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Hagley Creek Kids Family Programs Feature
Hands-on History, by Kids, for Kids
Wilmington, Delaware – May
through August 2013 – Hagley Museum and
Library’s youth leadership program, Creek
Kids, returns to Hagley this summer for six dates of family programming. Join these high school students for afternoons
filled with fun like exploring river wildlife in leaf packs, fishing in the
Brandywine, and launching bottle rockets! Summer programs include A Day in the Life on May 18, The Natural
World on June 15, Black Powder on July 16 and July 20, and Innovation and Power
on August 13 and 17. Activities are 1 to 4 p.m., and are included in
regular admission. Members are free.
Hagley
Creek Kids Youth Leadership program offer hands-on activities that explore
history, science, technology, and innovation.
In A Day in the Life (May 18),
families can imagine themselves living in the nineteenth century and try doing
chores and playing games. Get down and dirty with Hagley’s natural resources
during The Natural World on June 15. Families can fish in the Brandywine and
learn about river ecology. Black Powder on July 16 and 20 will focus on the
science behind black powder. A cannon
will be fired, and kids can explore a military camp. The heat of August brings
Innovation and Power on August 13 and 17. Kids can shoot bottle rockets and
learn about innovation in the Hagley Powder Yards.
Creek
Kids is sponsored, in part, by PBF Energy/Delaware City Refinery Company,
Mercer Health & Benefits Company, and Nordstrom, Inc.
About Hagley Creek Kids Program
Hagley Creek Kids program
started in 2001 as a youth volunteer program and was developed into today’s
youth leadership and development program in 2007. Currently, there are twenty two
high school students, six mentors, and one intern in the program. Students work
approximately ninety hours to plan, develop, and implement six public programs.
About Hagley Museum and Library
The museum is located on Route 141 in Wilmington,
Delaware. Admission to the entire
235-acre museum is $14 for adults, $10 for students and senior citizens, $5 for
children six to fourteen, and free for members and children five and under.
At
Hagley, we invite people of all ages to investigate and experience the
unfolding history of American business, technology, and innovation, and its
impact on the world, from our home at the historic DuPont powder yards on the
banks of the Brandywine.
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