Summertime's Feel Good Foods

One spark of inspiration is all you need for your next big idea at the Thinkery, where each exhibit is hands-on, play-based learning, with activities and content appropriate for visitors of all ages. Create colorful works of art, take apart toys or build and launch gliders at the Spark Shop. See, feel and hear the connections between water and sound at the Currents exhibit. Find out how color, light, and shadows impact the environment at the Light Lab. Participate in sensory exploration, chemical reactions, and edible minerals in the Kitchen Lab. Imagine buying and selling delicious fruits and vegetables or collecting eggs from a pretend chicken coop in Fresh! Farmers’ Market. Step outside to the Backyard and scale the heights of a universally-accessible, custom-designed climber, or rest under the branches of a native elm tree.

Join in on the fun at the best arcade bar in Austin, Cidercade, where they feature over 150 new and retro games from classics, pinball machine fighters to shooters, driving sports, and everything in-between. Refuel your energy and try one of the hard ciders or hard seltzers available at the bar. As soon as you grab your drink of choice, try the artisan thin-crust pizzas and wings made in a rotary stone hearth pizza oven. Perfect for birthday parties, family gatherings, and corporate events, they can help you set it all up and make your dreams come true.

Encounter The Scottish Rite Children's Theater, known as Austin's oldest live theater venue, where you can experience high-quality productions that showcase the traditional theater lifestyle, period costumes, and hand-painted backdrops that were used during the late 1800s. The original plays are from well-known children's fairy tales with a modern twist, which is written to be interactive with the children in the audience and include positive life lessons. Throughout each play, children are encouraged to help the hero defeat the villain and participate in the fun.