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: Outdoor Adventure

Outdoor Adventure, is focused on the great outdoors with a focus on Long Island camping, hiking, fishing and paddling. Take an indoor hike and learn how to read a trail map, follow trail markers and use a field guide. Enjoy family time at the “MCPL Campground” featuring a real tent, kayaks, a simulated fire pit and more!

Upcoming Museum Corner Programs:

The Secrets of Sea Glass (T875) –  Tuesday, October 1, 2024 from 7:00pm-8:00pm – For teens entering 6th – 12th grade. Are you ready to become a sea glass sleuth? This multi-media workshop will explore the mystery and history of different types of sea glass. Participants will learn how to look beyond sea glass colors to search for distinctive clues to identify the origin of beach-found glass. Then scoop your own sea glass to bring home!

3-D Adventure Landscape: Fall 2024 (J675) – Thursday, November 7, 2024 from 5:00pm-6:00pm – For children in 3rd – 5th grade. Create your own world! Using cardboard create your own 3-D landscape. Make islands, lakes and mountains. Your imagination controls the lands! Will you create a tropical island? A desert? Mountain ranges? Castles? Join us, as we form a world of our own!

Marine Reptiles and their Land Buddies: Fall 2024 (J704) – Tuesday, September 24, 2024 from 6:30pm-7:30pm – For children in 1st – 5th grade. Discover reptiles from marine environments along with some of their terrestrial friends. Learn about what adaptations help them to survive in unique environments. Live reptiles might include: a ball python, corn snake, bearded dragon, painted turtle, or a diamondback terrapin. Take a close look at a preserved sea turtle shell and other artifacts.

Nature at Night (J711) – Tuesday, December 10, 2024 from 6:30pm-7:15pm – For children in K – 2nd grade. Let’s dim the lights and explore nighttime in Museum Corner. We’ll create an outdoor themed I -spy with a paper flashlight.

Night Hiking: Fall 2024 (J710) – Tuesday, December 10, 2024 from 7:30pm-8:15pm – For children in 3rd – 5th grade. Let’s dim the lights and explore nighttime in Museum Corner. Make and decorate your own lantern.