Welcome Back to the Future. Science fiction tries to predict the effects of change on future societies and asks the question “What if?” The answers that science fiction writers and illustrators come up with are often creative, inspiring, sometimes alarming, and range from the plausible to the far-fetched. Retro Futures invites you on a nostalgic journey to...

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Register your kids for our PA day at Explore Center and make it a fun day for your kids after weeks of hard work.  Before and after care is available.

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Washed Ashore is an aesthetically powerful art installation that is built completely from plastics found in oceans and waterways around the world. A first for Canada, this unique exhibit educates about the negative and devastating effects of plastic pollution and to spark positive changes in consumer habits. Each year, sea birds, whales, seals, sea turtles and other marine life die after...

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Save 20% off guided Eco Tours reserved online by June 30/19. Applicable to 3-hour tours until October 27/19. Enter discount code june2019 at check-out. Treetop canopy walking, ziplining, suspension bridge, caves + more. Age/height/weight restrictions apply. Scenic Caves Nature Adventures is located near Collingwood. Reserve...

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Bring your Dad to meet our Toronto Zoo Dads! What better way to celebrate a day all about Dads than visiting with three of Toronto Zoo’s newest Fathers. Whether it’s our Pygmy hippo Harvey and his daughter Penelope, Sir Philip Pigglesworth lll the red river hog and his two daughters Hazel and Ginger in the African Rainforest Pavilion or Grevy’s Zebra Jake and his new calf...

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To mark the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing The Moon: A Voyage Through Time explores our enduring fascination with this enchanting orb in the sky and looks at the role it has played in faith, science, and the arts across the Muslim world and beyond. This major new exhibition showcases ancient artifacts, important miniature paintings, scientific instruments, Islamic manuscripts,...

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Safely observe the sun with specially filtered telescopes. Learn about our nearest star and try your eye at spotting exotic surface features, including sunspots, spicules and prominences. This program is offered by members of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. 2019 Dates Saturday, January 5 Saturday, February 2 Saturday, March 2 Saturday, April 6 Saturday, May...

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Anyone can be a maker! Inspired by the Honest Shop, we invite you to a drop-in maker space where you can produce your own useful item to trade with others made in the workshop or take home with you. We will supply different materials each week. All ages.

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The Canadian Automotive Museum is a great place to bring Dad for Father's Day. The museum will have tours available throughout the day and children can make a license plate craft to take home. Get your family photo taken in a 1926 Chevrolet and with the star of Cars 3, Lightning McQueen.  Make it a full day in Oshawa and combine your visit with lunch and a trip to the Ontario...

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This unique and dynamic program and space requires parents and guardians to supervise their children while co-creating a magical world of possibilities alongside our team of Nature Play Animators. The Children’s Garden is suitable for children and families of all ages as it inspires them to use their imagination in open-ended play and contribute to the care and stewardship of the...

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