Girl Scouts

girl scout programs

Bring your troop to National Children’s Museum! Learn more about offerings specific to Girl Scouts, and get ready for a hands-on bonding experience that will spark curiosity and ignite passion.

discounted admission

Plan a visit with your Girl Scouts to explore our interactive exhibits on your own. Receive a 10% discount on general admission.

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badge workshops

Girl Scouts can envision themselves as STEM experts during a hands-on workshop and fulfill all the requirements to earn a badge.

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Imagine, experiment, and engage in collaborative play throughout our 20,000 square feet of interactive science, technology, engineering, arts, and math focused exhibits. Receive a 10% discount on general admission when you book using the Girl Scouts admission form.

Must book at least two weeks in advance. Subject to Museum availability.

badge workshops

School out for the day? Girl Scouts can explore STEM concepts through our playful, hands-on workshops. Daisies, Brownies, and Juniors will think critically, take risks, analyze problems, and create innovative solutions.

Two young girls building in the tinkerers studio.

workshop options

Daisies: Model Car Design Challenge
  • Mechanical Engineering Badge #3
  • Daisies will step into the shoes of an engineer by building a car to race down a special track. Can they discover which ramp has the most friction?

Brownies: Race Car Design Challenge
  • Mechanical Engineering Badge #3
  • Brownies will become engineers–designing, testing, and improving race cars. Whose car will win the race?

Juniors: Balloon Car Design Challenge
  • Mechanical Engineering Badge #2
  • Juniors will learn about different types of energy and harness the power of air by building an alternative fuel car. Whose vehicle will travel the furthest?
Daisies: How Robots Move
  • Robotics Badge #2
  • Daisies will become programmers, learning about algorithms and exploring how robots think and move.

Brownies: Programming Robots
  • Robotics Badge #2
  • Brownies will step into the shoes of a programmer and explore how algorithms tell robots how to react to their environment.

Juniors: Programming Robots
  • Robotics Badge #1
  • Juniors will experience how programmers use algorithms to tell robots how to respond to their surroundings.
Daisies: Automotive Engineering
  • Automotive Engineering Badge #2
  • Daisies will experience the engineering design process- transforming their ideas into real cars!

Brownies: Race Car Design ChallengeBrownies: Automotive Engineering
  • Automotive Engineering Badge #2
  • Brownies will learn about simple machines in vehicles and then use their imagination to create working prototypes of emergency vehicles.

Juniors: Automotive Engineering
  • Automotive Engineering Badge #2
  • Juniors step into the shoes of engineers as they create vehicles powered by an alternative fuel. Girl Scouts will learn about the design cycle firsthand as they test and revise their vehicle prototypes.

what to expect

A 45-minute workshop led by a Museum Educator.

After completing a workshop Girl Scouts will have fulfilled all the requirements to earn their badge.

Note: Girl Scout badges are not included. Please reach out to your local Council to purchase.

pricing + availability

$15 per Girl Scout with a minimum of 6 Girl Scouts. Chaperones are free.

A maximum of 20 Girl Scouts can participate in one workshop.

Museum admission is not included in the workshop price but can be added on during booking.

Workshops are offered on weekdays (excluding Tuesday and federal holidays) during Museum operating hours. Earliest workshop start time is 9:45am and the last workshop start time is 3pm.

Workshops must be booked at least two weeks in advance.