2025 Summer Camps
Get Ready for a Summer of Fun!
The Center offers creative camps available for children entering grades PreK - 8. Summer camps are a great way to build confidence, discover hidden talents, and explore their passions! 2025 Summer Camps are on sale now!
Grades PREK - K
JUN 2 – 6 / 1 PM – 4 PM
$140 / $120 Museum Members
Express your love of animals in this creative camp. Let your imagination run WILD as you create an array of animals that fly, swim, and live deep in the jungle.
JUN 2 – 6 / 9 AM – 12 PM
$140 / $120 Museum Members
Journey back in time as you learn about the prehistoric world of dinosaurs! Join us for a mini dinosaur dig as we learn about the job of a paleontologist. Make your own fossils, create dino crafts, and take part in prehistoric story times!
JUN 9 – 13 / 9 AM – 12 PM
$140 / $120 Museum Members
NEW CAMP! Buckle up for camp at Midland Center for the Arts as we learn about things that go! In addition to themed stories and hands-on crafts, campers will work with gears, gadgets, and more to create their own moving vehicle and other transportation creations each day!
JUN 9 – 13 / 1 PM – 4 PM
$140 / $120 Museum Members
Channel your child’s imagination! Preschoolers will begin a life-long enjoyment of the arts when they act out their favorite stories, move with different types of music, and embrace their silly side!
JUN 16 – 20 / 9 AM – 12 PM
$140 / $120 Museum Members
NEW CAMP! Join us for a creative adventure in drawing, painting, and sculpting! We will explore the works of famous artists such as Piet Mondrian, Alma Thomas, and Claude Monet, among others. Each day you'll have the opportunity to create your own artwork while practicing fine motor skills and learning about shapes and colors!
JUN 16 – 20 / 1 PM – 4 PM
$140 / $120 Museum Members
Are you ready to ROCK? Learn the basics of beat, rhythm, and musical expressions in this rockin’ camp! Throughout the week we will explore instruments, move our bodies to the beat, and unleash our rock-star confidence.
JUN 23 – 27 / 9 AM – 12 PM
$140 / $120 Museum Members
Become an astronaut for the week as we blast off into outer space through special story times, crafts, and hands-on science experiments. Design a rocket, learn the planets of the solar system, and create a galaxy-themed craft to bring back to planet Earth.
JUN 23 – 27 / 1 PM – 4 PM
$140 / $120 Museum Members
NEW CAMP! Do you enjoy sticky slime or things that slither? Join us for a week of hands-on activities and experiments as we learn about all the things that give the adults the “ick”! Make slime each day, learn about the human body, and explore the creepy crawlies that live in our world.
JUL 7 – 11 / 9 AM – 12 PM
$140 / $120 Museum Members
Lions ROAR in the brass, percussion thuds with the elephants, and swans sweetly fly with the cello. Take a musical adventure using famous pieces of music as your guide. Your little musical adventurer is sure to learn a great deal AND have a blast!
JUL 7 – 11 / 1 PM – 4 PM
$140 / $120 Museum Members
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JUL 14 – 18 / 9 AM – 12 PM
$140 / $120 Museum Members
Sing along with your favorite characters as we journey through magical lands this week at camp. With a focus on creative movement and music, campers will learn about the basics of theatre and music through songs, action dances, and hands-on activities.
JUL 14 – 18 / 1 PM – 4 PM
$140 / $120 Museum Members
NEW CAMP! “Travel” back in time and around the world during this week-long adventure! Campers will experience other cultures through special story times and hands-on activities. Join us on our way to ancient Egypt, Greece, the Polynesian Islands, and more!
JUL 21 – 25 / 9 AM – 12 PM
$140 / $120 Museum Members
Wham! Bam! Pow! Kaboom! Explore the science behind your favorite superheroes. Make a sticky web like Spider-Man, create a unique superhero mask, and much more in this STEAM-filled camp!
JUL 21 – 25 / 1 PM – 4 PM
$140 / $120 Museum Members
NEW CAMP! Explore your favorite children’s stories at camp! As we cover a new story each day, campers will bring their favorite stories to life through dramatic play, unique crafts, and more! Campers will learn the important parts of a story and have the chance to illustrate their very own book to take home by the end of the week.
JUL 28 – AUG 1 / 9 AM – 12 PM
$140 / $120 Museum Members
Become an engineer for the week and build skyscrapers, bridges, and more. Each day, we will read a special story followed by a construction activity and craft.
