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From Sunday, December 8th, at weekend of December 14th-15th and from December 21, 2019, to January 6th, 2020, the 2019 Winter Holidays workshops will take place at 10:00 am, 12:00 pm, 03:00 pm and 05:00 pm. The Explora workshops provide little visitors with a unique experience: a magic connection among experimenting, science, technology, arts, and a lot of creativity.

For all children aged 3 to 5 years:  

• Christmas with character – from Sunday, December 8th, at weekend of December 14th-15th and from December 21, 2019
  Make a Christmas envelope with the face of Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer on it and discover the secrets of movable type letterpress printing, using inks and proof presses and experimenting with shapes and abstract compositions;
• Play hide-and-seek with the Befana – from January 2nd to 6th, 2020
  Challenge your creativity and build a nice theme game using fabric, cardboard and wood sticks. 
   

For all children aged 6 to 11 years:

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Find out how to become a performer during the 2019 Winter Holidays

When: From Sunday, December 8th, at weekend of December 14th-15th and from December 21, 2019, to January 6th, 2020. 
The Museum is closed on December 23rd, 25th and January 1st. December 24th and 31st the last visit is at 3:00 pm) Check out our calendar.
Age Group: 3-11 years
How to attend: tickets include access to workshops and are limited, to be booked in the Museum within the first 30 minutes after visit starts.

At weekends of 8th-9th, 15th-16th and from December 22nd to January 6th, the 2018 Christmas workshops will take place at 10:00 am, 12:00 pm, 03:00 pm and 05:00 pm. Explora workshops provide little visitors with a unique experience: a magical connection with experimentation, science, technology, DIY, and a lot of creativity.

For all children aged 3 to 5 years:

• The Colours of Christmas – 8th-9th, 15th-16th and from December 22nd, 2018
  Red, green, gold, silver: create an amazing Christmas decoration with the unique painting technique of Spin Art.
• Going for a stroll with the Befana – from January 2nd to 6th, 2019
  Find out together with the nicest old lady of these holiday days how to play many adventures in a magical animated story.

For all children aged 6 to 11 years:

When: weekends of 8th-9th, 15th-16th and from December 22nd to January 6th, 2019 at 10:00 am, 12:00 pm, 03:00 pm, 05:00 pm
Closed on December 24th, 25th, 31st, 2018, and January 1st, 2019. Check out our calendar.

How to attend: Workshop is included in the Museum ticket price, number of participants is limited, duration is approx. 25 minutes. In order to attend the workshops offered in the pavilion, you can book your ticket within 30 minutes prior to your entry time.

Add Officina in Cucina, Cooking Lab, to your visit to the Museum and become a real chef!
On schedule during the Christmas holidays Recipes from the garden – Spinach balls: the would-be chefs will have the task of blanching and rolling spinach into small balls. Wear aprons and make a scientific experiment, by observing a newly extracted chlorophyll through a real microscope.

Recipes from the garden, a rich calendar of not-to-be-missed events with recipes to celebrate the educational vegetable gardens now set up at Explora, created through the GARDENStoGROW, Urban Horticulture for Innovative and Inclusive Early Childhood Education, a project co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union.

Workshop lasts 50 minutes
Age: 3-5 years, at 10:45 am and 6-11 years, at 03:45 pm.  
When: Saturdays, Sundays and holidays (December 26th).
Ticket price workshop € 10.00. Entry ticket to the exhibit pavilion is € 6.00 only if visits take place on the same day.

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Find out how to become a key player in the 2018 Christmas holidays

From December 23rd to January 7th, Explora will give children and families visiting the Museum the chance to rediscover the magic of Christmas through a host of activities and events. Christmas holidays are a good moment for children to get together at Explora to play, discover, and explore.

Workshops for younger children will be a magical combination of experimentation, technology, DIY, science and plenty of creativity.

From December 23rd to December 31st (except for December 25th, as the Museum will be closed):

From January 2nd to 7th (except for January 1st, as the Museum will be closed):

When: from December 23rd to January 7th, 2018 at 10:00 am, 12:00 pm, 03:00 pm, 05:00 pm.
Closed on December 25th and January 1st. On December 24th and 31st, the last visit is at 3:00 pm.
How to attend: Activity is included in the Museum ticket price, number of participants is limited.
To be booked at the museum within 30 minutes after visit starts. Book your admission ticket to the Museum

The visit at Explora will also be sweetened with Officina in cucina–Cooking Lab Starry Little Chefs, the sparkling recipe of the star-shaped biscuits filling the kitchen with the sweet smells of Christmas: mix corn and white flours, pour cane sugar, add extra-virgin oil, eggs and baking powder, and sprinkle passion and plenty of fun on top of it! Once out of the oven, the yummy little stars are ready! Taste them with your beloved ones.

