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Museums/Events

Philbrook Museum of Art ~Tulsa, OK

08/16/2013 Danielle Huddleston 2 Comments

The boys and I visited the Philbrook on the museums free day(Second Saturday of every month).

They have a fun kids program going on that day!

The kids get art supplies and they have a scavenger hunt in their outdoor area!

This is the scavenger hunt and the art box they received for free!

We did the rubbing’s one.

You find an object on the list, like this one and find the stone nearby.

Then you make a rubbing of it.

It was a great way to tour the gardens!

If you are going to do the scavenger hunt I would recommend getting their right when they open and going to the middle of the museum where the table is located for it.

We did the gardens first then went inside to look at the art.

I have to admit to being a little disappointed when I got inside.

I felt the fun ended for the kids when you stepped inside the doors.

I was not going to drag my kids from room to room like I saw others doing.

I wanted them to see art!

And “gasp” enjoy it…

We went back into the main entrance and I started looking to see if they had any info cards for their art.

When I came up empty I went into the gift shop and bought post cards of the art.

I really think art museums should have scavenger hunts for the kids on the inside!

We used the postcards for our scavenger hunt and the boys really enjoyed it.

Another good idea is playing ispy!

I often told the boys ispy a horse or something else when we stepped into a new room and made them find it.

They have to look at all the art to find what you saw!

I made my own scavenger hunt for the next time we go.

Here is the list I came up with for a scavenger hunt at this museum:

1. A Shepherdess

2. A cowboy

3. A horse

4. The Grand Canyon

5. A stormy Sea

6. A basket

7. Jesus

8. A weapon

9. A statue

10. Pottery

11. A dog

Make sure to stop at the gift shop and get something small for them if they finish the list as a prize!

Some Museums have some of the works up online.

Look before you go at what they are displaying and make your own list!

I bet you will not have to drag your kids around from room to room.

Make learning fun!

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Science Museum Oklahoma ~OKC

08/13/2013 Danielle Huddleston Leave a comment

The Science Museum of Oklahoma is another museum that is on the Oklahoma Museum Network.

I actually bought the family membership here and then paid the extra to get the OMN membership added.

It is a great museum!

There are a lot of fun educational activities for the kids and definitely worth the price!

Have you ever been?

What is your favorite thing at science museums?

The avalanche you can see and play with was at the top of my list this time.

The teacher in my would love to have these kinds of hands on learning stations for every lesson we learn!

Museums/Events

Tulsa Children’s Museum ~Discovery Lab

07/11/2013 Danielle Huddleston Leave a comment

We just recently went to the Tulsa Children’s Museum with some friends!

Unfortunatly I did not realize when I went they have joined the Oklahoma Museum Network so we did not have to pay to get in!

If you like to go to museums be sure to check out their site!

This is our second time getting it and we always get our money’s worth!

We got there around 10am and it was really crowded!

There were some field trips there though.

They left around noon and it was really nice.

Most of the activities are located in one big room.

It is mostly just hands on things for the kids to play with.

I was a little disappointed in the lack of educational information available in this room.

The boys loved the tape tunnel and slide!

I would have really liked to see a little bit of information about air pressure in this tubes area.

The boys did not really understand that by covering one tube you were changing the pressure in another tube.

When you first walk into the museum there is a little room to your right.

It is the Imagination Station area and seems more like you would expect a typical children’s museum to be.

It had information about what they were learning and had a lot of educational activities for them to do.

Overall it was a pretty good way to spend a couple hours.

I am really glad they are a part of the network though.

It is a pretty good deal to buy a membership at one of the network museums and then add on the museum network membership for $40.

That $40 gets you and 4 people into all the network museums for 1 year.

Don’t forget to check out their, site!