The New Westminster Museum is reaching out to build the next generation of history buffs.
The museum is offering kid-friendly programming through the summer.
Among the offerings are Pop-Up Museum in the Park events, in which staffers take artifacts from the museum’s teaching collection into the parks and set up to chat to kids – offering a different craft, activity or game each time for kids to explore and learn.
The program is offered on Thursdays from 12:30 to 3 p.m. On Aug. 2, it will be in Hume Park, and on Aug. 9, it’s in Quayside Park. Call 604-527-4640 for information.
The museum is also offering a by-registration LEGO camp called Brick City Engineering, running Monday, Aug. 13 to Friday, Aug. 17 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily. It’s in connection with the ongoing People Gotta Move exhibition at the museum, which is drawing crowds eager to check out the LEGO New Westminster on display.
The camp will give kids aged five to 10 a chance to plan their own working city and build it brick, by brick, then figure out ways for people to move all around town. All campers will go home with a customized mini-figure. Participants should bring a snack, lunch and water bottle. The course number is 12279, and it costs $300 for the week.
Check out www.anvilcentre.com/register to find the link to sign up, or call 604-527-4640.
