- Thru Sep 12, Crime Lab Detectives: Reading Public Museum, 500 Museum Rd, Reading. 610.371.5850. Interactive exhibit lets visitors combine key evidence and clues with hands-on activities to become crime lab detectives. Admission
- Thru Jan 3, Animals on the Loose! - A Mercer Menagerie: Mercer Museum, 84 S. Pine St, Doylestown. 215.345.0210. Join Henry Mercer's favorite dog, Rollo, on a hands-on adventure in search of escaped animal artifacts from the museum's collection. Admission
- Thru May 14, Safari Overnight: Academy of Natural Science, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia. 215.299.1000. Experience the Academy after dark through hands-on activities, live animals and fun filled presentations - and then sleep with the dinosaurs and dioramas. Reservations required. Admission
- Oct 10-Mar 13, Exploring the Deep - The History of Diving: Reading Public Museum, 500 Museum Rd, Reading. 610.371.5850. Exhibit features both historic and contemporary diving equipment and hands-on components displayed in life-size simulated diving scenes. Admission
- Oct 2-3, Just For Families - Waking Up In the 17th Century: Pennsbury Manor, 400 Pennsbury Manor, Morrisville. 215.946.0400. Families will be dressed in period clothing and will perform the routine work of the estate using only the tools and technology of the era. Reservations required. Admission
- Oct 24, Delaware River Food Traditions: Elkins Gallery, Mercer Museum, 84 S. Pine St, Doylestown. 215.345.0210. Learn the history of hunting, cooking and eating game and other delicacies along the Delaware River beginning with the Lenape Indians. Admission
- Oct 29, Thrill of the Night Walk: Mill Grove Audubon Center, 1201 Pawlings Rd, Audubon. 610.666.5593. A special hike to explore nature at night is designed for education and fun. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Admission
- Oct 30, 18th Century Chocolate Workshop: Pottsgrove Manor, 100 W. King St, Pottstown. 610.326.4014. Experience how chocolate is really made from the very beginning of the process with cocoa beans and finish with your own homemade piece. Reservations required. Admission
- Nov 21, Schuylkill Canal Fossil Find & Locktender's Open House: Schuylkill Canal Recreation Area, Lock 60, 400 Towpath Rd, Mont Clare. 610.917.0021. Take a hike along the ravine trails at Lock 60, looking underfoot for fossil and dinosaur tracks. Free.
Calendar of Events
Page 2 - On-going Events
Page 3 - Thrilling Adventures
Page 4 - Interacting with All of Nature and Fall Foliage
Page 5 - Politics and Some Good Old Fashion Kicks