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Looking for something fun to do with the kids? Our Kids Calendar is packed with family-friendly events happening all around Portland! Please confirm event details with the host— we do our best to keep things accurate, but event details can change!

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  • Gresham City-Wide Scavenger Hunt

    Gresham City-Wide Scavenger Hunt
    (Virtual) Gresham Historical Society 410 N Main Ave, Gresham, OR, United States

    Team up with friends and family to compete in a city-wide scavenger hunt! Your team will hunt for historic sites and accomplish tasks, uncovering Gresham's past in the process. This […]

    Free

  • Forest Hope Through Innovation

    Forest Hope Through Innovation
    Discovery Museum 4033 SW Canyon Road World Forestry Center, Portland, OR, United States

    Forest Hope Through Innovation is an interdisciplinary art-forest-science exhibition at World Forestry Center’s Discovery Museum that explores how creativity, research, and community action can shape a sustainable future for the forests […]

    This offering is included with museum admission.

  • Summer Splash! Festival of Fun

    Summer Splash! Festival of Fun
    Hands On Children's Museum 414 Jefferson St. NE, Olympia, WA, United States

    Each week brings new adventures during the Summer Splash! Festival of Fun! Our event calendar is filled with exciting activities and special guests that spark creativity, curiosity, and wonder. Enjoy […]

  • Gresham City-Wide Scavenger Hunt

    Gresham City-Wide Scavenger Hunt
    (Virtual) Gresham Historical Society 410 N Main Ave, Gresham, OR, United States

    Team up with friends and family to compete in a city-wide scavenger hunt! Your team will hunt for historic sites and accomplish tasks, uncovering Gresham's past in the process. This […]

    Free

  • Forest Hope Through Innovation

    Forest Hope Through Innovation
    Discovery Museum 4033 SW Canyon Road World Forestry Center, Portland, OR, United States

    Forest Hope Through Innovation is an interdisciplinary art-forest-science exhibition at World Forestry Center’s Discovery Museum that explores how creativity, research, and community action can shape a sustainable future for the forests […]

    This offering is included with museum admission.

  • Summer Splash! Festival of Fun

    Summer Splash! Festival of Fun
    Hands On Children's Museum 414 Jefferson St. NE, Olympia, WA, United States

    Each week brings new adventures during the Summer Splash! Festival of Fun! Our event calendar is filled with exciting activities and special guests that spark creativity, curiosity, and wonder. Enjoy […]

  • Circus Performers from Shoestring Circus

    Hands On Children's Museum 414 Jefferson St. NE, Olympia, WA, United States

    Meet a Circus Performer from Shoestring Circus! Shoestring Circus is an artist-owned, traveling big-top circus based in Bellingham, Washington. It features acrobatics, aerial acts, and theater. Sponsored by the Port […]

  • Gresham City-Wide Scavenger Hunt

    Gresham City-Wide Scavenger Hunt
    (Virtual) Gresham Historical Society 410 N Main Ave, Gresham, OR, United States

    Team up with friends and family to compete in a city-wide scavenger hunt! Your team will hunt for historic sites and accomplish tasks, uncovering Gresham's past in the process. This […]

    Free

  • Soccer Shots with Mini Golf on the Go

    Hands On Children's Museum 414 Jefferson St. NE, Olympia, WA, United States

    Kick off your summer soccer experience with a hole-in-one! Mini Golf on the Go is bringing its soccer-themed portable mini golf course to HOCM for a full day of fun […]

  • Forest Hope Through Innovation

    Forest Hope Through Innovation
    Discovery Museum 4033 SW Canyon Road World Forestry Center, Portland, OR, United States

    Forest Hope Through Innovation is an interdisciplinary art-forest-science exhibition at World Forestry Center’s Discovery Museum that explores how creativity, research, and community action can shape a sustainable future for the forests […]

    This offering is included with museum admission.

