Tag Archives: Children’s Exploration Series

“National Bighorn Sheep with the Riverton Museum”

The National Bighorn Sheep Center is coming down to Riverton to educate on disease prevention among sheep. We have fun, educational games prepared on the topic, and an activity where kids can pretend to perform tests on sheep. We will also be joined by the Riverton Dutch Oven Club who will be demonstrating the wide variety of dishes that can be prepared in Dutch ovens!

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Horned Owl Draper Raptor Experience

Visit the Riverton Museum for this Children's Exploration Event for fun, educational activities, and to see Teasdale the Horned Owl up close. There are fun games to play like finding the owl with its camouflage in photographs, trying to identify which feathers match the owl's, and dissect pellets while learning about their diets.

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Being a Pioneer Kid

Bailey Tire/Pit Stop Children’s Exploration Series at the Pioneer Museum is hosting a day of education and fun for children to see what it was like to be a kid in a pioneer family.

We will have a small talk on what life was like, and then make some toys that a pioneer kid would have enjoyed and play some pioneer games.

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Wind River Kites-Make Your Own Kite

In 1811, William Price Hunt wrote that the Wind River was named because “in the winter, the wind blows so constantly that it prevents the snow from lying on the ground.”  Come learn about the history of kites dating back thousands of years and then design and fly your own kite on the winds of the Wind River.  This program will combine children’s creativity with the historic recreation of kite flying. 

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