ENROLL NOWJUL 28 – AUG 1 / 1 PM – 4 PM
$140 / $120 Museum Members
Explore the jungles, forests, and oceans as we learn the simple ways we can protect our planet! Enjoy hands-on science experiments and crafts as you learn about the amazing world we live in.
AUG 4 – 8 / 9 AM – 12 PM
$140 / $120 Museum Members
NEW CAMP! Campers will build creative problem-solving skills and more in this STEM-filled camp, all while having fun and learning about the world of invention. Each day, campers will enjoy a story about an inventor or special invention – and then their own inventors' skills will be put to the test with hands-on engineering projects!
AUG 4 – 8 / 1 PM – 4 PM
$140 / $120 Museum Members
NEW CAMP! Run off to Midland Center for the Arts and join the circus! Explore the connections between science and theatre from ‘under the big top’. Discover the science of how popcorn pops, learn to be silly like a clown or tumble like an acrobat, and learn a simple magic trick to perform at home!
Grades 1 - 2
JUN 2 – 6 / 9 AM – 12 PM
$140 / $120 Museum Members
Get crazy creative in this action-packed art camp! We will learn the basic drawing techniques as we create our own comic strips and characters.
$240 / $200 Museum Members
Explore the basics of the sciences and get messy as we combine science experiments with art projects. Campers will discover animals and plants in their natural habitats, blast off to space, make a fossil, and make a colorful masterpiece using chemistry.
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JUN 2 - 6 / 1 – 4 PM
$140 / $120 Museum Members
Gotta catch them all! Learn the basics of your favorite game and enjoy hands-on science activities featuring your favorite characters. Explore the science of Pikachu’s electricity powers, draw the perfect Pokemon™ , and battle to become the best!
JUN 9 – 13 / 9 AM – 4 PM
$240 / $200 Museum Members
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JUN 9 – 13 / 9 AM – 12 PM
$140 / $120 Museum Members
If you love learning about myths and monsters, this camp is for you! Explore the world of mermaids and monsters through hands-on experiments, games, and crafts. Design the perfect big-foot trap, defeat dragons in an action-packed role-playing game, and more!
JUN 9 – 13 / 1 PM – 4 PM
$140 / $120 Museum Members
Embark on your jewelry-making adventure by mastering the art of friendship bracelets with fiber and beads, and advance to crafting simple rings, necklaces, and more throughout the week.
JUN 16 – 20 / 9 AM – 12 PM
$140 / $120 Museum Members
Blast off into space as we explore the sun, Earth, moon and solar system! Learn what it takes to become an astronaut during mini astronaut training. Build a rocket and launch it high into the sky and much more!
JUN 16 – 20 / 9 AM – 4 PM
$240 / $200 Museum Members
Become an engineer for the week as you build, create, and invent! We will engineer our own flying contraptions, build wiggling art robots, create tall bridges and towers and more. Your imagination is the limit!
JUN 16 – 20 / 1 PM – 4 PM
$140 / $120 Museum Members
Art and history collide in this exciting, creative camp! Campers will sculpt their own pottery inspired by ancient Greece, create a Plein Air painting like Monet, and more as you travel through time and learn from the masters!
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JUN 23 – 27 / 9 AM – 12 PM
$140 / $120 Museum Members
NEW CAMP! Explore the amazing world of sculpture! Create 3D masterpieces inspired by nature, sculpture throughout the week using a variety of art techniques and mediums.
JUN 23 – 27 / 9 AM – 4 PM
$240 / $200 Museum Members
OFF-SITE AT SWAN VALLEY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
Do you want to be up on the stage, under the lights? At this week-long camp, you will get the chance to sing, dance and perform on the stage for your parents. A perfect introduction to the fun world of theatre and the performing arts! *This course requires travel within the region.
JUN 23 – 27 / 1 PM – 4 PM
$140 / $120 Museum Members
Enjoy hands-on history alongside your favorite American Girl™ characters and stories! Felicity, Josefina, Rebecca, Samantha, and Molly will be featured throughout the week. Play with the same antique toys Samantha may have enjoyed, learn about the art of weaving like Josefina, and enjoy food inspired by each character’s heritage every day as we learn about important moments in American history.
JUL 7 – 11 / 9 AM – 12 PM
$140 / $120 Museum Members
Take the stage as your favorite superhero - or evil villain - as you learn about improvisation and character development, and participate in basic theater games! Participants will take the stage in a super skit for family and friends at the end of the week.
JUL 7 – 11 / 9 AM – 4 PM
$240 / $200 Museum Members
Explore art through painting, drawing, printmaking, and sculpture. Create unique masterpieces limited only by your imagination. Prepare to get messy and creative!
