Backyard Science

Poster for the Backyard Science program at the Bishop Museum of Science and Nature.

Make your Saturday mornings even more fun! Check out the Backyard Science program for elementary-aged learners at The Bishop’s incredible indoor Mosaic Backyard Universe. This wildly popular learning program offers a wide range of activities, observations, and crafts that are sure to spark curiosity and ignite learning. Using unique Museum resources, hands-on activities, and thinking questions within this amazing educational space, you and your child will explore a different topic each month.

The first Saturday of every month will be a special Space-Themed Saturday Backyard Science as a part of our monthly Space Saturdays.

When/Where: 10am-Noon every Saturday in the Mosaic Backyard Universe at The Bishop

Who: Learners aged 6-11

Cost: Included with Museum admission

Image of people looking into microscopes at the Backyard Science program at the Bishop Museum of Science and Nature.
Image of people looking into microscopes at the Backyard Science program at the Bishop Museum of Science and Nature.
Image of children and adults assembling crafts at the Backyard Science program at the Bishop Museum of Science and Nature.
Image of children assembling crafts at the Backyard Science program at the Bishop Museum of Science and Nature.
Image of children assembling crafts at the Backyard Science program at the Bishop Museum of Science and Nature.
Image of a grandmother and granddaughter doing an activity together at the Backyard Science program at the Bishop Museum of Science and Nature.
Image of a child looking into microscopes at the Backyard Science program at the Bishop Museum of Science and Nature.
10am—5pm Tuesday—Saturday | Noon—5pm Sunday | Closed Monday