Wild About Winter Vacation Weeks Program at the EcoTarium
*The event has already taken place on this date: Sun, 01/05/2025
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Wild About Winter Vacation Weeks Program
December 23, 2024 – January 5, 2025
10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Note: The museum will follow special early closure schedules during our Free Admission Day on December 24 and our Noon Year’s Eve Celebration on December 31, and will be closed on December 25 and January 1.
Celebrate the wonders of winter at the EcoTarium for two full weeks! This winter break, explore the fun and beauty of the season as we investigate snowflakes, learn how animals handle freezing temperatures, conduct frigid experiments, and create, explore, and learn throughout the museum!
Get tickets for Monday, December 23rd!
Click “other dates” for admission tickets on different days!
Daily Schedule
- 11:00 am — Science Discovery: Animals in Winter
- 11:45 am — Astronomy Live! (Educator-led program in the Planetarium)*
- 12:30 pm — Science Discovery: Heat Vision – See the Unseen
- 1:15 pm — Planetarium Full-Dome Movie*
- 2:00 pm — Global Soundscapes: Mission to Record the Earth (Educator-led program in the Planetarium)*
- 2:45 pm — Science Discovery: Snowflake Symmetry
- 3:30 pm — Planetarium Full-Dome Movie*
- 4:15 pm — Afternoon Astronomy
*requires a separate ticket, not included with admission
Ongoing Activities 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
- Winter Tracking
- Insulation Station
- Tabletop Ice “Fishing”
*Times, dates, and prices of any activity posted to our calendars are subject to change. Please be sure to click through directly to the organization’s website to verify.