Featured Events

Saturday, December 14 | 10am – 5pm

WonderLab Snow Day: Come explore everything seasonal and snowy. What can we  anticipate with the approaching change of seasons? It will soon be winter in Indiana which can mean snow, cold, and fun!

WonderLab Snow Day is a day of winter wonder themed activities for families. Visit and explore hands-on science activities that dive into how the natural world works in winter!

While you’re visiting look for these special stations and activities:  

• Snow Play – real snow
• Fake Snow
• Snowflake making
• Frozen Science
• Salt and Ice
• Snowball Throwing
• Animal Adaptations
• Scents of Winter

Recommended Ages:  Families

Dates and Times: 

• Saturday, December 14, 2024
• 10 am – 5 pm

Ticket Prices: Free with Museum Admission

• Member: Free
• Non-member: $14.50  
• Access pass: $2

Purchase Tickets:

• Day of event at the front desk
• Online: http://64603.blackbaudhosting.com/64603/tickets?tab=3&txobjid=c15268b5-3c90-4407-94f5-a64b72532f2e

Tuesday, December 31

Skip the late bedtime and celebrate New Year’s Eve at WonderLab! Staying up until midnight isn’t always ideal for young ones, but at WonderLab, they can enjoy all the fun early and with an educational twist. Our early evening party includes learning about science, all things Glitter!, and rocking in the New Year with an early evening dance party and countdown.

This New Year’s Eve, ring in 2025 and ensure that your children have a memorable celebration, get plenty of physical activity, and are ready to head home and rest well before the adult festivities begin.

Activities include: 

• Sling a shooting star
• Everything Sparkles in the Glitter Room!
• The Glitter Room closes at 5pm before the band starts at 5:15. 
• Make a Kazoo
• Glitter masks
• Fireworks in a jar
• Shiny Slime
• Baby Ball Pit – 6 months – 2 years only
  • Ages 6 months – 2 years
  • Location: Baby Wonders, Science Sprouts Place
• Visualize 365 
  • Jewel Hunt – Find 365 jewels buried jewels then sort by 10s!
  • How many to make 365? A visual display of “how many” makes a year.
  • Location: Sprouts Lab
• STUFFEE and the Human Body Science Demonstration
  • We’re all different on the outside, but we’re all the same inside. Discover the body’s organs, especially the digestive and cardiovascular systems, as we open up STUFFEE, a huge “stuffed” doll, and see what’s inside.
  • 2 pm
  • 4 pm
  • Location: Main floor
• Live Animal Demonstrations – Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches
  • The Madagascar hissing cockroach, also known as the hissing cockroach or simply hisser, is one of the largest species of cockroach, reaching 5 to 7.5 centimeters at maturity. Meet these interesting creatures up close.
  • 1pm
  • 3pm
  • Location: Second floor. 
• Music, Dancing and Countdown
  • Music begins at 5:15pm
  • NYE Countdown begins at 5:55pm.
  • Location: First floor

Recommended Ages:

Families with young children, ages 0-10

Dates and Times: 

• Tuesday, December 31
• 1–6 pm

Ticket Prices: Free with Museum Admission

• Member registration begins Tuesday, January 14, 2025

• Non-member registration begins Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Dates: Monday, March 17 – Friday, March 21, 2025

Session Location: Loesch Farm, 2687 Loesch Rd, Bloomington,IN

Grades: K-8

Rhythms of Nature is a hands-on, immersive Spring Break camp for kids in Bloomington, IN. Campers will enjoy a weeklong experience of wild plant and animal communities in South Central Indiana. Campers will build relationships with plants learning which ones are edible, medicinal values, utilitarian (tool use), and even musical instrument potential. Campers will also build relationships with the animals at Loesch Farm by studying their tracks and learning to read the landscape and discover their stories. Daily adventures will allow campers to explore different ecosystems on the property including a deciduous forest of elder trees and ground hog burrows. In the creek bend campers will find frogs, salamanders, fish and even inland crabs (crayfish). In the fields campers will discover nesting birds, butterflies, the musical bamboo jungle and more! Campers will also have the chance to learn about fire and the importance of fire throughout history. Earth stewardship will be emphasized as campers harvest plants and learn about the animals that share our home planet.

Times:

• Campers Arrive as early as: 8:30 a.m.
• Session Time:  9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
• Campers Leave by: 4:30 p.m.

Monday, January 20 | 9am – 5 pm 

WonderLab will be open to the public on Martin Luther King Day with half-priced admission. Come play with us! Administration offices closed.

Date: Monday, January 20, 2025

Time: 9am – 5pm

Ticket Prices:

• Free – Members
• $7.25 – Half price general admission per person
• Free – Access Pass

Ages: All ages, families, children

Diaper Drive: WonderLab is collecting supplies for Tandem Community Birth Center and Postpartum House. WonderLab is  collecting:

• Wipes, sizes 3-6 diapers, and
• 2-4T pull ups are most needed.
• Diaper Drive runs December 3rd 2024- January 20th 2025. Donations are accepted during open hours.