The Putnam Museum and Science Center in Davenport, Iowa, is thrilled to announce the highly anticipated return of its Polar Express Pajama Party. This year, December 14-17, children and their families are once again invited to enjoy the magic of Christmas at this four-day event, promising an abundance of holiday fun.
FIRST LEGO League Challenge teams, made up of youth age 9-14, from Iowa and Illinois are invited to a free season kickoff event from 8 a.m. until noon Saturday, Sept. 16, at the Putnam Museum and Science Center in Davenport. For the 2023 -2024 FIRST season, the FIRST LEGO League Challenge theme is MASTERPIECE, which will shine a spotlight on the role STEAM (Science, Technology, Art, and Mathematics) […]
Those who love dinosaurs and all things Mesozoic will be in Putnam Museum & Science Center paradise when the venue welcomes families to the June 17 and 18 celebration Dino Days – a family-friendly, specialty-ticketed weekend event returning to Davenport for the first time since 2019.
We've all heard of big museums here in the Midwest, like the Field Museum in Chicago or the Henry Ford Museum in Detroit, but there are plenty of small museums that deserve some recognition!