April Vacation: Saturday, April 17

School Vacation Week at the Museum of Science.
Science Park, Boston.
Make the most of your visit during school vacation week with extended exhibit hall hours. 9:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. 617-723-2500, http://www.mos.org/

Berkshire Museum (Pittsfield, MA)
www.berkshiremuseum.org
The Berkshire Museum is offering April school vacation week specific activities everyday of the week including: Medieval Camp, Falconry and the Medieval World, Firefly Watch, Snow White, Armor Making Demonstrations. Visit their website for mor information.

Nature-Inspired Suncatchers.
Children’s Discovery Museum, 177 Main St., Acton.
Drop-in 10 a.m. – Noon. (Also April 18).
Collect an assortment of natural materials from the children’s museum grounds to create a dazzling collage to hang in a window at your home. Admission to both museums $10.50 PP, under 12 months, free. 978-264-4200, discoverymuseums.org

Old Sturbridge Village - April 17-25 (Sturbridge, MA)
http://www.osv.org/
Enjoy expanded hands-on and interactive activities throughout the Village, along with family-friendly performances and entertainment. Meet the new arrivals at the farm (every day) and on Monday (Patriots Day), take part in martial activities.

Worcester Art Museum (Worcester, MA)
http://www.worcesterart.org/Education/aprilart_2010_brochure.pdf
April vacation weeks, workshops are offered daily, Tuesday-Friday. Vacation week workshops, for ages 3-17, are generally 2-4 hours in length and combine a gallery visit with studio art activity. All materials are included. Workshops are very popular and fill quickly. Stay all day by adding Lunch & Extended Day Extended Day: Constructive, instructor-led activities are available for youth ages 5-13 during the April Art Break. The Extended Day program is offered mornings, 8:30-10 a.m. and afternoons, 2:30-5:15 p.m. Students must be currently registered in a vacation week workshop to participate. http://www.worcesterart.org/Education/aprilart_2010_brochure.pdf for schedule and to register!!

7th Annual Earth Day Sustainable Living Festival - April 17 10 a.m. – 2 p.m (Hull, MA)
www.sustainablesouthshore.org
This Free event will be held at the DCR Mary Jeanette Murray Bathhouse, 204 Nantasket Ave., Hull, and is sponsored by Sustainable South Shore. There will be Hull Wind 1 Turbine tours also from 11am-1pm. For more info on being a sponsor or a raffle donor, or if you know of a sustainable living or sustainable energy related business that may want to exhibit at the Festival, please contact Nancy at: 781-925-9066 nancy@sustainablesouthshore.org

Sundial.
Science Discovery Museum, 177 Main St., Acton.
Drop-in 1 – 3 p.m. (Also April 18). Make your own sundial and track the path of the sun through the spring. Admission to both museums $10.50 PP, under 12 months, free. 978-264-4200, discoverymuseums.org

Meet Will Moses and 
Jay O’Callahan. 

Eric Carle Picture Book Museum, 125 West Bay Rd., Amherst. 1 p.m. 
 

Join folk artist Will Moses and internationally-renowned storyteller Jay O’Callahan as they share words and pictures from their most recent book, Raspberries. Free with admission. picturebookart.org

Critter Day: Animal World Experience.
Boston Children's Museum. 11:15 a.m., 12:15 p.m. & 1:15 p.m.
A $12, C $9, under 1 free. 617-426-6500, bostonchildrensmuseum.org.

The Diary of Anne Frank.
Boston Children's Theatre. 
 For ages 12+
 at the Boston Center for the Arts. bostonchildrenstheatre.org.

Ends April 18.

FREE Storytime and Craft.
The Harvard Coop, 1400 Washington Ave., Cambridge. 11 a.m.
A visit from Peter Rabbit (costumed character), rabbit stories and craft. thecoop.com.

Green Fest.
Drumlin Farm, 208 South Great Rd., Lincoln. 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
A day of family-friendly programs exploring sustainable agriculture, wildlife and habitat protection, and energy conservation, including visits with the spring farm animal babies! Activities free with paid admission to the farm. 781-259-2206, massaudubon.org/drumlin

Lanie’s Nature Activity Day.
American Girl. Natick Collection. 3 – 5 p.m.
Celebrate the wonders of nature and the fun of gardening with Lanie, the 2010 Girl of the Year! Your girl can get started by sprouting her very own “mini garden” in a seed-starter cup. She can also make a cute seed label for her mini garden and enjoy a garden-themed scavenger hunt, plus other fun activities. For girls ages 8 and up. americangirl.com .

Float My Boat.
Providence Children’s Museum, 100 South St.
Noon – 3 p.m. (Also April 18). Kids design tinfoil boats that can float dozens - maybe hundreds! - of pennies in the FETCH!ï‚™ Lab, an interactive science station. Ages 5 – 11. $7.50 PP. 401-273-KIDS, childrensmuseum.org .

Welcome Back Weekend.
Davis Farmland, Sterling.
Meet the newest arrivals and have some fun with all your old Farmland friends. Be a star in Moo Moo’s parade and ride along for Moo-Moo’s first Outback Safari Hayride of 2010. A sweet way