Children

The Museum Corner, an interactive exhibit space located in the Children’s Department at the Centereach building, is a specially designed area that features changing hands-on exhibits and programs for children and their families. To enhance the museum experience, vast opportunities for creative expression and intellectual exploration are provided – props for dress-up, science experiments, historical artifacts and art activities. The Museum Corner invites visits by families, schools & community groups to explore, experience, share and create in a safe, fun environment.

Current Exhibit: Coming Soon! Journey Through Wonderland

Visitors to our newest Museum Corner exhibit, Journey through Wonderland, based on Lewis Carroll’s famous tale, will find themselves immersed in a most curious adventure. Attend a Victorian tea party and learn how to set a proper table, learn how to play chess on our giant board, experience optical illusions and learn how to tell time with the white rabbit. Dress up as the book characters and then get creative, writing and illustrating your own nonsense tales, poems and puns.

The Journey through Wonderland exhibit will open in February, 2025 and is presented with support from the Middle Country Library Foundation.

Upcoming Museum Corner Programs:

Alice’s Minute to Win it! (J169) – Monday, July 14th at 4:30pm-5:30pm OR Monday, August 25th at 10:30am-11:30am in Centereach. For children entering 2nd-5th grades.  Discover a rabbit hole, tea time and pocket watches, secret doors with a key, and more fun in the Museum Corner program. For children entering 2nd-5th grades.

Wonderland Races (T186) -Tuesday, September 9th at 6:30pm-7:30pm in Selden.  For teens entering 6th-12th grades. You have a minute-to-win-it with these Alice in Wonderland inspired games.