February School Vacation Week @ the USS Constitution Museum
Saturday, Feb. 18-Sunday, Feb. 26 10am-5pm
USS Constitution Museum, Charlestown Navy Yard, Bldg 22, Charlestown 02129
617-426-1812
Free (Donations requested)
The USS Constitution Museum presents “A Model of a Good Time”, a February School Vacation Week program offering a variety of activities for the family. Hands on workshops include caulking, or waterproofing, a ship, quill pen demonstrations, scavenger hunts and the 33rd Annual Ship Model Show, which will be set up in the theater.
February School Vacation Week @ the Old State House
Monday, February 20- Friday, February 24 10am-4pm
Old State House, 206 Washington St.,Boston 02109
617-720-3290
Free w/ Museum Admission
The Old State House presents a week long program of historically themed activities for kids during February School Vacation Week. Visitors can drop in at any time between 10am and 4pm to participate in the ongoing workshops, whose daily themes are as follows:
Monday, February 20: Make Your Own Coat of Arms
Tuesday, February 21: Tavern Games
Wednesday, February 22: 18th Century Portraits
Thursday, February 23: A Sailor’s Life
Friday, February 24: Colonial Broadsides
February School Vacation Week @ Old South Meeting House
Monday, February 20- Wednesday, February 22 10am-Noon
Old South Meeting House, 310 Washington St., Boston 02106
617-482-6439
All Ages
$6/Adults, $1/Kids 6-18, Free/Under Age 6
The Old South Meeting House presents a February School Vacation Week program revolving around Benjamin Franklin and his many accomplishments. Each day will focus on a different aspect of Franklin, and will consist of a historical lesson and related hands on activities. Daily programs are as follows:
Monday, February 20- Ben Franklin, Scientist
Tuesday, February 21- Ben Franklin, Printer
Wednesday, February 22- Ben Franklin in Boston
February School Vacation Week @ MIT Museum
Monday, February 20- Friday, February 24 10am-5pm
MIT Museum, 265 Massachusetts Ave., BLDG N52, Cambridge, 02139
617-253-5927
Free w/ Museum Admission
The MIT Museum presents an ongoing program from 10am to 5pm during February School Vacation Week where kids can participate in hands-on engineering challenges and witness demonstrations by MIT students, local companies, and more.
February School Vacation Week @ MFA
Monday, February 20-Friday, February 24 10am-4pm
Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington, Boston
617-267-9300
Free
The Museum of Fine Arts presents an extensive program of activities for February School Vacation Week. All activities will fall under the theme of “Beasts and Beauties”. To see the schedule of events, click here.
PreZOOdential Election Week @ the Zoo
Monday, February 20- Saturday, February 25 11am-3pm
Franklin Park Zoo, 1 Franklin Park, Dorchester
617-541-5466
Free w/ Zoo Admission
The Franklin Park Zoo presents an animal election for President of the zoo, in honor of President’s Day and the 2012 Presidential Election. Zoo election activities will take throughout the February School Vacation Week, and visitors will get to learn about each candidate and vote for their favorite. The festivities will end with a presidential inauguration party at the Tropical Forest on February 25 from 11am-3pm following the announcement of the winner. Meet the animal candidates
February Vacation Week @ ICA
Tuesday, February 21-Thursday, February 23 11am-3pm
Institute of Contemporary Art, 100 Northern Ave., Boston, 02210
617-478-3100
Free w/ Gallery Admission
The Institute of Contemporary Art presents Color Sleuths, a February School Vacation Week program where families will have the chance to view, discuss and experiment with using color in art, based on a current exhibition in the museum.