JUL 7 – 11/ 1 PM – 4 PM
$140 / $120 Museum Members
NEW CAMP! Get ready to explore various creative techniques! From unconventional acrylic painting to fiber art, mosaic, and more - campers will learn the processes behind famous masterpieces and create their own to bring home at the end of the week.
JUL 14 – 18 / 9 AM – 12 PM
$140 / $120 Museum Members
Have you ever wondered how the heart pumps blood or the lungs breathe in air? In this camp, you will test the power of your five senses, participate in hands-on experiments, and discover the real science behind the human body!
JUL 14 – 18 / 9 AM – 4 PM
$240 / $200 Museum Members
Science and art collide in this unique camp! From mixing the perfect ratios of paint to learning the structural engineering behind a sculpture and the chemistry of clay - where there is art, there is science! Create explosive works of art and more in this cross-curricular camp.
JUL 14 – 18 / 1 PM – 4 PM
$140 / $120 Museum Members
NEW FOR THIS GRADE! Learn about what it was like in Michigan from the very beginning to the present day through hands-on history! Discover the story of the Anishinaabe people who lived here long before European settlement, explore the shocking chemistry that took place in H.H. Dow’s original factory, and more as we travel through time in the Great Lakes state.
JUL 21 – 25 / 9 AM – 12 PM
$140 / $120 Museum Members
Dive into rhythm patterns and explore beats as you explore different percussion instruments each day! Learn the basics of reading rhythm and work together as a group to create beats you can boogie to!
JUL 21 – 25 / 9 AM – 4 PM
$240 / $200 Museum Members
Experience the ‘Wizarding World’ by participating in mini-classes such as Potions (chemistry), Herbology (plants), Care of Magical Creatures (animals/habitats and creativity) and Astronomy/Astrology. Students will be sorted into houses and create their own wands. Join the magical adventure!
JUL 21 – 25 / 1 PM – 4 PM
$140 / $120 Museum Members
Join us for a magical adventure as we journey through time and around the world to different cultures! Discover the mythology of the Polynesian Islands, create artworks inspired by ancient Chinese culture, and dance your way through South America!
JUL 28 – AUG 1 / 9 AM – 4 PM
$240 / $200 Museum Members
Discover the magic of art as we explore unique ways to create amazing works of art. We will use bubbles to create colorful creations, make color-changing invisible ink, and design magical transfer art. We will also learn about amazing artists around the world who create ‘magic’ works of art!
JUL 28 – AUG 1 / 9 AM – 12 PM
$140 / $120 Museum Members
NEW NAME, SAME GREAT CAMP! Discover different classic rhythms from around the world as you learn to play rhythm patterns as an ensemble! From the sounds of South American to modern K-pop, this camp is great for anyone who enjoys a good beat and learning about different cultures.
ENROLL NOW
AUG 4 – 8 / 9 AM – 12 PM
$140 / $120 Museum Members
NEW CAMP! This fun and interactive camp combines vocal instruction, creative movement, and music games to learn the basics! Campers will learn to belt out their favorite Broadway tunes, project their voices, and take charge of the stage!
AUG 4 – 8 / 9 AM – 12 PM
$140 / $120 Museum Members
Grab your brick separator and get ready to build! In this Lego™-creation camp, you will have upside-down building challenges, design Lego™ animals and their habitats, and build a powered car! Along with these activities we will be playing, building, and engineering with Lego™ all morning!
Grades 3 - 5
JUN 2 – 6 / 9 AM – 4 PM
$240 / $200 Museum Members
NEW CAMP! Become a lore master with us as we learn about prolific myths and local legends while inventing creatures, gathering evidence to fake a bigfoot sighting, and learning how to protect a homemade boat from a sea serpent attack.
JUN 2 – 6 / 1 PM – 4 PM
$140 / $120 Museum Members
Discover the art and process behind comic book outline and design. Young artists will have a great time creating a 1- to 2-page comic book by the week's end!
JUN 9 – 13 / 9 AM – 12 PM
$140 / $120 Museum Members
Express your creativity throughout the week as we create sculptures with found objects, paint abstract murals, work with textiles, and think outside the lines! Learn about the elements of art and principles of design through contemporary and modern art movements as you create with a variety of materials.
