School Age Birthday Party: Museums
Civic Museums are the Perfect Party Venue: Mid to Large Sized Group
Child-friendly, hands-on historical, interactive museums, catering to the child's birthday bash are the perfect place to have a class birthday party.
It can be difficult to decide on a different birthday party theme year after year for your kids. Museums are an often over-looked setting for a school-age party, but they are anything but boring. These parties can be a hands-on, interactive, and fun experience for parents and children alike.
This article looks at party options by example from Hamilton, Ontario (which itself has a total of fifteen prepared packages to choose from for many different age groups, locations and budgets), but nearly every community offers this to the public, and it's a great way for kids to learn while they play.
Hamilton Children's Museum
- This birthday party is available year-round and is suited to the child from birth to ten years. They boast four themed, interactive exhibits where children guide themselves through whichever activity sparks their interest, whether that be putting on a theatrical play or experimenting with the exhibition.
Dundurn Castle - Carpet Bag of Fun
- This guided package is geared towards the four to seven year old child. The party goers will have a great time exploring the castle with a carpet bag full of Victorian games to experience just as past residents Sophia and Minnie MacNab may have done.
Whitehern Historic House & Garden - Old Fashioned Ice Cream Party
- The theme for this party is the 1930's: and children nine to ninety-nine who love ice cream are invited. Children will explore the home with emphasis on the cook's quarters where they will make old-fashioned, home-made vanilla ice cream without the use of electricity.
Battlefield House Museum and Park - Afternoon Tea Party
- Kids five to twelve years old will dress in period clothing and enjoy a tour of the museum before baking an old-fashioned birthday cake in the actual museum's hearth, and enjoying a tea of fancy sandwiches, scones, tea and of course, the cake they made themselves.
Hamilton Museum of Steam & Technology - The Science of Structures
- Children aged five to fourteen will choose whether to build a working bridge , or a trebuchet and will learn why they are designed that way and exactly how they work in this circa 1859 waterworks and pumphouse they will be touring.
Costs
It is less than you'd think to have a party like this. With an average cost of $115.00 per ten children, it is comparable to taking the kids to a movie or bowling party, possibly cheaper. Each venue allows time (usually an hour) for the opening of gifts and food that you provide. The best part of choosing a museum party is the entertainment the parents and trip guardians will also enjoy and be rest assured that the children are learning in local history and past customs while they are having a great time!
Reference: Hamilton Civic Museums - Birthday Parties
