February Vacation Survival Plan Part I: Get Your Museum On
For the day or days that you want to do something educational and fun, here’s a short “best of” list of nearby museums and science centers that are generally popular—one for every day the kids are home. It looks like some have special vacation programs planned, so you probably can’t go wrong.
By the way, all of these are listed in the mXc directory and are therefore reviewable. (Thanks to Daniel B for getting the ball rolling on this!)
The Children’s Museum of Science and Technology (CMOST)
250 Jordan Rd.
(in Rensselaer Technology Park)
Troy, NY 12180
The Children’s Museum at Saratoga
www.childrensmuseumatsaratoga.org
69 Caroline St.
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
New York State Museum
*Check out their “School’s out … the museum is in!” programming for vacation week: http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/calendar/index.cfm
Cultural Education Center of the Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY
(Madison Avenue, across the Plaza from the State Capitol Building)
Schenectady Museum & Suits-Bueche Planetarium
http://www.schenectadymuseum.org/
*Check out their list of vacation activities and planetarium shows: http://www.schenectadymuseum.org/events/calendar.php
15 Nott Terrace Heights
Schenectady, N Y 12308
The Berkshire Museum
*Performances of Hansel and Gretel everyday @ 11 AM during vacation week.
http://www.berkshiremuseum.org/index.html
39 South Street (Route 7)
Pittsfield, MA 01201
And in order to make a real day of it, if you know of a good kid-friendly restaurant or café near any of these museums, please post suggestions to our Facebook wall.
In order to make a day and PG-rated night of it, how ‘bout watching Night at the Museum after your outing? (DVR it: on FX Sunday 2/7 & Monday 2/8.)