JUN 9 – 13 / 1 PM – 4 PM
$140 / $120 Museum Members
Learn the fundamentals of photo taking and composition! Campers will practice their photography skills with their own camera and create projects like bookmarks, cards, magnets, and more with their shots. *Students must provide camera
JUN 16 – 20 / 9 AM – 12 PM
$140 / $120 Museum Members
Dive into the history of America through games, crafts and foods inspired by the stories of one of your favorite book series! Experience pioneer life with Kirsten, Civil War challenges with Addy, Victorian times with Samantha, the Great Depression with Kit and World War II with Molly.
JUN 16 – 20 / 9 AM – 4 PM
$240 / $200 Museum Members
OFF-SITE AT SWAN VALLEY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
Learn about the art of acting through a fun week of games, scenes and exercises that will prepare you for your next starring role! The week will culminate in a performance for your family and friends to demonstrate your new skills. *This course requires travel within the region.
JUN 16 – 20 / 1 PM – 4 PM
$140 / $120 Museum Members
NEW CAMP! Explore the intriguing history of local and global heroes in significant battles! Discover Michigan's role in the Civil War, delve into the Revolutionary War and our quest for independence, and learn about World War II and the art of codebreaking. Get ready to "travel" through time as you uncover the historic turning points that shaped the world!
JUN 23 – 27 / 9 AM – 12 PM
$140 / $120 Museum Members
Dust for fingerprints, analyze fabric and handwriting samples, identify mysterious substances, and more as we put our sleuthing skills to the test. Campers will use real investigative techniques and scientific methods to gather clues and crack the case!
JUN 23 – 27 / 9 AM – 4 PM
$240 / $200 Museum Members
Dive into Ancient Greece through the books of Rick Riordan! Become a demigod for a week and learn all about stage combat, designing your shield, and creating a Greek sculpture.
JUN 23 – 27 / 1 PM – 4 PM
$140 / $120 Museum Members
Explore the magic of making a theater production come to life! Take a backstage tour and meet the talented artists behind the scenes. Learn about lighting and set design, practice creating stage-perfect make-up, and create props and costume components.
JUL 7 – 11 / 9 AM – 4 PM
$240 / $200 Museum Members
Experience the “Wizarding World” by participating in mini classes such as Potions (chemistry), Herbology (plants), Care of Magical Creatures (animals/habitats and creativity), and Astronomy/ Astrology. Join the magical adventures.
JUL 7 – 11 / 9 AM – 12 PM
$140 / $120 Museum Members
NEW NAME, SAME GREAT CAMP! Become a jewelry artist for the week as you explore different jewelry-making techniques! Create and decorate your own clay and paper beads, make rings using wire designs, and learn weaving techniques to create unique bracelets.
JUL 7 – 11 / 1 PM – 4 PM
$140 / $120 Museum Members
Come enjoy the thrill and belly laughs of this unique and fast-paced form of theatre! There are no prior skills or experience needed to participate in improvisational theatre; just a willingness to play, look silly and fly by the seat of your pants! Demonstrate your newfound skills for your family and friends at the end of the week.
JUL 14 – 18 / 9 AM – 12 PM
$140 / $120 Museum Members
Sing, dance, and act throughout the week as we learn chorus numbers and basic choreography from Broadway classics. Build the basic skills to star on any future stage! The camp week will end with a sampler performance for your family, including selections from Mary Poppins, Matilda, and more!
JUL 14 – 18 / 9 AM – 4 PM
$240 / $200 Museum Members
This week we will learn how invention, creation and experimentation can become works of art. Each day starts with a design challenge followed by projects that help us to learn how to build the ideas we imagined. Students will design, build and test their own creations!
JUL 14 – 18 / 1 PM – 4 PM
$140 / $120 Museum Members
NEW CAMP! Come and share your story while learning all about the basics of storytelling, writing, and more! We will create our own little library by focusing on a different genre every day!
JUL 21 – 25 / 1 PM – 4 PM
$140 / $120 Museum Members
NEW NAME, SAME GREAT CAMP! No singing experience is necessary, as this camp will start with the basics of vocals with experienced voice instructors! Practice breathing techniques, learn about pitch, rhythm, and diction, and perform for your family at the end of the week!
JUL 21 – 25 / 9 AM – 12 PM
$140 / $120 Museum Members
NEW CAMP! Have you ever wondered if a specialty science topic could be a career? Learn all about ologies or the science behind things. From oceanology and paleontology to volcanology, every day will feature a new scientific study. Become the jack of all sciences while expanding your knowledge!
JUL 21 – 25 / 9 AM – 4 PM
$240 / $200 Museum Members
Journey through space as we explore our solar system and beyond. Create your own “rocket” to blast into space, design an extraterrestrial habitat, learn about the constellations that dot our night sky, and more!
