MOXI Camp

MOXI Camps offers activities such as field trips to the train station and harbor, launching projectiles, blowing whistles, making stop-animation movies, coding, and working with robots. Campers explore, make, and create with a variety of tools ranging from hi-tech to no-tech, with a focus on hands-on exploration, creative thinking, innovative problem solving, and making something useful to solve a problem. MOXI’s exhibits are built around the power of STEAM to encourage hands-on exploration, creative thinking, and problem-solving through play.

• Ages: 5–12 years old
• Schedule: Registration for 2026 Summer Camps opens Tuesday, March 3 at noon, with individual camps running Monday to Friday or Monday to Thursday on selected dates from March 30 through August 14, 2026.
• Price: Additional camp shirts are available for purchase for $20.

MOXI Camps sessions include specific themed weeks such as Intergalactic Innovators, Summer KickstART, MOXI Movers, Superhero Science, Makers Market: Paper Party, Systems Unknown, and Super Messy Science, each offered for designated grade levels and date ranges. There will be 18 campers at each MOXI session, and each camper is given a camp t-shirt upon arrival and asked to wear it for the duration of camp. Campers are escorted from the museum to lunch at local parks and the beach by volunteers and CPR-certified Camp Counselors equipped with emergency contact information, a first aid kit, radios, and extra supplies. Campers are encouraged to bring comfortable clothing that can get dirty, closed-toe shoes, lunch and snacks, a backpack, a water bottle, sunscreen, and optional items like sunglasses and a hat, and they are asked not to bring phones, smart watches, toys, or other valuables; MOXI staff cannot administer camper medication. MOXI does not tolerate bullying of any sort.

MOXI Camps staff are high school graduates who are trained in CPR and First Aid Certified, with previous experience working with kids. The leadership team includes Leah Forester, Camps + Outreach Manager, and Kyle Dent, Camps + Outreach Coordinator. MOXI’s mission is “To Ignite Learning Through Interactive Experiences in Science + Creativity.” MOXI is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and is recognized as one of the Central Coast’s Best Places to Work. Staff receive free admission into local museums including MOXI, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Lotusland, and Santa Barbara Zoo, as well as free ASTC membership for museums across the country. MOXI is open 10 AM – 5 PM daily except for select holidays and special events, with Members Early Admission on Saturdays from 9 – 10 AM and Toddler Tuesday on Tuesdays from 9 AM – 12 PM.

Last updated March 25, 2026.