Celebrate Your Birthday With the Sciencenter!

The Birthday Party

Prices:

$155 for members
$175 for non-members

Pricing is for up to 10 kids, including the birthday child ($9 per additional child, up to a maximum of 15 children total). The maximum attendance for a party, including adults, is 30 people.

A $50 deposit is required at the time of booking.

Sciencenter Birthday Parties include:

1.5 hour use of a private, decorated room with a Sciencenter staff host
Museum admission for the day for birthday invitees and adult chaperones
A 20-minute science activity presented by a Sciencenter staff host. Each activity is a cool, hands-on science experience each child participates in. The activity is customized to fit the age, ability and interest of each age group.
A party favor bag for each child, which includes a mini-science kit
15 Sciencenter birthday invitations
A balloon for each child and a bunch of 5 balloons for the birthday child
Compostable cups, napkins, plates and utensils
A t-shirt and crown for the birthday child
Optional birthday party registry at Sciencenter Take-Out, the Museum Store

Please make your reservation at least two weeks in advance of your preferred birthday party date.

Note - the maximum of children, including the birthday child, is 15. The maximum attendance for a birthday party, including adults, is 30 people

Choose from one of the following activity options

Preschool Story Time (ages 2 through 4)
Hear a story and make a fun science craft based on one of several themes, including Animals, Nature, Dinosaurs, and Outer Space.

Frogs and Toads (ages 3 and up)
Meet live frogs and toads, learn about the differences between these common amphibians, and play a bug catching game.

Sound (ages 4 and up)
Learn about the science of sound through demonstrations and create one of a variety of noisemakers.

Ice Cream Science (ages 5 and up)
Do you like strawberry, vanilla or chocolate? Create and flavor your own handmade ice cream. Science has never tasted this good.

Polymer Party (ages 5 and up)
Learn about the building blocks of our world and make your very own polymer craft to take home.
- Gooey Putty – Get messy while synthesizing your own stretchy, gooey putty
- or Shrinking Plastic – Design and watch your thermoplastic creations shrink, warp and flatten before your very eyes.

Rocket Launch (ages 6 and up)
Launch a rocket and learn about chemical reactions, pressure, and Newton's Laws of Motion.

Paper Airplanes (ages 6 and up)
Master the aerodynamic forces at work while you fold, fly and modify your own paper airplane.

Galaxy Golf Course (seasonal)
Challenge your friends to a round of miniature golf on the Sciencenter's unique science-themed golf course.

Questions?

For more information about birthday parties at the Sciencenter, please call Josh Giblin, Director of Guest Relations & Operations, at 607.272.0600 ext. 16. Please note: reservations should be made at least two weeks in advance of your preferred birthday party date, as we have a limited number of party slots on the weekends.