper care and preservation techniques for your unique treasure. Proper methods for storing textiles, documents, photographs, silver and other historic objects will be demonstrated. Participants will receive sample archival supplies to take home and use. Deadline to Register: May 6 Price: $25 (Member) $35 (Non-Member)

Little Scientists is for children ages 3 to 5 with an adult. Introduce your little learner to science concepts through doing, discovering and making! Each stand-alone program explores a different theme and features stories, games, songs, crafts and museum exploration. This particular program’s theme is senses. Deadline to Register: May 17 Price: $5 (Member Adult or Youth) and $7 (Non-Member Adult or Youth)

What creatures can you discover living in the dark? Join us for a night of games, crafts and fun as we discover different dark environments and the animals and plants that call them home. This program also features exploration of the museum’s newest temporary exhibit, In the Dark. Deadline to Register: June 17 Price: $10 (Member Adult or Youth) and $15 (Non-Member Adult or Youth)

How many dinosaurs can you name? Discover what ancient creatures roamed Oklahoma through games, songs, crafts and lots of fun for you and your little one! Deadline to Register: June 30 Price: $5 (Member Adult or Youth) and $7 (Non-Member Adults or Youth)