MAKER! A Hands-On STEM Series

NEW! Do you wonder how things like propellers, engines, and rockets work? These hands-on workshops engage your curiosity and bring out the tinkerer in ALL of us!

MAKER!  A Hands-On STEM Series

$12 for nonmembers and $10 for members. Fun for all ages.

  • Register in advance online below or in person at admissions. 
  • Admission must be purchased.  Museum admission is not included with workshop registration.
  • All supplies are provided at the workshop.
  • All who attend must pay for the workshop; even if not participating.
  • Children 10 and under must be accompanied by an adult. For ages 11-15, an adult must sign in and sign out the youth.
  • Workshops last approximately 45 -60 minutes.
  • Workshop schedules are subject to change.
  • Member Discount! No discount code needed, just login to your member account to register. Become a member today!

MAKER! Rocket

Make a flying rocket with a variety of materials and test your invention to see if it can fly to space! 

Click the date to register: Saturday, April 20, 2024  – SOLD OUT 

Maker! Propeller

Make a motorized propeller with a battery pack to see how aircraft from warbirds to drones can fly.

Click the date to register: Saturday, May 11, 2024 1:30 p.m. 

Maker! Airplane Launcher

Make a paper airplane launcher to see how far your plane flies all while testing your aircraft.

Click the date to register:  Saturday, June 22, 2024 1:30 p.m. 

Maker! Rocket

Make a telegraph machine to decipher hidden messages from a plane that needs help finding its runway. Once you decipher the messages, you can help the plane land safely.

Click the date to register: Saturday, July 20, 2024 1:30 p.m.

Maker! Morse Code

Make a glider and see how far your aircraft can fly while learning how gliders fly without engines.

Click the date to register: Saturday, August 17, 2024 1:30 p.m. 

Maker! Hover Craft

Make a hover craft and use your skills to make it glide on a cushion of air. 

Click the date to register: Saturday, September 7, 2024 11:00 a.m. 

Maker! Compass

Make a compass so you can build an important aviation skill – navigation! 

Click the date to register: Saturday, November 2, 2024 11:00 a.m. & 1:30 p.m.

Maker! Holiday edition

Make a compass so you can build an important aviation skill – navigation! 

Click the time of the program to register: Saturday, November 30, 2024 11:00 a.m. or 2:00 p.m.

Maker! Wright Flyer

Make a Wright Flyer model, the first powered man-made aircraft and celebrate the flight at Kitty Hawk in 1903.

Click the date to register: Saturday, December 21, 2024 11:00 a.m.