Story Telling and Animals at Youth Museum

Children can meet animals and hear story telling each week at the New Britain Youth Museum’s “Meet, Greet, Read and Create” series.

The program is each Tuesday from 11:30am to 12:00pm.

Each Tuesday, children have the opportunity to meet a different animal from Hungerford Park.

On January 15, 2019, the guest animal will be a leopard gecko. On Tuesday, January 22nd, children can meet a turtle and on January 29th, the guest animal is a ferret.

The program also includes listening to a story book and making a craft.

The Museum also says, “Choose a free Scholastic book every 3rd visit!”

On its website, the New Britain Youth Museum says that, “Our mission is to strengthen our community by inspiring children and young adults to excel in school and to inspire creativity, innovation and life-long learning in the arts, humanities and sciences by offering quality educational programs, interactive exhibitions and through our unique museum collections.”

The New Britain Youth Museum is located at 30 High Street, behind the New Britain Public Library. Its phone number is 860-225-3020.