  • Summer Splash! Festival of Fun

    Summer Splash! Festival of Fun
    Hands On Children's Museum 414 Jefferson St. NE, Olympia, WA, United States

    Each week brings new adventures during the Summer Splash! Festival of Fun! Our event calendar is filled with exciting activities and special guests that spark creativity, curiosity, and wonder. Enjoy […]

  • Gresham City-Wide Scavenger Hunt

    Gresham City-Wide Scavenger Hunt
    (Virtual) Gresham Historical Society 410 N Main Ave, Gresham, OR, United States

    Team up with friends and family to compete in a city-wide scavenger hunt! Your team will hunt for historic sites and accomplish tasks, uncovering Gresham's past in the process. This […]

    Free

  • Forest Hope Through Innovation

    Forest Hope Through Innovation
    Discovery Museum 4033 SW Canyon Road World Forestry Center, Portland, OR, United States

    Forest Hope Through Innovation is an interdisciplinary art-forest-science exhibition at World Forestry Center’s Discovery Museum that explores how creativity, research, and community action can shape a sustainable future for the forests […]

    This offering is included with museum admission.

  • Summer Splash! Festival of Fun

    Summer Splash! Festival of Fun
    Hands On Children's Museum 414 Jefferson St. NE, Olympia, WA, United States

    Each week brings new adventures during the Summer Splash! Festival of Fun! Our event calendar is filled with exciting activities and special guests that spark creativity, curiosity, and wonder. Enjoy […]

  • Instrument Petting Zoo with SOGO

    Instrument Petting Zoo with SOGO
    Hands On Children's Museum 414 Jefferson St. NE, Olympia, WA, United States

    Experience the Instrument Petting Zoo with SOGO (Student Orchestra of Greater Olympia). "Zookeepers" are on hand to demonstrate and help you learn how to play the instruments. Sponsored by The […]

  • Space Day

    Rice Museum of Rocks & MInerals

    Celebrate Space Day at the Museum with hands-on activities and out-of-this-world discoveries for all ages. Explore the difference between meteorites and “meteor-wrongs” and learn how to spot real space rocks. […]

  • Forest Hope Through Innovation

    Forest Hope Through Innovation
    Discovery Museum 4033 SW Canyon Road World Forestry Center, Portland, OR, United States

    Forest Hope Through Innovation is an interdisciplinary art-forest-science exhibition at World Forestry Center’s Discovery Museum that explores how creativity, research, and community action can shape a sustainable future for the forests […]

    This offering is included with museum admission.

  • Summer Splash! Festival of Fun

    Summer Splash! Festival of Fun
    Hands On Children's Museum 414 Jefferson St. NE, Olympia, WA, United States

    Each week brings new adventures during the Summer Splash! Festival of Fun! Our event calendar is filled with exciting activities and special guests that spark creativity, curiosity, and wonder. Enjoy […]

  • Miller Family Community Free Day

    Portland Art Museum 1219 SW Park Ave, Portland, OR

    Celebrate the final weeks of David Hockney with a joyful Miller Family Free Day filled with music, hands-on artmaking, and gallery activities for all ages. Families and visitors are invited to explore […]

    Free

  • Summer Splash! Festival of Fun

    Summer Splash! Festival of Fun
    Hands On Children's Museum 414 Jefferson St. NE, Olympia, WA, United States

    Each week brings new adventures during the Summer Splash! Festival of Fun! Our event calendar is filled with exciting activities and special guests that spark creativity, curiosity, and wonder. Enjoy […]

  • Forest Hope Through Innovation

    Forest Hope Through Innovation
    Discovery Museum 4033 SW Canyon Road World Forestry Center, Portland, OR, United States

    Forest Hope Through Innovation is an interdisciplinary art-forest-science exhibition at World Forestry Center’s Discovery Museum that explores how creativity, research, and community action can shape a sustainable future for the forests […]

    This offering is included with museum admission.

  • Summer Splash! Festival of Fun

    Summer Splash! Festival of Fun
    Hands On Children's Museum 414 Jefferson St. NE, Olympia, WA, United States

    Each week brings new adventures during the Summer Splash! Festival of Fun! Our event calendar is filled with exciting activities and special guests that spark creativity, curiosity, and wonder. Enjoy […]

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