Senior Monday
2025-08-04, 2025-08-11, 2025-08-18, 2025-08-25, 2025-09-01, 2025-09-08, 2025-09-15 | The Exploration Place, 333 Becott Place, Prince George, British Columbia, V2L 4V7, Canada

Daycare Wednesday
2025-08-06, 2025-08-13, 2025-08-20, 2025-08-27, 2025-09-03, 2025-09-10, 2025-09-17
Bring your little explorers for a fun day of discovery and play! All day long, admission is just $2.50 per child, and care providers and kids under 2 get in free. It’s the perfect midweek outing for daycares and preschools!

Admission by Donation Thursdays
2025-08-07 09:00 - 17:00, 2025-08-14 09:00 - 17:00, 2025-08-21 09:00 - 17:00, 2025-08-28 09:00 - 17:00, 2025-09-04 09:00 - 17:00, 2025-09-11 09:00 - 17:00, 2025-09-18 09:00 - 17:00 (America/Vancouver)
Pay what you can and explore with us!
Enjoy The Exploration Place with admission by donation every Thursday. We’re making it easier for everyone in the community to explore our exhibits, learn something new, and have fun—at whatever price works for you.
Donations support the Fraser-Fort George Museum Society, a Northern BC non-profit organization and registered charity whose goals are to preserve our local history and foster lifelong learning in the areas of science, technology, heritage, and culture.

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4M STEAM Camp: Friendship Bracelets
2025-08-11 10:00 - 11:00
Crafting Connections with Colour!
Kids will explore patterns and design as they craft their own unique bracelets, blending creativity with hands-on learning to make something special.

This activity is part of 4M STEAM Camps, a free 5-day 4M STEAM workshop for kids aged 5 to 9.
This hands-on, one-hour-a-day workshop will spark curiosity and creativity through exciting new projects each day. From building a buzz wire and exploring magnetic levitation to powering a robot with salt water, making colourful friendship bracelets, and crafting your own origami zoo, each session promotes learning through a playful experience. This is a great opportunity for young makers and budding scientists to explore, experiment, and take home their creations!
Spaces are limited.

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4M STEAM Camp: Anti-Gravity Maglev
2025-08-12 10:00 - 11:00
Defying Gravity with Magnets
Today’s activity is Magnetic Levitation! Kids will explore the power of magnets as they make objects float, learning about invisible forces that create movement without touch.

This activity is part of 4M STEAM Camps, a free 5-day 4M STEAM workshop for kids aged 5 to 9.
This hands-on, one-hour-a-day workshop will spark curiosity and creativity through exciting new projects each day. From building a buzz wire and exploring magnetic levitation to powering a robot with salt water, making colourful friendship bracelets, and crafting your own origami zoo, each session promotes learning through a playful experience. This is a great opportunity for young makers and budding scientists to explore, experiment, and take home their creations!
Spaces are limited.

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4M STEAM Camp: Origami Zoo
2025-08-13 10:00 - 11:00
Folding Fun and Creativity
Precision and patience come to life as kids fold and shape paper into their own zoo of animals, combining artistic skill with hands-on learning.

This activity is part of 4M STEAM Camps, a free 5-day 4M STEAM workshop for kids aged 5 to 9.
This hands-on, one-hour-a-day workshop will spark curiosity and creativity through exciting new projects each day. From building a buzz wire and exploring magnetic levitation to powering a robot with salt water, making colourful friendship bracelets, and crafting your own origami zoo, each session promotes learning through a playful experience. This is a great opportunity for young makers and budding scientists to explore, experiment, and take home their creations!
Spaces are limited.

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4M STEAM Camp: Salt-Powered Robot
2025-08-14 10:00 - 11:00
Powering Up with Science
Campers will build and activate their own robots using a simple chemical reaction, discovering how science can generate motion in a fun way.

This activity is part of 4M STEAM Camps, a free 5-day 4M STEAM workshop for kids aged 5 to 9.
This hands-on, one-hour-a-day workshop will spark curiosity and creativity through exciting new projects each day. From building a buzz wire and exploring magnetic levitation to powering a robot with salt water, making colourful friendship bracelets, and crafting your own origami zoo, each session promotes learning through a playful experience. This is a great opportunity for young makers and budding scientists to explore, experiment, and take home their creations!
Spaces are limited.

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4M STEAM Camp: Buzz Wire Challenge
2025-08-15 10:00 - 11:00
Can You Beat the Buzz?
Campers will test their focus and coordination by navigating the buzz wire without setting off the alarmán electrifying challenge that sharpens concentration!

This activity is part of 4M STEAM Camps, a free 5-day 4M STEAM workshop for kids aged 5 to 9.
This hands-on, one-hour-a-day workshop will spark curiosity and creativity through exciting new projects each day. From building a buzz wire and exploring magnetic levitation to powering a robot with salt water, making colourful friendship bracelets, and crafting your own origami zoo, each session promotes learning through a playful experience. This is a great opportunity for young makers and budding scientists to explore, experiment, and take home their creations!
Spaces are limited.

