Discover the thrill of vertical flight and how it started right here at College Park Airport! Explore the new exhibition, The Berliner Helicopter: America’s Forgotten Helicopter, get hands-on with interactives, and explore the wonders of vertical flight technology.
Ticket Price: FREE, no admission required
Come and join us and create your own charcuterie board. Add fruit, cheese, crackers, and veggies. This will be immersive and hands-on. Guaranteed to unleash the chef in you!
Ticket Price: $25 Resident/ $27 Non- Resident
Express your inner artist while celebrating Black history and culture! Kids and their parents/guardians are encouraged to join us.
Ticket Price: Free
Discover the thrill of vertical flight and how it started right here at College Park Airport! Explore the new exhibition, The Berliner Helicopter: America’s Forgotten Helicopter, get hands-on with interactives, and explore the wonders of vertical flight technology.
Ticket Price: FREE, no admission required
Celebrate the opening of our new exhibition, "The Berliner Helicopter: America’s Forgotten Helicopter," with a reading of "Rosie Revere, Engineer," by Andrea Beaty.
Ticket Price: Free
This performance is part of our Education on Stage Series and is recommended for Grades 1-6. Race to the finish line with two black Olympians who changed history in this original musical play from Discovery Theater! Soaring...
Ticket Price: $8 Adult / $6 Child
Go green with your creativity! Nature provides an abundance of materials and inspiration for making art. Participants will enjoy hands-on nature craft activities.
Ticket Price: $4 Resident, $6 Non-Resident
This performance is part of our Education on Stage Series and is recommended for Grades 1-6. Race to the finish line with two black Olympians who changed history in this original musical play from Discovery Theater! Soaring...
Ticket Price: $8 Adult / $6 Child
Go green with your creativity! Nature provides an abundance of materials and inspiration for making art. Our artistic naturalists will assist you in transforming your ideas and creativity into an art piece.
Ticket Price: $4 Resident, %6 Non-Resident
Silhouettes were commonly created to remember loved ones when portraits were too pricey for the average person. Kids will learn the history of silhouettes and how an enslaved boy named Moses Williams from Baltimore developed a talent for "shadow art" and went...
Ticket Price: $5
Join a naturalist for a night hike to see the spectacular courtship display of the Timberdoodle, or American Woodcock. This mysterious bird reliably performs a spiraling flight display shortly after sunset.
Ticket Price: $4 Resident, $6 Non-Resident
What’s up with the weather? Investigate the importance of weather to the survival of life, the water cycle, concepts in meteorology, the difference between weather and climate, and more.
Ticket Price: $5 Resident, $7 Non-Resident
Give your little one a head start on growing into a knowledgeable adult aware of the importance of the environment. Join us for an exciting time of exploring nature through hands-on activities, stories, songs, crafts, and more.
Ticket Price: $4 Resident, 6 Non-Resident
Celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday with us with puppet shows, engaging stories, and Seuss-inspired crafts and activities. A perfect morning for preschoolers and their families!
Ticket Price: $3 per child
You don't need to be Dr. Dolittle to speak to the animals! Meet the nature center's live animals, including reptiles, amphibians, and birds of prey.
Ticket Price: $4 Resident, $6 Non-Resident
Express your inner artist while celebrating Black history and culture! Kids and their parents/guardians are encouraged to join us.
Ticket Price: Free
Learn from a naturalist about ospreys and the research and conservation efforts happening around the state to help preserve this remarkable species.
Ticket Price: Free
Cows, goats, and sheep…oh my! What do these animals have in common? They are ruminants. Learn about these animals' internal components and observe their interactions through a lab experiment.
Ticket Price: $8 Resident, $11 Non-resident
Take off into the fundamentals of piloting in this session of the Youth Aviators Program. Participants will explore key topics from the Private Pilot FAA Knowledge Exam through interactive lessons, test their knowledge along the way, and connect with experienced pilots. Students will also get hands-on experience...
Ticket Price: Free
Discover the vital role women have played in powered flight, beginning with Katharine Wright in 1903. Explore the groundbreaking achievements of female pilots with ties to College Park Airport, and engage in a conversation about the opportunities and challenges women face in aviation careers.
Ticket Price: Free
Dinosaur Park Open Houses are a free public program on the first and third Saturday of every month and the second Sunday in the summer. Join us and learn more about fossils, including the dinosaurs who used to call Maryland home.
Ticket Price: Free. No reservations required.
Discover the vital role women have played in powered flight, beginning with Katharine Wright in 1903. Explore the groundbreaking achievements of female pilots with ties to College Park Airport, and engage in a conversation about the opportunities and challenges women face in aviation careers.
Ticket Price: Free
Learn how milk transforms into curd by exploring the process of curdling, learning what causes the change, and recognizing how this process is used to make different dairy products.
Ticket Price: $8 Resident, $11 Non-resident
Take off into the fundamentals of piloting in this session of the Youth Aviators Program. Participants will explore key topics from the Private Pilot FAA Knowledge Exam through interactive lessons, test their knowledge along the way, and connect with experienced pilots. Students will also get hands-on experience...
Ticket Price: Free