JUL 28 – AUG 1 / 9 AM – 4 PM
$240 / $200 Museum Members
Become a chemist for the week as you take part in exciting hands-on experiments. Make a slimy polymer, create bubbling chemical reactions, make color-changing mixtures and more!
JUL 28 – AUG 1 / 9 AM – 4 PM
$240 / $200 Museum Members
Learn how to paint like the masters! Be inspired by a different artist each day. Explore techniques of Picasso, Pollock, Van Gogh, Dalí, and Mondrian. Learn about the elements of art and principles of design as you experiment with different materials while painting from still life, photographs, and your imagination! Create your own dazzling masterpieces!
AUG 4 – 8 / 9 AM – 12 PM
$140 / $120 Museum Members
Calling all brick masters! Build and create all week long in this Lego™-challenge camp. Build and race a moving vehicle, engineer a solution to a real-life problem, and learn the steps of invention while creating brick-by- brick.
AUG 4 – 8 / 9 AM – 4 PM
$240 / $200 Museum Members
Uncover the history of ancient civilizations around the world as you dig up the past. Learn real techniques archaeologists use to unearth treasures and create your own “artifacts” throughout the week as we explore ancient cultures and traditions.
Grades 6 - 8
JUN 9 – 13 / 9 AM – 4 PM
$240 / $200 Museum Members
OFF-SITE AT SWAN VALLEY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
Dig deep into character development, performing as an ensemble, and theatre technique in this dramatic camp! Campers will also help design simple costumes, props, and set pieces for their own performance at the end of the week! *This course requires travel within the region.
JUL 7 – 11 / 9 AM – 12 PM
$140 / $120 Museum Members
TWO DAYS OFF-SITE AT MSU ST. ANDREWS
NEW CAMP! Get ready to dive into the fundamentals of coding, 3D printing, and more! In collaboration with MSU St. Andrews, you will spend half the week at Midland Center for the Arts to explore the invention process. Then, you'll move across the street to create your prototype and enhance your technical skills! *This course requires travel within the region.
JUL 7 – 11 / 1 PM – 4 PM
$140 / $120 Museum Members
Explore the secrets of stage makeup and costume design! Campers will learn basic sewing skills, sketch their own costume designs, and practice transforming into a variety of characters using stage makeup!
JUL 14 – 18 / 9 AM – 12 PM
$140 / $120 Museum Members
NEW NAME, SAME GREAT CAMP! Drawing serves as a foundation for creativity! In this camp, you will learn techniques, tips, and more as we explore still life, drawing from references, shading, sighting/measuring, and other advanced techniques.
JUL 14 – 18 / 1 PM – 4 PM
$140 / $120 Museum Members
Campers will explore a variety of illustration styles and the art of storytelling through visual art! Create original comic book characters, storylines, and learn the techniques used to create a graphic novel masterpiece.
JUL 21 – 25 / 9 AM – 12 PM
$140 / $120 Museum Members
Take your acting to the next level! Using scene work and monologue you will improve comedic timing, commit to characters, and break down a scene for better focus. Explore tips and tricks when attending auditions and more!
JUL 28 – AUG 1 / 9 AM – 12 PM
$140 / $120 Museum Members
Explore the magic of making a theater production come to life! Take a backstage tour and meet the talented artists behind the scenes. Learn about lighting and set design, practice creating stage-perfect make-up, and create props and costume components.
JUL 28 – AUG 1 / 1 PM – 4 PM
$140 / $120 Museum Members
NEW NAME, SAME GREAT CAMP! Grab your paintbrush and prepare to learn about the elements and principles of art as we explore the fundamentals of painting. Topics include still-life, painting from reference, landscapes, and more.
Improv: By the Seat of Your Pants - Beginning AUG 4 (Off-site at Swan Valley Performing Arts Center)
AUG 4 – 8 / 9 AM – 12 PM
$140 / $120 Museum Members
OFF-SITE AT SWAN VALLEY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
“Yes! And…” The two most important words in improv! Learn to collaborate with your fellow performers by accepting what they give you and adding your own ideas to weave hilarious and well-scripted scenes out of thin air! Through a series of games that are designed to hone your creative instincts, you will learn the basics of improvisational comedy. *This course requires travel within the region.
Summer Camp Forms
Please download each of the following forms to fill out as part of your camp enrollment.Youth Program Code of Conduct
Consent for Medical Treatment of a Minor Child
Midland Center Parent Agreement
Please email completed forms to: medform@midlandcenter.org
Scholarships
Arts and Education Scholarship Fund
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