Scout Programs

Fulfill your badge requirements with us!

Cincinnati Museum Center is pleased to announce the return of Scout Programs! Starting in January 2019 we’ll be offering programs for Daisies, Brownies, Juniors, Cadettes, Seniors, Wolf Cubs, Bear Cubs, WEBELOS and Boy Scouts.

All programs include private classroom demonstrations, discussions and exploration time in the Museum.

Private Scout Programs

Can't make it to any of the scheduled dates? Private Scout Programs allow you to pick the day and badge for your group. Please have a few dates in mind and please schedule at least three weeks in advance. Each program lasts two hours.

Cost is $250 for up to 20 people. Each additional scout is $12 and each additional adult is $5.

Call (513) 287-7001 to book your program today.

Public Girl Scout Programs

Daisy: Model Car Design Challenge

Get ready to think like an engineer as you build and test your own race car. What forces can make a car propel forward? What forces can cause a car to stop? Use your problem solving skills as you test and tinker with your own car design.

Requirements covered: All requirements covered
Dates and times:
Sunday, February 24, 2019, from 10 a.m. to noon
Saturday, April 13, 2019, from 10 a.m. to noon

Brownie: Bugs

There is so much to see and learn in the world of insects, arachnids and other bugs! Meet Madagascar hissing cockroaches, examine part of Cincinnati Museum Center’s insect collection, make paper butterflies and explore the inside of a cocoon. Note: this program features live animals.

Requirements covered: All requirements covered
Dates and times:
Sunday, February 24, 2019, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Saturday, April 13, 2019, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Brownie: Fling Flyer Design Challenge

Look to the skies and explore the world of flight while creating your own fling flyer! Think like an engineer as you design and build a fling flyer. Trouble shoot and problem solve as you learn about the different forces that effect flight.

Requirements covered: All requirements covered
Dates and times:
Sunday, March 3, 2019, from 10 a.m. to noon
Saturday, May 4, 2019, from 10 a.m. to noon

Brownie: Leap Bot Design Challenge

Spring into action as you design, build and test your very own leap bot. Think like and engineer and design a leap bot. How high can you get your bot to leap? What forces are at work? Trouble shoot and problem solve to get your bot to leap.

Requirements covered: All requirements covered
Dates and times:
Sunday, March 3, 2019, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Saturday, May 4, 2019, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Junior: Flowers

Stop and smell the flowers while completing the requirements for the Juniors Flowers badge. Work in your botanist notebook, enjoy the benefits of herbal tea, explore flower meanings and make a corsage.

Requirements covered: All requirements covered
Dates and times:
Sunday, March 17, 2019, from 10 a.m. to noon
Saturday, May 11, 2019, from 10 a.m. to noon

Junior: Designing Robots

What is a robot? How do robots work? What do robots do? How can robots improve our world? Explore these questions and more as you design your own robot and even build a prototype.

Requirements covered: All requirements covered
Dates and times:
Sunday, March 17, 2019, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Saturday, May 11, 2019, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Junior: Playing the Past

Travel back in time and use your imagination to create a retro character. You’ll use influences from history to create your character’s looks, personality and back story. Where did she live? What does she do? It’s up to you!

Requirements covered: All requirements covered
Dates and times:
Sunday, March 24, 2019, from 10 a.m. to noon
Saturday, May 18, 2019, from 10 a.m. to noon

Cadette: Trees

Learn about the science, anatomy and benefits of trees while earning your Trees badge. Learn the basic parts of a tree, products that come from trees and how to nurture trees for future generations. (Please indicate if your scouts have any severe food allergies)

Requirements covered: Steps 1, 2, 3 and 4
Dates and times:
Sunday, April 7, 2019, from 10 a.m. to noon
Saturday, June 1, 2019, from 10 a.m. to noon

Cadette: Special Agent

Test out your skills as a special agent! Dive into the world of forensics and psychology and see how detectives use these tools to interrogate suspects and solve crimes.

