SUMMER CAMP

Join us at the Modesto Children’s Museum for week-long, full-day camp filled with joy, discovery, and wonder! Climb, slide, build, imagine, and explore along with friends new and old in this creative, curious, and collaborative day camp-style experience. Across five days of play, we’ll become explorers who discover new skills, test big ideas, and learn through play together!

SCIENCE SUMMER

Become a certified MoChiMu Summer Scientist during an action-packed week of engineering, programming, force and motion, and hands-on discovery! Pair a Summer Science week with an Art & Imagination week, below!

BEFORE CARE
(8 AM - 9 AM)
$95 per camper

CAMP MOCHIMU
(9 AM - 4 PM)
$345 per camper

AFTER CARE
(4 PM - 5 PM)
$95 per camper

ARTS & IMAGINATION

Bring your creativity to life during an imaginative week of design, art, performance, and hands-on discovery! Pair an Art & Imagination week with a Science Summer week, above!

BEFORE CARE
(8 AM - 9 AM)
$95 per camper

CAMP MOCHIMU
(9 AM - 4 PM)
$345 per camper

AFTER CARE
(4 PM - 5 PM)
$95 per camper

* Week Four (July 1 - 5) is a four-day program week, with no camp services provided on Thursday, July 4th. Prices for Before Care, Camp, and After Care in Week 4 are pro-rated due to the shortened schedule.

 

SUMMER CAMP
DATES & PRICING

Available for campers ages 5 - 10

Two distinct week-long programs ("Science Summer” and “Arts & Imagination”) repeat on alternating weeks June 10 - Aug 2
(Five day camp) $345 / camper

Before Care: 8 AM to 9 AM
(Additional cost / registration required)

CAMP: 9 AM to 4 PM

After Care: 4 PM to 5 PM
(Additional cost / registration required)

WHEN SCHOOL’S OUT, CAMP IS IN!

Add some spectacular to your summer with Camp MoChiMu: Summer Camp. Sign up for a week of “Science Summer” camp plus a week of “Arts & Imagination” camp – each a full-day camp program for campers ages 5 through 10. Here’s how it works:

  1. Get the details! Read through our frequently-asked questions at the bottom of this page or reach out to email us if you can’t find an answer.

  2. Sign-up your campers! Use the links above to sign-up your campers for Camp MoChiMu’s Summer Camps. Payment is due at the time of booking and is non-refundable.

    • A week-long “Summer Science” camp repeats for four, week-long sessions during the summer, and the “Arts & Imagination” camp the alternating four. You can sign up for one week of each to experience two different camps!

  3. Add-on Before Care and / or After Care! Need a full day of childcare? Before Care provides an early morning drop-off window (8 AM - 9 AM) and After Care lets your camper stay late (4 PM - 5 PM) for the whole camp week.

  4. Complete registration! About a week ahead of camp, we’ll reach out with a required final registration form collecting additional information we need – like emergency contacts, medical forms, approved pick-ups, and more.

 

FREQUENTLY-ASKED QUESTIONS

  • Our Summer Camp is designed to focus on hands-on, interactive exploration. That will include time in the museum, as well as time in MoChiMu’s workshop rooms decked out in camp activities, crafts, games, and more.

  • To attend our Summer Camp, students must be between the ages of 5 and 10 at the time the camp takes place.

  • Summer Camp is a week-long, full-day experience, taking place from 9AM to 4 PM, Monday through Friday, with an hour-long break for lunch, recess, and relaxation. You can sign up for a week of “Summer Science” AND a week of “Arts & Imagination.”

  • No. You will need to send a packed lunch and snack for your camper! MoChiMu will provide a snack as well.

  • No. Camp MoChiMu campers use the museum as a laboratory for particular activities and spend time in the museum daily, but spend most of their camp day in our classroom spaces physically located next door to the museum for games, activities, and more.

  • Before Care and After Care are optional services you can add to your camp registration to extend childcare to a full day. (With both Before Care and After Care, you will be able to drop off as early as 8 AM and pick-up as late as 5 PM).

    Before Care and After Care are not programmed camp times. During these extended care times, we may play a movie, and campers may work independently on coloring or crafts, read books, or use approved electronic devices.

    Unfortunately, we are unable to offer pro-rated or a la carte days of Before Care or After Care.

  • We ask that campers arrive no earlier than 8:45 AM, and that they be picked up at 4 PM.

  • Not necessarily! We will have multiple instances of camp running at once, and will split campers based on age. The final split will depend on the ages of students who register.

  • After you’re officially registered, our team will reach out with an additional form needed to complete the sign-up process. That’s where we’ll collect more information – like your child’s age, emergency contacts, medical forms, approved pick-ups, and more.

  • Repeat campers may see some “MoChiMu Classic” activities, games, and experiences, but we’ll also explore new concepts and activities together!

  • Each Summer Camp is a week-long experience. As a result, we do not offer “per day” rates or a la carte scheduling. We cannot offer refunds or exchanges for days missed.

  • Please feel free to reach out to us by emailing us here, and we’ll respond to your question as soon as we can!

Modesto Children’s Museum reserves the right to cancel or change programs at any time and for any reason. Full refunds will be provided for any programs cancelled by Modesto Children’s Museum. Modesto Children’s Museum will make every effort reasonable to provide no less than two weeks’ notice for any programs cancelled or changed.