2024 Calendar At a Glance
JANUARY
1/1 – MUSEUM CLOSED
1/5 – First Friday Art Show and Free Admission Night
1/15 – Martin Luther King Celebration
1/19 – Third Friday Free Admission Night
FEBRUARY
Black History Month, Dental Health Month
2/2 – First Friday Art Show and Free Admission Night
2/10 – Lunar New Year Celebration
2/16 – Third Friday Free Admission Night
2/19 – Presidents’ Day Celebration
2/24 – Tell Me a Story Sing Me a Song
2/24 – Discovery Center Evening at the Binghamton Philharmonic’s Pops at the Forum
MARCH
Read Across America, Women’s History Month
3/1 – First Friday Art Show and Free Admission Night
3/15 – Third Friday Free Admission Night
3/16 – MUSEUM CLOSED for Girl Scout Event
3/23 – Hippity Hop into Spring
3/31 – MUSEUM CLOSED
APRIL
Preschool Gertrude Hawk Fundraiser
4/5 – First Friday Art Show and Free Admission Night
4/1-5 – Spring Break Programming
4/5-6 – Read-A-Thon Fundraiser
4/19 – Third Friday Free Admission Night
4/20 – Opening of the Story Garden
4/27 – Kids Cultural Kaleidoscope: 40 Years of Making Friends
MAY
5/3 – First Friday Art Show and Free Admission Night
5/18 – BookFest with Four County Library and performance by Tri Cities Opera
5/27 – MUSEUM CLOSED
JUNE
6/7 – First Friday Art Show and Free Admission Night
6/8 – 40th Birthday Carnival: Celebrating the Power of Play
6/15-16 – Timeless Discoveries: Exploring Innovation and Play at The Discovery Center
6/19 – Juneteenth Celebration
6/21 – Third Friday Free Admission Night
JULY
7/3 – We Care Wednesday with the Binghamton Rumble Ponies
7/4 – MUSEUM CLOSED
7/19 – Wine and Roses: Raise Your Glass to 40 Years of Play
AUGUST
8/2 -First Friday Art Show and Free Admission Night
8/16 – Third Friday Free Admission Night
8/24 – Truck Day: 40 Years of Horn Honking Fun
SEPTEMBER
National Hispanic Heritage Month
9/2 – MUSEUM CLOSED
9/6 – First Friday Art Show and Free Admission Night
9/11-18 – MUSEUM CLOSED for Annual Paint and Polish
9/19 – Museum Reopens at 10AM
9/20 – Third Friday Free Admission Night
9/21-22 – Broome County Arts Trail
OCTOBER
10/4 – First Friday Art Show and Free Admission Night
10/14 – Indigenous Peoples Day / Columbus Day
10/18 – The Discovery Center Celebration: 40 Years of Love and Laughter
10/26 – Halloweekend at Ross Park
NOVEMBER
11/1 – First Friday Art Show and Free Admission Night
11/11 – Veterans Day Celebration
11/15 – Third Friday Free Admission Night
11/28 – MUSEUM CLOSED
DECEMBER
12/6 – First Friday Gingerbread Village Opening and Free Admission Night
12/7 – Ho! Ho! Ho! Holidays
12/15 – Discover Hanukkah
12/20 – Third Friday Free Admission Night
12/24-25 – MUSEUM CLOSED
12/30 – International New Year’s Eve Kids Extravaganza
12/31-1/1 – MUSEUM CLOSED