Museum Help
This is your go-to resource for Museum updates and community resources during the COVID-19 school closure.
Greetings Explorers!
We are sharing important information to help you stay connected to your children’s museum while our community faces the challenging days and weeks ahead.
The Museum’s entire staff spent 40 hours each doing a deep clean of every exhibit surface, manipulative, and even washed the walls. We are using enhanced cleaning procedures in addition to our regular cleaning schedule.
We have resources that could help your family or a family you know! Use the boxes below to learn more about how we can help you.
Do you want to help Explorations V keep these services going? Buy a membership online or for families with older children, become an alumni member. Every dollar of memberships and alumni families goes straight to helping children learn and families find stability.
Updated 3.30.2020
Grateful to the Lakeland Chamber of Commerce for including Explorations V in the gift card incentive program!
Open Community Services
Book Club
Any child age birth – 2nd grade is eligible for a free book to be mailed to their house. Join Book Club today and request a book for a child in your home!
Click through for more information.
Day Camps
Use our limited enrollment day camps for children of essential workers helping to keep our community running.
Limited number of hardship scholarships are available. Please call (863) 687-3869 to check availability.
Financial Counseling
Our certified financial health counselor can talk through concerns or questions about budgeting through loss wages, decreased hours, and other concerns.
Call (863) 687-3869 to learn more or click through to see the calendar of workshops.
If you need to be connected to emergency services, please call 2-1-1 or use their online service 24 hours a day at www.uwcf.org/211.
How to Help
Purchase a New or Renewed Membership
Show your support for the Museum with an online purchase of membership. We are ready for you as soon as we can open! Membership will start the first day you visit and not the day you purchase.
Become an Alumni Member
Love the Museum but your children graduated from our learning environments? Commit to monthly donation as small as $5 and join the ranks of families who want to support other young children in their journey to kindergarten and beyond.
Keep the Fun Going From Anywhere!
Online Programs Starting the Week of March 23
Follow our Facebook page for live educational programs and fun challenges. Live programs will need audience participation so we will announce ahead of time when they are happening. See you soon!
Collection of archived online programs
Live Story Time with Blanca – March 25, 2020
LIVE Curious Kids with Tia, Surface Tension – March 31, 2020
LIVE Going on a Bear Hunt Story Time with Blanca – April 1, 2020
LIVE Kitchen Kids with Tia and Layla – April 2, 2020
LIVE Story Time with Blanca – April 8, 2020
Play Master approved content for creativity and hands-on learning from home!
Bump Galletta – free coloring page downloads
PBS Kids – quality content for a variety of ages and all 100% free
Tips for parents dealing with anxiety from our partners at Peace River Center