Summer is prime time to visit a museum in South Florida. Air conditioning, themed activities and traveling exhibits await. Read below for summer 2022 highlights…

Nature Connects at Fairchild

Imagine 25 giant sculptures, built with over 700,000 LEGO® bricks spread throughout 83 acres. Artist Sean Kenney created this record-breaking exhibition of art made with LEGO® pieces. The exhibit runs through Aug 28. Click here for info.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles at Miami Children’s Museum

After more than three decades of battling evil and exemplifying teamwork, the beloved Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT) will appear in a museum exhibit for families to enjoy at Miami Children’s Museum. The four funny “heroes in a half shell” will share life lessons and team-building skills with their crime fighting tactics in Nickelodeon’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles™: Secrets of the Sewer™. Exhibit opens May 28, click here for details.

Free our Seas Exhibit at Flamingo Gardens

Free Our Seas and Beyond provides a visually stunning platform for environmental educational while highlighting the importance of ocean conservation and our interconnectedness. Inside the “Pollution Solutions” exhibit in the Gallery, you will discover some fascinating facts about our oceans, mangroves and the Everglades, and solutions to the pollution that threatens their existence. The exhibit runs through Sept 5, click here for info.

Themed Months at Museum of Discovery and Science

MODS offers themed weekends this summer. July is Slime Time and kids can make-and-take different slimes, evaluate and compare various versions & discover the differences between slime and Oobleck. To Fly Weekends in August invites kids to fly in for an aviation and aerospace adventure. Future pilots, aviators, engineers and astronauts will take STEM challenges to new heights. September brings Storybook Science, where families can enjoy STEM-themed books brought to life.

Sherlock Holmes at Frost Science Museum

In Sherlock Holmes: The Exhibition, you will be transported into Sherlock Holmes’ London to solve a mystery in a world newly introduced to his groundbreaking methods. You’ll discover clues, interpret them and work to solve the mystery. You’ll meet some suspicious and not-so-suspicious characters who may be of help. Click here for details.