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Les Ranchers Francophones du Plateau Interiéur de la C.-B., 1860-1880 (French)
2025-08-16 10:30
Ernest Patenaude, à g., à Harper’s Camp, aujourd’hui le village de Horsefly, près de la ville actuelle de Williams Lake C.-B., en 1896. (Source – Horsefly Museum)

Conférence par l’historien Maurice Guibord, Directeur, Société historique francophone de la Colombie-Britannique
La SHFCB présente une conférence sur les ranchers francophones du Cariboo et de l’Okanagan des années 1860-1870, suite à des recherches et de entrevues d’histoire orale avec les descendants des familles Boucherie, Guichon, Isnardy, Lequime, Minnaberriet, Patenaude, Pigeon, and Versepuech / Gaspard. Nous mettons en relief les contributions des descendants de ces ranchers dans le développement de la province. Vous verrez aussi comment les descendants métis et autochtones de ces familles out pu trouver leur juste place dans leur parcours historique.
Ouverte à tous, gratuit.
Le samedi 16 août : en français à 10h30; en anglais à 13h.

Maurice Guibord oeuvre dans les secteurs de l’histoire et du patrimoine depuis presque 40 ans. Il a travaillé dans les domaines de la conservation et des programmes au musée Glenbow de Calgary et au Burnaby Village Museum, et s’est aussi manifesté dans les organismes culturels, patrimoniaux et muséaux en Alberta et en C.-B. Il est conseiller fondateur de la société Heritage Vancouver, et demeure actif avec la Vancouver Heritage Foundation et aussi Radio-Canada à titre de chroniqueur historique. Il détient une Maîtrise en Histoire de l’université Simon Fraser et y a été Chargé de cours. Il est actuellement le Directeur général de la Société historique francophone de la Colombie-Britannique. Il réside dans la région métropolitaine de Vancouver depuis 1990. En 2017, il fut le récipiendaire du Prix d’honneur de la Province pour la Journée de la Francophonie, « pour son énorme contribution à la recherche et à la diffusion de l’histoire et de l’héritage francophones en CB.»

The Francophone Ranchers of B.C.’s Interior Plateau 1860s-70s (English)
2025-08-16 13:00
Ernest Patenaude, left, at Harper’s Camp, today the village of Horsefly, near the present-day city of Williams Lake BC, 1896. (Source – Horsefly Museum)

A conference by historian Maurice Guibord, Director, Société historique francophone de la Colombie-Britannique
The SHFCB presents a conference on the Francophone Ranchers of the Cariboo and the Okanagan in the 1860s-70s, following research and oral history interviews with the descendants of the Boucherie, Guichon, Isnardy, Lequime, Minnaberriet, Patenaude, Pigeon, and Versepuech/Gaspard families. We will focus on how the descendants of these ranchers contributed to the fabric of BC history and also see how the Indigenous descendants of these families found their respective places during their historical journeys.
All are welcome to attend, and admission is free.

Saturday, August 16 in French at 10:30am; in English at 1:00pm

Maurice Guibord has been involved in history and heritage for almost 40 years. His museum experience in the curatorial and programming areas in Calgary’s Glenbow Museum and the Burnaby Village Museum matches his involvement in heritage, cultural and museum organizations in Alberta and B.C. He is also a founding director of the Heritage Vancouver Society, and is active with the Vancouver Heritage Foundation and with Radio-Canada as a historical chronicler. He holds a Masters degree in History from Simon Fraser University and is a Sessional Instructor there. He is an active Board member of the BC Historical Federation and is the Executive Director of the Société historique francophone de la Colombie-Britannique. He has been a resident of the Lower Mainland since 1990. In 2017, he received the Award of Honour for Francophonie Day by the Province of BC “for his invaluable contribution to the research and dissemination of BC’s Francophone history and heritage”.

Homeschooler Monday: Squishy Circuits
2025-09-15 09:30 - 22:30
Homeschooler Monday: Squishy Circuits
Who knew electricity could be so…squishy? In this hands-on workshop, kids will use playdough to build their very own working circuits! With glowing LEDs, buzzers, and fun shapes, they’ll learn how electricity flows while creating light-up sculptures, squishy creatures, and silly inventions. Get ready to squish, shape, and shine, because science has never been this fun!

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This program is free of charge thanks to our generous supporters:

Early Explorers: Build and Break
2025-09-17 09:30 - 22:30
Early Explorers: Build and Break
Calling all tiny builders! Get ready to explore the exciting world of construction! In this hands-on program, toddlers will build, create, and play with a variety of materials while discovering how things fit together—and sometimes, how they tumble apart.
Through playful activities and fun games, little explorers will boost their creativity, practice focus, strengthen memory, and learn self-control, all while experiencing the fascinating magic of cause and effect. Building up, knocking down, and starting over again has never been so much fun!

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This program is free of charge thanks to our generous supporters:
