Registration is open for 2019 summer camps!
Spend summers with MOHAI and go adventuring!
Looking to investigate innovation, practice creative writing, or go on seafaring adventures? Each summer, MOHAI partners with different organizations around Seattle bringing fun camps to kids. MOHAI members receive discounts, too!
Registration is open for 2019 summer camps!
What is innovation? Where do good ideas come from? Join the Museum of History & Industry (MOHAI) and the Pacific Science Center as we explore innovations, generate ideas for the future, and discover what it takes to be an innovator.
Learn skills that help innovators get creative and think differently. Spend the afternoon exploring the science behind great ideas. Explore solar power, wind energy and bridge design to investigate how science is fueling innovation of the future.
Campers spend the first half of the day at MOHAI and the second half at Pacific Science Center. Drop-off at MOHAI and pick-up at Pacific Science Center.
Partner: Pacific Science Center
Session 1 Dates: July 8–12, 2019
Session 2 Dates: July 15–19, 2019
Time: 9 am–4:05 pm
Location: AM: MOHAI (drop off), PM: Pacific Science Center (pick up and extended care)
Extended Care: Pacific Science Center; $65 for the week, available until 6 pm
Ages: Entering grades 4 and 5 in the fall of 2019
Registration Dates: Early Bird registration for members begins January 22, 2019; registration for non-members begins January 29, 2019
Cost: Through April 30, 2019: $385 for MOHAI and PSC members / $415 for non-members
Beginning May 1, 2019: $415 for members / $445 for non-members
Partner link: Register here
MOHAI is teaming up with Hugo House to offer the popular Scribes Writing Camp program at the museum! Taught by professional writers and accomplished guest artists, Scribes is an opportunity for students entering grades 7–12 to strengthen their writing and imagination.
Programming includes arts-driven field trips, experiments with new and innovative ways of writing and reading, and exposure to a diverse range of genres and forms. The Scribes Camp includes a special public reading of students’ work on the evening of Thursday, August 1, 2019.
Partner: Richard Hugo House
Dates: July 22–August 2, 2019. Monday–Friday only, no camp on Saturday or Sunday.
Time: 10 am–4 pm
Location: MOHAI
Ages: Entering grades 7–12 in the fall of 2019
Registration Dates: Early Bird registration begins February 12, 2019
Cost: Through March 31, 2019: $725
Beginning April 1, 2019: $750
Need-based full and partial scholarships available
Partner link: Register here
Mysterious things are afoot at MOHAI! Artifacts aren’t where they should be, and historical information has inexplicably gone missing. Your stellar investigative skills are desperately needed to solve these mysteries. You’ll team up with a MOHAI teacher to combine all of the skills needed to be a top-notch history detective.
When you’re not getting to the bottom of these pressing unsolved mysteries, you’ll read stories, make art, and explore the nooks and crannies of the museum along the way. With your SCT teaching artist, you will enter an interactive dramatic story that you help create as you act it out. Examine artifacts closely, travel to far away time periods, and help get the museum back together.
*Please note: This camp is sold out. Waiting list registration is available.*
Partner: Seattle Children’s Theatre
Dates: August 5–9, 2019
Time: 9 am–4 pm
Location: MOHAI
Extended Care: 4 pm–5 pm; $50 for the week or $12 per day
Ages: Entering grades 1–2 in the fall of 2019
Registration Dates: Early Bird registration begins February 6, 2019
Cost: Through May 31, 2019: $360
Beginning June 1, 2019: $390
5% discount offered to MOHAI members and SCT subscribers.
Partner link: Register here
Welcome aboard for an action-packed week at Lake Union Park with MOHAI, the Center for Wooden Boats, SS VIRGINIA V, and Northwest Seaport. This week-long camp takes place on land and in boats on the waters of Lake Union.
Campers explore life on board a ship, and plunge into the science of steam powered engines, navigation, and model sailboat building. Don’t miss the fun!
Partner: Center for Wooden Boats, SS VIRGINIA V, Northwest Seaport
Dates: August 12–16, 2019
Time: 9 am–4 pm
Location: MOHAI, Center for Wooden Boats, Historic Ship Wharf; all located in Lake Union Park
Extended Care: 4 pm–5 pm; $45 for the week
Ages: Entering grades 3–5 in the fall of 2019
Registration Dates: Early Bird registration begins February 4, 2019
Cost: Through April 30, 2019: $325 for members / $350 for non-members
Beginning May 1, 2019: $350 for members / $375 for non-members
Need-based full and partial scholarships available
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