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EcoTarium Camps offers hands-on science and nature activities that include play and exploration, meeting animals, making slime, building rockets, and STEAM-powered art projects. Campers take part in hands-on building and engineering challenges, construct shelters, catch frogs, explore the EcoTarium grounds, and go on hikes through forest and meadow nature trails. Activities also include colorful chemistry, gooey oobleck, physics of mud sculptures, forensic science, technology, creative problem-solving, finding clues, solving puzzles, interviewing suspects, traveling to the edge of the universe in the Alden Digital Planetarium, guiding model rovers over Mars-like terrain, visiting indoor interactive exhibits and live animal habitats, participating in daily Science Discovery programs, outdoor imaginative play, a train ride around the campus, nature art, climbing, music, and movement, as well as behind-the-scenes zoo tours, creating enrichment activities for animals, and meeting EcoTarium zookeepers.
• Ages: 5–15 years old
• Schedule: Camp hours are 9:00 am–4:00 pm, Monday–Friday, with themed week-long vacation and summer camp sessions held weekly between June 22 and August 14, 2026, plus week-long sessions during February and April Vacation Weeks and four-week Counselor in Training sessions.
• Price: Returning campers and EcoTarium members through November 30, 2025: $365 per session; general registration after November 30, 2025: $395 per session; EcoTarium members and returning campers: $375 per session until December 31; general registration January 1–June 1: $395 per session; late registration after June 1: $425 per session; Counselor in Training: $760 for a four-week session, with a $75 nonrefundable deposit due at registration, payment plans available in the CampDoc system, and need-based financial assistance available that can cover up to full tuition on a first-come, first-served basis.
The EcoTarium’s mission is to inspire a passion for science and nature, and the community has supported the EcoTarium for almost 200 years. The leadership team includes President & CEO Noreen Johnson Smith; Director of Education & Exhibits Katie Chappell; Director of Building and Grounds Robert Krafve; Chief Advancement Officer Debra B. Shear; Director of Finance & Business Operations Sharlene Sallet; and Senior Manager of Philanthropy and Engagement David Zeutas-Broer. The program uses the CampDoc system to process camp registration and paperwork, and required forms include acknowledgement of camp guidelines, health forms, permission forms, and waivers that must be completed at least two weeks before a child attends camp, with the camp required to send a child home if these forms are not on file. The EcoTarium can donate a Family Pass to fellow non-profit organizations and schools within a one-hour driving time from the museum to support their raffles and auctions.
Last updated January 26, 2026.
• Ages: 5–15 years old
• Schedule: Camp hours are 9:00 am–4:00 pm, Monday–Friday, with themed week-long vacation and summer camp sessions held weekly between June 22 and August 14, 2026, plus week-long sessions during February and April Vacation Weeks and four-week Counselor in Training sessions.
• Price: Returning campers and EcoTarium members through November 30, 2025: $365 per session; general registration after November 30, 2025: $395 per session; EcoTarium members and returning campers: $375 per session until December 31; general registration January 1–June 1: $395 per session; late registration after June 1: $425 per session; Counselor in Training: $760 for a four-week session, with a $75 nonrefundable deposit due at registration, payment plans available in the CampDoc system, and need-based financial assistance available that can cover up to full tuition on a first-come, first-served basis.
The EcoTarium’s mission is to inspire a passion for science and nature, and the community has supported the EcoTarium for almost 200 years. The leadership team includes President & CEO Noreen Johnson Smith; Director of Education & Exhibits Katie Chappell; Director of Building and Grounds Robert Krafve; Chief Advancement Officer Debra B. Shear; Director of Finance & Business Operations Sharlene Sallet; and Senior Manager of Philanthropy and Engagement David Zeutas-Broer. The program uses the CampDoc system to process camp registration and paperwork, and required forms include acknowledgement of camp guidelines, health forms, permission forms, and waivers that must be completed at least two weeks before a child attends camp, with the camp required to send a child home if these forms are not on file. The EcoTarium can donate a Family Pass to fellow non-profit organizations and schools within a one-hour driving time from the museum to support their raffles and auctions.
Last updated January 26, 2026.
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