Trickster Tales Puppet Show
Tuesday, February 21- Thursday, February 23 10:30am & 1pm
Puppet Showplace Theater, 32 Station St., Brookline
617-731-6400
Ages 3 and Up
$10
Puppet Showplace Theater presents Trickster Tales, a performance for February School Vacation Week featuring puppets and original music on a colorful 12-foot stage. Get Tickets
February School Vacation Week @ Mary Baker Eddy Library
Tuesday, February 21- Friday, Feb. 24 10am
Mary Baker Eddy Library, 200 Massachusetts Ave., Boston 02115 617-450-7000 All Ages Free The Mary Baker Eddy Library presents a program of map related activities during the February School Vacation Week. Kids will learn to make and read maps, explore the history of map making, and hear about Mary Baker Eddy’s life and travels. Families can also visit the Mapparium to watch showings of “The Big Blue Earth” presentation.
African Dance and Drumming
Wednesday, February 22 10:30am-11:30am
JFK Library & Museum, Columbia Point, Boston 02125
617-514-1644
Ages 5+
Free w/ registration
The John F. Kennedy Library and Museum presents a morning of African Dance and drumming with Djembe dell’Arte and Troupe Komee Djosee from Mali, West Africa, featuring masks, costumes and a drum circle. This Celebrate! Event is free and open to the public, but prior registration is required.
Boston Neighborhood Lecture: South End
Thursday, February 23 @ 12:15pm
Old South Meeting House, 310 Washington St., Boston, 02108
617-482-6439
All Ages
$6 (free for members)
The Old South Meeting House presents Hope Shannon, Director of the South End Historical Society, who will present an informative lecture on the South End neighborhood of Boston, with stories about its establishment in the 1800s and the challenges the members of the community have overcome since then, in order to save the neighborhood from neglect and land the South End on the National Register of Historic Places as the largest Victorian brick row house district in the US (1972).
Children’s Winter Festival
Thursday, February 23 10am-2pm
Franklin Park Clubhouse, 1 Franklin Park Road, Dorchester, 02121
617-635-4505 x3051
All Ages
Free
Franklin Park Coalition presents a Children’s Winter Festival, featuring a family movie, puppet show, face painting, sledding and snowshoeing, and more indoor and outdoor activities.
Everybody Loves Pirates Puppet Show
Friday, February 24- Sunday, February 26 10:30am, 1pm, & 3pm
Puppet Showplace Theater, 32 Station St., Brookline
617-731-6400
Ages 4 and Up
$10
Puppet Showplace Theater presents Everybody Loves Pirates, a puppet show by Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers, as part of the February School Vacation Week program.
“Portraits of Purpose” Family Workshop
Saturday, February 25 @ 1pm
Museum of African American History, 46 Joy Street, Beacon Hill, Boston
617-725-0022 x222
Free w/ Museum Admission
The “Portraits of Purpose” family workshop will give kids and their parents a chance to create their own portraits, find out what type of leader they are or will be, and meet community leaders featured in the Portrait of Purpose exhibit by Don West.
Family Play Date: Color Me Contemporary
Saturday, February 25 10am-4pm
Institute of Contemporary Art, 100 Northern Ave., Boston 02210
617-478-3100
Ages 6-12
Free
This play date will take families into the galleries of the Institute of Contemporary Art, where they will explore the use of color in artwork, and will follow with hands on art-making activities to apply what has been learned.
Billy Kelly and the Blah Blah Blahs
Sunday, February 26 @ 10:30am
Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard St., Brookline 02446
617-734-2500
Ages 3+
$9.75/Adults, $7.75/Kids
Billy Kelly and the Blah Blah Blahs will be at the Coolidge Corner Theatre to perform a live concert, as part of the Kids’ Shows program series. Billy Kelly is known for his children’s music albums, Thank You for Joining the Happy Club and Is This Some Kind of Joke? He recently released his latest CD, The Family Garden, in April. More Info and Tickets
Frozen Fun @ Chestnut Hill Reservation
Sunday, February 26 2pm-4pm
Reilly Memorial Skating Rink, 355 Chestnut Hill Ave, Brighton 02135
617-333-7404 x101
All Ages
Free
The DCR Park Rangers are offering an afternoon of free frozen family fun at the Chestnut Hill Reservation. Activities include a guided winter hike (2:30pm-3:15pm), free public ice skating (2pm-3:50pm) and DCR Park Discover (2pm-4pm).