April 11 Family Day Schedule

𝟭𝟭𝗮𝗺: 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲
With AMP's Michelle Begley, former children's program leader at Canton Public Library

𝟭𝟮𝗽𝗺: 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗔𝗠𝗣
Art-making, scavenger hunts, puzzles, games and kid-friendly tours

𝟭𝟮:𝟯𝟬𝗽𝗺: 𝗣𝗢𝗘𝗧𝗥𝗬 𝗜𝗡 𝗠𝗢𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡! 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺
Roses are red. Violets are blue. Who can be a poet? You! You! You! Join us as Family Day @AMP celebrates National Poetry Month. Visual art collides with poetry as you play with words across different media. Activities include large- scale collaborative kinetic poetry modeled after refrigerator poetry kits, junk journal creation, and found poetry collage. Anyone can be a poet, even if you don't know it!

May 9 Family Day Schedule

𝟭𝟭𝗮𝗺: 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲 & 𝗖𝗿𝗮𝗳𝘁
With beloved Beardsley children's librarian Carol Parent

𝟭𝟮𝗽𝗺: 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗔𝗠𝗣
Art-making, scavenger hunts, puzzles, games and kid-friendly tours

𝟭𝟮:𝟯𝟬𝗽𝗺: 𝗛𝗘𝗬 𝗕𝗨𝗗, 𝗠𝗢𝗠'𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗗! 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺
Our May Family Day celebrates two things we love: motherhood and flowers. Our featured art activities include a crepe flower-making station, a Georgia O'Keefe-inspired tissue paper collage, and flower weaving. These make-and-take projects are all great Mother's Day gifts for mom, aunts, grandmothers, or anyone you love! Budding gardeners can also work with members of local garden clubs to get AMP's planter boxers ready for the summer.

And don’t miss Family Flight Lab—a special ticketed experience that’s not included in regular Family Day admission.

Family Flight Lab
Saturday, May 23 | 10am-3pm

Prepare for takeoff! Kids (and their adult co-pilots) will spread their wings and hit the heights at AMP’s first-ever 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗙𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗟𝗮𝗯! This day will feature interactive experiences that will simulate flight, fun art projects, and the opportunity to meet a real U.S. Air Force fighter pilot. With our sky-high mural as a backdrop, this exciting event will have your imagination soaring!

𝟭𝟬𝗮𝗺–𝟯𝗽𝗺: 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀-𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝘂𝗻!
Break the fun barrier with a pilot helmet exhibit, photo ops, food trucks, tours of our mural, and more! Paper Airplane Contest: design and decorate your own paper airplanes; we’ll let them fly at 1pm with prizes in various categories. Take your pilot training up a notch with a virtual reality flight simulator and a wind tunnel experience for a modest additional charge.

𝟭𝟮𝗽𝗺 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗶𝗹𝗼𝘁!
This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for kids to meet a real-life Air Force fighter pilot! Colonel Alton Whitley (please call him “Al”) is a decorated veteran who served during the Vietnam War, took command of the 37th Fighter Wing, and deployed for Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Al was the first operational pilot to jump in the seat to fly the legendary Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk a.k.a. the first combat aircraft to feature stealth technology! He will tell you about his training, career, and answer your questions! If you use your eagle eyes, you might even see where AMP’s Ellen Griesedieck has painted Al’s stealthy plane in our mural!

With special thanks to our partners at the New England Air Museum and the Connecticut Science Center for collaborating with us on this weekend.