Personal Flags
Port Discovery Children's Museum 35 Market Place, Baltimore, MD, United StatesCelebrate your personal story with a flag that represents you! What shapes, colors and symbols show your personality and story?
Celebrate your personal story with a flag that represents you! What shapes, colors and symbols show your personality and story?
Stop by a table featuring special guests from Regal Clothes, a Baltimore based fashion brand that uses vibrant Ankara tribal fabrics of West Africa. Regal Clothes will conduct a head-wrap workshop, along with Ankara tribal print clothes, accessories, and waist beads for purchase.
Our special guest Sabrina Thompson, founder of GIRL IN SPACE CLUB and NASA rocket scientist, will lead a workshop into the intersection of science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics (STEAM). In this immersive experience, participants will design their own stylish astronaut kicks, blending the worlds of fashion and space exploration. This workshop will be limited... Read more »
A short story time that will feature museum staff reading a variety of children's books. This weekend will feature books about the experiences of Black children, families, and culture.
Alex and Olmsted's Jim Henson Foundation Grant awarded Milo the Magnificent is a highly engaging puppet show about an aspiring magician. This wordless comedy, inspired by turn of the century vaudeville entertainers, is as highly physical as it is charming. Using stunningly innovative puppetry, Milo presents a variety of magic tricks which don’t always go... Read more »
Experience virtual scuba diving led by the scholars and instructors from the non-profit organization, Black Girls Dive Foundation, Inc. They will run a few 20-minute sessions at a time where participants can explore STEM concepts and learn more about marine-science based careers.
Stop by a table featuring special guests from AFROTHREADS®, an African Textile Design Studio with operations in Accra, Ghana and Baltimore, Maryland. Get a feel for wax printed and woven African fabrics. Learn history, the traditional practices used to create these cultural heirlooms, and about Adinkra symbols.
Stop by a table featuring special guests from Drama MaMa Bookshop, a stationary manufacturing company offering a wide variety of notebooks and journals available for purchasing.
Stop by a table featuring our special guest from When Children Write, a publishing company that helps children write books and will offer a variety of children's books for sale.
Listen, sing along, and participate in play-based activities involving music. Movement, instrument playing, and social-emotional learning combine as we also explore songs from influential Black musical genres and artists.
Our special guest Sabrina Thompson, founder of GIRL IN SPACE CLUB and NASA rocket scientist, will lead a workshop into the intersection of science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics (STEAM). In this immersive experience, participants will design their own stylish astronaut kicks, blending the worlds of fashion and space exploration. This workshop will be limited... Read more »
A short story time that will feature museum staff reading a variety of children's books. This weekend will feature books about the experiences of Black children, families, and culture.