Summer Camp
June 16 @ 9:00 am – June 20 @ 4:00 pm
Join the Summer Camp Fun!
(AGES 5 – 9)
Choose from four themed weeks of Fun! In each week of our Summer Explorers camp campers will play, create, and discover! Create incredible artworks during Art Explorers camp. Test hypotheses and make discoveries as a Science Explorer. Dream big during Imagination Explorers camp, and get dirty in the great outdoors during Nature Explorers camp! Each week of camp is full of daily private playtimes (inside and out), community guests, games, science experiments, art projects, and more!
Week 1 (June 9th–13th) – Art Explorers
Sharpen your pencils and ready your paint brushes for a week of art exploration! Try your hand with new mediums and materials to create one of a kind artworks. Blow us away with your creations as you sculpt, paint, and draw your way through the week, then celebrate with an end of week art exhibit in our classroom space.
Week 2 (June 16th–June 20th) – Science Explorers
Put your hypotheses to the test for a week in the lab! Explore daily experiments to discover the marvels of the world around us. Bottle tornadoes, filter water, and learn how science is a part of our everyday lives! Join guest teachers from STEM Santa Fe for a hands-on STEAM workshop.
Week 3 (July 14th–July 18th) -Imagination Explorers
Dream big in this imagination-fueled week! Bring your wildest ideas to life as you tackle STEAM challenges inspired by your favorite stories and fables: build a house that can’t be blown down, perfect potions, design a fairy village, and make a masquerade mask. Enjoy a favorite story on the big screen with a movie screening at CCA.
Week 4 (July 21st–25th) – Nature Explorers
Dig in and get dirty for a week in the great outdoors! Explore nature right in our Backyard. Discover our pollinator garden and learn to identify native plants and animals. Make nature inspired art and get ready to come face to face with animal ambassadors from the New Mexico Wildlife Center.
Schedule
Monday through Friday: 9 am – 4 pm
Drop-off: 8:45 am – 9 am
Pick-up: 3:45 pm – 4 pm
Pricing
$395 per child/per week
Registration
Museum Members will receive a Discount
(Discount code will be sent through our Member newsletter to those with active memberships
as of March 31st, 2025)
Public Launch of Registration (through our newsletter and website on April 1st, 2025)
Waiting List
Is the week you want full?
Summer Camp Operations Guide
All parents must review and bring the acknowledgement form (last page) of the Operations Guide to the first day of their camp week.
Camp Scholarships
If the cost of camp is prohibitive, limited scholarships are available.
DEADLINE TO APPLY: Sunday, April 27th (11:59 pm)
Award notices will be sent by: Friday, May 2nd
Scholarship acceptance needed by: Friday, May 9th
Materials & Personal Property
- Personal water bottles are highly encouraged – tap water will be available for refills
- No use of microwave will be permitted
- Please label all personal items, jackets, hats, lunchboxes, etc. with campers first name and last name initial.
- Children will spend time outdoors and classroom temperatures can flux, so please dress in layers and mess!
Drop-Off and Pick-Up Procedures
- Parents will drop off through the main entrance between 8:45 and 9:00 am. Parents must escort their camper into the building and sign them in each day.
- Parents will pick up Campers from our Sculpture Garden located in front of our Museum Office Entrance.
Plan for Play
Santa Fe Children’s Museum is CDC-compliant and since March 2020 has made changes to keep you, your family, and our staff safe and healthy. Some of the new operations include; encouraging staff/youth mentors/volunteers to be vaccinated, being outdoors as much as possible, adjustments to exhibit availability, upgrades to our HVAC system, and a purchase of new hospital-grade air purification system.
As of February 17, 2022, New Mexico does not require face masks in all indoor spaces. This policy applies to our guests, staff, and volunteers. However, everyone may continue to wear a mask to protect themselves and others from getting COVID-19. If you feel more comfortable with your child wearing a mask, that is ok! Masks must be provided from home.
We will continue to monitor and modify all recommendations to ensure that all visitors have a comfortable experience at the Santa Fe Children’s Museum. At the heart of all the policies of SFCM is abiding by the mission to keep all of your campers and staff are equitably healthy and safe.
We remain committed to delivering a fun and educational camp experience for all!
Non-Discrimination Policy
- The Santa Fe Children’s Museum is committed to providing equal access to all individuals, including those with disabilities, and does not discriminate based on disability or on an individual’s relationship to someone with a disability. We strive to ensure that everyone can fully enjoy the goods, services, facilities, and programs available at the museum.
- We are happy to make reasonable accommodations for individuals upon request, whether the request is made by the individual or, in the case of a child, by their parent or guardian. However, we may not be able to grant a request if it would fundamentally alter the nature of a program, such as child care, camps, before- and after-school activities, classes, or recreational programs.
- These accommodations are not limited to urgent or emergency situations. The Santa Fe Children’s Museum will assess each request individually and will consider each case based on its specific circumstances, without imposing any blanket restrictions on the types of accommodations that can be made.
Refund Policy
- All registrations canceled two weeks or more before the week of the camp start date will receive a refund minus the $100 deposit. Cancellations one week or less before the camp start date will NOT be refunded, regardless of filling the spot.
- The same cancellation policy stands for campers on scholarship, however the non-refundable deposit is reduced.
For more information:
Contact Amida McNulty, Museum Educator
programs@santafechildrensmuseum.org
