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Camps for Ages 6-8

Engage your kids in science and engineering summer camps at The Works Museum! Featuring new camps each season, as well as favorites like LEGO Robotics, Code Camp, architecture, and more. Summer camp season at The Works Museum is alive with enthusiasm and creative engineering.

6-year-olds must have completed kindergarten.

Register for camp by clicking on the date of the camp you would like your child to attend.

Download the Summer 2026 Camp guide

Important Camp Details:
Camp and Cancellation Policies
Scholarship Application Form
Printable Registration Form

Registration Information for 2026 Summer Camps

Summer camp registration begins In January

January 19: Innovators Club* registration begins.
January 21: The Works Museum Member registration begins.
January 26: Public registration begins.

*The Works Museum is committed to improving gender equity and representation in STEM. Our programs for girls are inclusive and welcoming to gender expansive students (cisgender and transgender girls, non-binary or gender non-conforming students, and any other girl-identifying youth).

$235, $211.50 members
Try your hand at different engineering jobs. Each day will focus on a different field of engineering. Wire a flashlight (electrical), construct a propeller car (mechanical), design a bridge (structural), and much more!
M-Th, July 20-23, 1-4 p.m.
M-Th, August 3-6 , 1-4 p.m. | @MCM
$235, $211.50 members
Treasure lies at the end of your map, but first you need to engineer ways to get past roaring rapids, waterfalls, tall cliffs, and hidden traps. Team up with fellow adventurers to design solutions to any problems you encounter on your quest.
M-Th, June 22-25, 1-4 p.m.
M-Th, July 13-16, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. | @MCM
M-Th, August 3-6, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
$235, $211.50 members
Learn how animators blend art and engineering to bring stories to life. Work together to produce your own stop motion animation video.
M-Th, July 6-9, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
M-Th, July 20-23, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
M-Th, August 3-6, 1-4 p.m.
$235, $211.50 members
Build and test simple rockets to learn the basics of flight and propulsion. Discover what it takes to live in space. Participate in a simulated space mission and construct survival items you would need.
M-Th, June 29-July 2, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
M-Th, August 10-13, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
M-Th, August 17-20, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. | @MCM
$235, $211.50 members
Investigate how nature’s coolest creatures inspire amazing engineering ideas. Create an animal-inspired moving mechanism and design goggles that help you see like a different species. Experiment with materials that mimic natural phenomena, from clinging seeds to water-repelling feathers.
M-Th, July 20-23, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
$235, $211.50 members
Design, build, and test different kinds of vehicles and structures to see how they handle a collision. Experiment with crash-proof packaging, then test it out on water balloons.
M-Th, June 22-25, 1-4 p.m.
M-Th, July 27-30, 1-4 p.m.
M-Th, August 17-20, 1-4 p.m. | @MCM
$260, $234 members
Learn carpentry skills like sawing and hammering to build your own tabletop arcade game. Choose a theme, then add features like a launcher and tricky obstacles.
M-Th, July 27-30, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
$235, $211.50 members
Practice your woodworking skills to build a hedgehog friend using a hammer and nails. Learn about sawing, sanding, and drilling, then create wooden creatures with wiggly arms and legs.
M-Th, June 15-18, 1-4 p.m.
M-Th, July 13-16, 1-4 p.m. | @MCM
$235, $211.50 members
Discover how your imaginative solutions can help animals thrive. Create adaptive equipment for animals with injuries or disabilities, invent a way to rescue a pet from a tree, and more.
*No live animals are attending this camp.
M-Th, June 29-July 2, 1-4 p.m.
M-Th, July 20-23, 9 a.m.-12 p.m | @MCM
$235, $211.50 members
Investigate how things move through air as you construct hovercrafts, mini-catapults, flying saucers, and rockets.
M-Th, June 22-25, 1-4 p.m. | @MCM
M-Th, August 3-6, 1-4 p.m.
M-Th, August 24-27, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.

$235, $211.50 members
Explore robotics concepts through games, wiring, and building. Program roving bots to navigate a custom-built maze. Design and wire your own bot to bring home.
M-Th, June 15-18, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
M-Th, June 29-July 2, 1-4 p.m.
M-Th, July 20-23, 1-4 p.m.
M-Th, July 27-30, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
M-Th, August 10-13, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
M-Th, August 24-27, 1-4 p.m. | @MCM
$235, $211.50 members
Make a cross-section of a skyscraper, working with scale and model-making ideas. Solve design challenges for strong construction and add an elevator.
M-Th, July 6-9, 1-4 p.m.
M-Th, August 10-13, 1-4 p.m.
M-Th, August 24-27, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
$235, $211.50 members
Build elevators, wind-up cars, and catapults with specialty LEGO pieces. Explore with gears, pulleys, and other moving parts. Use LEGO pieces to make a one-of-a-kind block print.
M-Th, June 29-July 2, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
M-Th, July 13-16, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
M-Th, July 20-23, 1-4 p.m. | @MCM
M-Th, July 27-30, 1-4 p.m.
M-Th, August 3-6, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
M-Th, August 17-20, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
M-Th, August 24-27, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. | @MCM
M-Th, August 31-Sept 3, 1-4 p.m.
$235, $211.50 members
Same great LEGO Engineering camp, in a section for girls. Build elevators, wind-up cars, and catapults with specialty LEGO pieces. Explore with gears, pulleys and other moving parts. Use LEGO pieces to make a one-of-a-kind block print.
M-Th, June 15-18, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
$235, $211.50 members
Learn how to build sturdy structures. Design and build your own mini golf hole and club. Put your design together with the designs of other campers to create a mini golf course and play a round.
M-Th, July 13-16, 1-4 p.m.
M-Th, August 3-6, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. | @MCM
M-Th, Aug. 31- Sept. 3, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
$260, $234 members
Work in pairs to build little robots using special LEGO WeDo 2.0 pieces.
Program your creations using iPads and coding software.
M-Th, June 15-18, 1-4 p.m.
M-Th, June 22-25, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
M-Th, July 13-16, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
$260, $234 members
Same great Robocoding camp, in a section for girls. Work in pairs to build little robots using special LEGO WeDo 2.0 pieces. Program your creations using iPads and coding software.
M-Th, August 17-20, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
$235, $211.50 members
Use your imagination to design elements of your own Sci Fi planet like fantastical landscapes, creatures and their homes, and more. Make your world even more unique by customizing your designs with motors and LED lights.
M-Th, June 22-25, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. | @MCM
M-Th, August 17-20, 1-4 p.m.
$235, $211.50 members
Explore the different ways that we harness the power of water. Design a boat to transport goods, create pipelines to get water from one place to another, convert energy with a water wheel, and more.
M-Th, June 22-25, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
M-Th, August 10-13, 1-4 p.m.
M-Th, August 24-27, 1-4 p.m. | Camp Full - Sign up for waitlist

Tips for camp registration:

Want a 5-day experience for your camper? Add on a One Day Camp to the regular camp week.
Want to try a 1-day experience? Register just for One Day Camps or look at our July 4th week camps.
The session you wanted is full? Get on the wait list to be notified if we’re able to add extra sessions.
Want a full-day experience? Register for an a.m. and p.m. camp. We supervise campers while they enjoy lunch from home and play between camps. There is no need to register for lunch supervision for children combining an a.m. and a p.m. camp.
Drop-off begins at 8:30 for a.m. camps and at 12:30 for p.m. camps.
Pick-up is from 12-12:15 for a.m. camps and 4-4:15 for p.m. camps.
By registering for camp you attest that you have read and agree to the camp and cancellation policies of The Works Museum.

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