Family fun for the weekend
Make it a museum day
• The SEE Science Center (200 Bedford St. in Manchester; see-sciencecenter.org, 669-0400) is open daily through Labor Day — 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Admission costs $12 for ages 3 and up.
• Check out the new Science Playground at the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center (2 Institute Drive in Concord; starhop.com, 271-7827). The playground can be accessed from inside the Discovery Center through October from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and is included in admission to the center, which cost $12 for adults, $9 for ages 3 to 12 and $11 for ages 13 through college and for seniors, according the the website. Planetarium shows cost an additional $6 per person. The center is open daily from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. through Sept. 3.
• The Aviation Museum of New Hampshire (27 Navigator Road in Londonderry; nhahs.org, 669-4820) is open Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. Admission costs $10 for ages 13 and up, $5 for ages 6 to 12 and ages 65 and up, and $30 for a family, according to the website.
Save the date for the museum’s PlaneFest on Saturday, Aug. 19, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The day’s activities are held outdoors and are free to families, with a focus on elementary and middle school-age kids, according to a press release.
• The Children’s Museum of New Hampshire (6 Washington St. in Dover; childrens-museum.org, 742-2002) continues its Wacky Art Wednesdays, Learning Garden Fun on Thursdays and Science Fridays with programming at 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. The museum is open Tuesdays through Saturdays with sessions from 9 a.m. to noon or 1 to 4 p.m. and on Sundays from 9 a.m. to noon. Admission costs $12.50 ($10.50 for seniors).
And, save the date: The museum will hold its Teddy Bear Clinic from 9 to 11 a.m., with teddy bear snacks from 11 to 11:30 a.m. The event, which is sponsored by Portsmouth Regional Hospital, features a check-up for a teddy bear or other stuffie kids bring with them, and ends with the “patient” getting a certificate of wellness, according to a press release. The clinic is part of morning admission to the museum.
Also in August, the Children’s Museum will hold a Kick Off to Kindergarten on Sunday, Aug. 13, from 1 to 3 p.m. The event is free for kids entering kindergarten and their families; register by Monday, Aug. 7, according to the website. The event will include a craft, a scavenger hunt, Biscuit the Dog reading Biscuit Goes to School and more, the website said.