Spring Engineering: Cardboard Cars and Robot Arms

Schedule

Sat Apr 18 2026 at 10:00 am to 02:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Metropolitan Waterworks Museum | Boston, MA

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Looking for something to do over April break? Join us on April 18th from 10am to 2pm for some fun hands-on activities!
About this Event

Looking for something fun to do over April Break? Join us on Saturday, April 18th from 10am-2pm for Spring Engineering!

Embrace your inner engineer with fun drop-in activities. Build and test drive a car made from a cardboard tube or make a paper cup robot arm and see how many cotton balls you can lift!

This program is FREE of charge (suggested donation of $5) and is recommended for ages 5+.

Reservations are REQUIRED so your make sure to get your tickets today!

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Metropolitan Waterworks Museum, 2450 Beacon Street, Boston, United States

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