When: Saturdays and Sundays in December and January
Entry times: 03:45 pm (December 24th and 31st at 10:45 am)
Age: 5 years and up
Ticket price: €10.00 for the Cooking Lab.
Entry ticket to the exhibit pavilion is € 6.00 only if visits take place on the same day.
How to attend: Access to workshop is limited; tickets can be bought directly online or booked by calling 06 3613776, tickets must be collected at least 30 minutes before the workshop starts.

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Let’s celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Erasmus Programme with an admission-free night event dedicated to families

ERASMUS NIGHT@EXPLORA will be a special night event! On December 15^th, Explora will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Erasmus Programme with an admission-free night event dedicated to the families of former Erasmus students as well as to families who wants to get to know better this EU Programme that focuses on growing professional skills and social abilities.

With this night event, promoted by the Representation of the European Commission in Italy, we would like you to relive the Erasmus experience with other former students, who are now parents, or to get familiar with the Erasmus Programme, together with your children.

The event will offer many opportunities for sharing and exchanging expertise and experience both to adults and children aged between 3 to 11 years.

During the night event the following activities and workshops will take place: 

Come and celebrate at Explora and wish ERASMUS a Happy Birthday!

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Thanks to Representation of the European Commission in Italy

Information
When: December 15th, 2017, at 07:30-09:30 pm
Age: 3-11 years + parents.
How to attend: Please, select the pushbutton that applies.

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WARNING:
Activities taking place in the Museum are no longer available, as they have been fully booked.
Booking is not required for activities taking place in the Museum’s outdoor area.

On the International Children’s Rights Day established by the UN, Nickelodeon and NickJr, the two Viacom International Media Networks Italia channels, will set up a big free event at Explora il Museo dei Bambini di Roma.
Blaze and the Monster Machines and Paw Patrol will await you at Explora in one of the four timed visits at 10:00 am, 12:00 pm, 03:00 pm, 05:00 pm and in the Museum’s outdoor areas from 10:00 am to 07:00 pm.
Explora will host many activities and workshops that help children sharpen their wits through exciting challenges and engaging experiences and entertain smaller children with colours and creative ideas.

On this special day NickJr will provide free admission to Explora. You just need to book online on the website https://www.mdbr.it/ as of November 13th, 2017.

Booking is required for activities for the 3-5 age group taking place in the Museum

Outdoor play area: OUTDOOR HALL (free admission) 

Chase and Marshall will also be there to greet children!

PAW PATROL
No matter what the problem is, Paw Patrol is here! For our heroes, no mission is too big and no puppy is too small to carry it out. Each puppy has a special ability and their mission’s success is determined by teamwork and the ability to appreciate everyone’s contribution. The series is on air every day on Nick Jr, Sky 603-604.

BLAZE AND THE MONSTER MACHINES
It’s the preschool property of NickJr that ranked first in 2015 in the US NPD chart as Best New Preschool Property, the animated series is on air every day on Nick Jr, Sky 603-604. Blaze and the Monster Machines is a cartoon designed to stimulate children’s curiosity on technological mechanisms and how they work. Blaze, Monster Truck and AJ, its brave young driver, encourage the children’s audience to be involved in the logical reasoning underlying every project.

Thanks to NickJr, a TV channel on air on Sky 603-604

Age: 3-11 years
When: Sunday November 19^th, 2017, from 10:00 am to 07: 00 pm
How to attend: Online booking from the Explora website is required to be admitted to Explora free of charge.  Book now

Booking is required for admission to the museum only. Workshops Leave the Paw Patrol Print and Fast as Blaze can be booked (tickets are limited) within the first 30 minutes after visit starts at the information desk in the museum. Activities in the outdoor areas are free, no booking is required

PHOTOS AND VIDEO RECORDINGS WILL BE TAKEN DURING THE EVENT. IF YOU ARE NOT HAPPY WITH IT, PLEASE INFORM THE EXPLORA STAFF.

At Explora, Saturday November 18th, 2017, a free-admission day set up in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, CNR (Italian Research Council) and CIN (CNR Immunology Network) to celebrate the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on November 20th, 1989.
The Convention sets forth the right to health in article 24: a whole day at the Children’s Museum will be devoted to families who, through workshops and meetings with scientists, doctors and researchers, can become familiar with vaccine-related topics, specifically with an insight into micro-organisms.

