Our lego table, light table, and game & puzzle tables will keep young engineers engaged for hours, and our beautiful map features cool stuff to do around South Bend! This is also where you’ll find our animation studio.

Cook a delicious meal in the food truck, tinker with a working model of an engine, or design a marble run on the magnetic pipe & gear walls! Then pick veggies in the garden to sell to the market, give a baby a check up in the doctor’s office, or measure and weigh a parcel in the post office.

Our cozy camping nook is right next to a babbling brook! Scurry up the climbing wall to explore animal habitats, build a nest for baby owls, and play with bouncing light in the weather station. Or dive undersea to discover a sunken treasure chest, steer the SS Beluga, and dig for dino bones!

Lights, camera, action! Design your own costume or pick a puppet & let the magic begin! Aspiring directors can choose special effects at the light & sound booth, or use the whisper tube to communicate with the backstage crew. Create a soundtrack for your production at the music station!

The toddler area is right at the heart of our museum. Little ones can climb a mountain, meet some new neighbors, or build a railroad…while parents or caregivers keep an eye on older siblings!

Our vet’s office is a big hit with young animal lovers! Schedule an appointment in the office, give your pet an exam or a bath, and consult some x-rays and microscopic slides. This area also features rotating exhibits, including greenhouse experiments, baby chicks, and monarch butterflies!

Throw some coal in our steam locomotive and chug away on a train adventure! The back train car is our quiet space – curl up with a good book, design a felt board tableau, or take a soothing rock in the pod swing. Can you use every element in our train table challenge? All Aboard is also home to our sensory zone, water table, and a nature exchange.

Calling all inventors and artists!  We’ve got everything you need to solve an engineering challenge, design a brilliant invention, test out a science experiment, or create a masterpiece.  The Makers’ Space doubles as a birthday party area.