What’s New?

In our first year, more than 8,500 households jumped on board as Charter Members. Familes joined as early as November 6, 2014 - 8 months before our doors opened!  Everyone who joined between November 6, 2014, and July 31, 2016 are Charter Members and will remain Charter Members as long as they renew their membership before their expiration date. That special status is noted in two ways: they are referred to as Charter Members, and their membership card designates this both with a mosaic Zing (our special sign for amazingness) and the words "Charter Member." Our second year of membership began August 1, 2016, and new members have a different card with this year's Zing, a yellow honeycomb design on a brilliant blue background.  

Amazeum team - our first high tech Skill Swap of the year.  Lilypad Arduino programming!  Get ready Amazeum on the Rocks: MakerFashion.

If you’re traveling this Spring Break, be sure to pack your Scott Family Amazeum membership card and receive complimentary or reduced admission at hundreds of museums. The Association of Science-Technology Center (ASTC) Travel Passport programs includes 350 participating museums offering complimentary admission. Be sure to look up museums along your travel route, just use the handy “search by state” feature. This program applies to all of our memberships.

Thank you to everyone who made last night?s 7th Annual Dancing with the Stars of Northwest Arkansas such an outrageous success!  Well over 625 people gathered at the John Q. Hammons Center to cheer on local celebrities as they and their partners exhibited their well-practiced dance moves, and showed their incredible support for the Amazeum.  It was an inspiring night all around, full of good cheer and energy.  It was also a night that would not be possible without the efforts of an amazing committee who put all of the pieces into place.  We will see you all next on April 16, 2014, for the official groundbreaking of the Amazeum!

The Scott Family Amazeum team is working with Kua Patten to develop ideas to add to the Tinkerfest experience and to the museum itself later this year.

Want to inspire tinkering and creativity in your kids? Here are some book suggestions from the Scott Family Amazeum team.

Fayetteville Public Schools teachers learn the how and why of tinkering.

Amazeum staff members, educators learn how to solder.

We rounded off our first summer of Amazeum camps with STEAM Camp. We covered a different letter of the STEAM acronym each day: Science on Monday, Technology on Tuesday, Engineering on Wednesday, Art on Thursday, and Math on Friday. These photos offer a sneak peek into some of the exploration that took place at STEAM Camp!

We?ve all heard of ?take your child to work day?. This summer at the Amazeum, we reversed this idea. We hosted a ?bring your adult to camp? week where four and five year olds had a chance to immerse their caregivers into the world of play.