Harvest Fest - Worldwide Day of Play
Saturday, September 26th | 10AM - 5PM
Join us for our Community Access Day with Harvest Fest - Worldwide Day of Play! FREE Admission for everyone!
Halloween Bash at the Buell!
Saturday, October 31st | 10AM - 5PM
Join us for a full day of frightful fun and $1 OFF Admission for wearing your costume!
Little Experiments & Big Discoveries
Tuesday - Saturday | 10AM - 5PM
Sunday | 12PM - 4PM
The Buell Children’s Museum brings you a lab worthy of little hands discovering the world! Completely safe! no mess! experiments in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math.
Little Experiments & Big Discoveries is designed for both independent exploration and family participation with hands on experiments made for hands of all sizes. Exposure to big ideas in tiny confidence building experiences helps young minds feel capable of greater understanding. At the Buell, adults visiting with young folks are heroes, so we give you all the answers so you can provide the Why(?)s! We’ve even found take-home resources to keep you going!
Painting, beading, drawing, and many other mediums are available in the Artrageous exhibit. Check out our rotating mini exhibit in the entry hall. Hang out in the new Under the Sea Exhibit in the Kaleidoscope Gallery. Begin business and social skill building while playing in the Buell Village. Find famous birthdays. Don’t forget to say "hi" to the fish family in our hydroponic exhibit.
Keep scrolling below for the activities throughout the exhibit!
EXHIBITION DETAILS
Tuesday - Saturday | 10AM - 5PM
Sunday | 12PM - 4PM
COST
- Members: Free
- Adults: $12.00
- Children: $10.00
- Military & Seniors 65+: $10.00
Complete the Circuits!
Explore how electricity moves through living tissue.
Make Your Own Holograms!
Make your own holograms using mirrors and digital technology.
Balance Silly and Serious Scales!
Create balance that little hands can see and feel with our silly and serious scales.
Design, Test, and Fly Paper Airplanes!
Build and test your own paper airplanes and loop-de-loops, comparing how they move and how far they fly.
(Loops-de-loops included!)
Make Stop Motion Movies with your Phone!
Make your own stop motion movies using your phone and our specially made creatures.
Build Dinos, Pulleys, LEGO Creations, and More!
Build your own dinosaur with dino-blocks. Create a working pulley system with Rigamajig. Print your own sticker or family picture using heat sensitive printers. Explore color mixing with light and pigment. Test flight weights with our mini wind tunnel and so much more!
Upcoming Exhibit - Opening October 7th, 2026
We Create: Sculpture
Sketch. Imagine. Build. Sculpt!
Tuesday - Saturday | 10AM - 5PM
Sunday | 12PM - 4PM
What can you make with a lump of clay, pieces of cardboard or blocks—or even things you would think is trash? You can make a sculpture! Come explore the form of art that can be tall or tiny, smooth or bumpy, realistic or completely wild!
In We Create: Sculpture, explore the elements of art, math and science and put yourself in the shoes of the most famous sculptors. From Donatello to Louise Bourgeois, explore various artists who loved to sculpt and try your hand at the craft. See what happens when you mold, build, stack, bend, balance, or assemble with various materials. Let’s see what we create!
Watch our website for create times with local sculptor Rick Willets!
Keep scrolling below for the activities throughout the exhibit!
EXHIBITION DETAILS
Tuesday - Saturday | 10AM - 5PM
Sunday | 12PM - 4PM
COST
- Members: Free
- Adults: $12.00
- Children: $10.00
- Military & Seniors 65+: $10.00
Modeling and Casting
With Modeling, sketch out your ideas and use clay to build your creation!
Try your hand at Casting and make your own crayons at the Artist Observation Station. Check out some artists in action while your crayons set!
Assemblage Action and Temporary Sculpture!
Turn trash to treasure with Assemblage Action! Use a variety of recycled materials to create anything you can imagine.
Sometimes things only last so long. In nature, everything is always changing and that’s okay! Make a temporary sculpture with elements of the outdoors and capture it forever with our camera!
Community Sculpture and Pipe Cleaner Creation Station.
Let’s come together and create a community sculpture, every friend adding their own piece! Watch as it changes and grows with every visit!
Twist, bend, fold, and form into new ideas with the Pipe Cleaner Creation Station.
New Sensory Space and Paper Sculpture Space!
New Sensory Space- get your hands on some of the materials often used in sculpture!
Robots or Cube characters, even animals and vehicles can be made in the Paper Sculpture Space!
Magnetic Tiles!
Magnetic Tiles- see architecture in a sculptural way and see what you can create with some new* magnetic tile discoveries! (*unsure if we were going to get a new set or two for this)
Host Your Party at the Buell!
Have a Birthday coming up or a party event? Buell Children's Museum is the perfect place for the little ones!
Call Tammie at 719.722.3912 or email her at tammie@sdc-arts.org for any questions. $50 deposit is required upon reservation.
This 12,000 square-foot, two-level facility offers innovative, hands-on exhibits where children of all ages spend a morning or a day exploring STEAM (science, technology, engineering, the arts, and math). With such innovative exhibits, it’s no wonder the Buell Children’s Museum has been voted the “Best Museum in Pueblo” for over a decade!