The goal of the day is to protect the children’s right to health through an exchange with Scientists, Researchers and Doctors. Only a steady and open communication can ensure that medicine and science be a support for parents who bear the responsibility for protecting their children’s health.

Activities are for all different age groups and take place in all the Museum’s areas.

Workshops to be booked take place in the exhibit pavilion: 

Free-admission activities taking place in the Museum indoor hall area:

Activities taking place in the bookshop:

During the whole day parents and children can talk to and ask vaccine-related questions to doctors and researchers.

Thanks to: Ministry of Health, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, CNR

Age: 3-11 years
When: November 18th, 2017, from 10:00 am to 07:00 pm.

How to attend: Online booking from the Explora website is required to be admitted to Explora free of charge.

Collect your tickets at the ticket office up to 15 minutes prior to your entry time. Your booking will lapse when the visit begins.
Activities taking place in the Museum: Booking is required for admission to the museum only, as of November 13th.
Access to activities is limited and booking is required at the museum within the first 30 minutes after visit starts.
Free activities taking place in the outdoor areas: No booking is required.
Readings at the bookshop: For booking, call number +39 063613776.

After last year’s success, “Artisan for a Day” is coming back to Rome, an initiative by Autostrade per l’Italia for children and their parents to rediscover the importance of manual skills and old trades.

Explora will open its doors to small artisans from Saturday October 28th to 29th, a full weekend dedicated to families followed by more weekends in November: November 4th-5th and 11th-12th. Children together with their parents will turn into woodworkers, bookbinders and basket weavers for a day.

Led by expert artisans, more than 1500 children, aged 6 to 12 years, will take on old trades and tinker their way to new creations. The workshops will teach them how to use tools and materials, help them to discover the tricks of old trades and learn traditional techniques while watching artisans making their handcrafted pieces.

The workshops, for children aged 6 to 12 years, will take place during the visit to the museum and on dedicated weekends.

Come to Explora and have a nice journey with “Autostrade per l’Italia” into trades and traditions, using technique and creativity.

 Thanks to Autostrade per l’Italia

Age: 6-12 years
When: October 28th-29th, November 4th-5th and 11th-12th, at 10:00 am,12:00 pm, 3:00 pm and 5:00 pm.
Booking: required to be admitted to the museum.
Duration: 40 minutes.
Information: ticket price includes admission to workshop. Booking is required for admission to the museum only, and should be made online on the website. Booking and purchase

Workshops can be booked (tickets are limited) within the first 30 minutes after visit starts at the information desk in the museum pavilion.

The first weekend will be dedicated to the trade of the “woodworker”, with Leo Pallotta. A workshop to experiment and create a toy to be customised with plenty of pieces available. Woodworking, in fact, offers many interpretative options to give free way to creativity and inspiration. Leo Matteo P.Pallotta was born in London in 1972. He specialises in design and exhibit installation, and designs and builds educational museum exhibits. He works wood, metal, and resins and is able to shape materials into objects for everyday use, which are also suitable to young children. His philosophy is to bring about the pleasure to create with your own hands; a real mission for him, who follows up the whole process, from concept to final product. The father of two, Zoe and Elia, he first experiments his creations with his small critics and then turn the whole thing into a great project of passion and commitment. Website www.xlarts.it

The second weekend will be dedicated to the trade of the “bookbinder”. Two days with Alberto Cecchetti and his staff of Rome’s historical workshop La Legatoria, to learn about the artistic skills of this old trade, made with care and passion. In the heart of Rome, at a stone’s throw from Piazza della Repubblica, wedged between the lively Rione Monti and the stern Ministry of the Interior and the Teatro dell’Opera, Paola e Alberto have been making anything out of paper, cardboard, canvas, plastic and glue for years. Making a book out of a digital or paper media or restoring a damaged book are their main strengths. Old and new tools blend tradition with modern technology. Website La Legatoria

The third weekend will be spent with basket makers Andreina e David Lisei, to learn about basket weaving and find out how manual skills combine with a knowledgeable use of traditional tools. Andreaina and David developed the art of weaving in Montecchio, a village near Terni, out of their passion to rediscover Nature and its gifts and weave all the natural colours of the land. New tools and old passions to make products and preserve the environment as well as traditions.   website Arte dell’intreccio

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