Requirements covered: All requirements covered
Dates and times:
Sunday, April 7, 2019, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Saturday, June 1, 2019, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Senior: Textile Artist

Explore the vast world of textile design and discover the different art forms that use textiles. Learn the basics when working with textiles and make your own piece to take home with you!

Requirements covered: All requirements covered
Dates and times:
Sunday, March 24, 2019, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Saturday, May 18, 2019, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Public Boy Scout Programs

Wolf: Motor Away

Get ready to investigate and discover how things move in this Cub Scout elective badge program. Test out different building methods for paper airplanes, experiment with boat designs and create a car that moves on its own power.

Requirements covered: 1a, 1b, 2 and 3.
Dates and times:
Saturday, February 23, 2019, from 10 a.m. to noon
Sunday, April 14, 2019, from 10 a.m. to noon

Wolf: Digging in the Past

Rawr you ready to learn about dinosaurs?! In this Cub Scout elective badge program, Wolf Cubs will learn about the field of paleontology while playing dinosaur games, casting fossils and creating a fossil layer snack! (Please note if your scout has any severe food allergies.)

Requirements covered: 1, 2, 3a and 4.
Dates and times:
Saturday, February 23, 2019, from 1 to 3 p.m.
Sunday, April 14, 2019, from 1 to 3 p.m.

Bear: Make it Move

Discover the many ways simple machines help us every day during this Bear cub elective badge program. Experiment with pulleys, incline planes, wedges and other simple machine to move small objects; then, create a Rube Goldberg type machine to show what you have learned!

Requirements covered: 1, 2, 3, 4a and 4b.
Dates and times:
Saturday, March 2, 2019, from 10 a.m. to noon
Sunday, April 28, 2019, from 10 a.m. to noon

Bear: Super Science and Forensics

Complete two Bear cub elective adventures during this science and exploration-filled badge program. Start with learning about density, positive and negative charges and the light spectrum. Then, move into the world of forensics, where you’ll study footprints, learn about chromatography and even take your own fingerprints.

Requirements covered for Super Science: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
Requirements covered for Forensics: 1, 2, 3a and 4b.
Dates and times:
Saturday, March 2, 2019, from 1 to 3 p.m.
Sunday, April 28, 2019, from 1 to 3 p.m.

WEBELOS: Into the Wild

Discover what makes our Midwest ecosystem so unique by learning about local wetlands, native species and making your own terrarium.

Requirements covered: 2, 4, 6, 7a, 7b, 7c, 8 and 9a
Dates and times:
Saturday, March 16, 2019, from 10 a.m. to noon
Sunday, May 5, 2019, from 10 a.m. to noon

WEBELOS: Engineer

Discover the many different career paths that engineering can take you during this WEBELOS elective badge program. Take a look a blue prints and how they are used to build and create new structures, then learn how to build a few gadgets that show off your engineering knowledge and skills.

Requirements covered: 1, 2a, 2b and 4
Dates and times:
Saturday, March 16, 2019, from 1 to 3 p.m.
Sunday, May 5, 2019, from 1 to 3 p.m.

Boy Scout: Citizenship in the Nation (Eagle Scout requirement)

Come explore what makes being an American so special by learning about our past, present and what we can do as citizens to preserve our future. Remember, the Citizenship in the Nation badge is required for your Eagle Scout rank!

Requirements covered: 1, 2a, 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, 4e, 5 and 7
Dates and times:
Saturday, April 6, 2019, from 10 a.m. to noon
Sunday, May 19, 2019, from 10 a.m. to noon

Boy Scout: Insect Study

What has six legs and three body parts? Insects, of course! Discover insects’ place in the animal kingdom while learning about the many ways they benefit our lives. You’ll even get an up close encounter with the Cincinnati Museum Center’s live and taxidermy insect collections.

Requirements covered: 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12 and 13
Dates and times:
Saturday, April 6, 2019, from 1 to 3 p.m.
Sunday, May 19, 2019, from 1 to 3 p.m.