Weekend Programs

Peter Brown Family Centre Stage

Participate in the zany scientific theatrics of our dazzling live demonstrations and shows daily

11:20am, 12:20, 1:20. 2:20, 3:20, *4:19pm (*Saturday, Sunday and holidays)

Mona Lisa's Smile

Make your own cardstock smile on a stick, then compare it to the smile on the Mona Lisa in the Da Vinci - The Genius exhibition. Learn all about the anatomy and physiology of a smile.

Saturday, June 2 & Sunday, June 3
2nd Floor Atrium
11am–3pm

Build the Best City Ever

Use cardboard boxes of all sizes to help build the best city ever. Then head upstairs to Da Vinci – The Genius and learn about Leonardo's Ideal City.

Saturday, June 30 & Sunday, July 1
Dyson Innovation Lab in Eureka! Mitchell Odyssey Foundation Gallery
11am–3pm

Flight!

Join Joanne Bentley and her team feathers; learn all about birds of prey and their spectacular and speedy flying abilities.

Saturday, July 21 and Sunday, July 22
Green Roof
11am–3pm

Flight! (Part 2)

Are you a fantastic folder? Come show off your creasing skills with our paper airplane challenge! Build a plane and then put it to the test.

Saturday, July 28 & Sunday, July 29
2nd Floor Atrium
11am–3pm

Oh my, Trebuchets, cannons and catapults

Don't miss out on our action-packed weekend of flinging things. Build your own catapults out of everyday items, check out our trebuchets, and launch items off our roof into False Creek. And don't miss our centre-stage salute to cannonry!

Saturday, August 4, Sunday, August 5 & Monday, August 6
Green Roof
11am–3pm

Crack the Code

Join our staff as we reveal the secrets of mirror writing. Create some code of your own and then bring it home to stump your family and friends.

Saturday, August 18
2nd Floor Atrium
11am–3pm

The Golden Ratio

Come count with us! Learn all about the Fibonacci sequence, where you can find it in nature, and how we've incorporated it into the design of our building.

Saturday, August 25
2nd Floor Atrium
11am–3pm