{"id":375968,"date":"2026-08-19T21:58:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T21:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/375968\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T21:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T21:58:08","slug":"st-petes-great-explorations-kids-museum-hosts-free-science-festival-on-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/375968\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Pete&#8217;s Great Explorations kid&#8217;s museum hosts free science festival on Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" data-attachment-id=\"366724\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/great-explorations-st-pete-visit-tampa-bay\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Great-Explorations-St-Pete-Visit-Tampa-Bay.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Great Explorations St Pete Visit Tampa Bay\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Great Explorations Children\u2019s Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida.&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Great-Explorations-St-Pete-Visit-Tampa-Bay.jpg?fit=780%2C520&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Great-Explorations-St-Pete-Visit-Tampa-Bay.jpg\" alt=\"A wide interior photograph showing young children and families playing inside the main exhibit hall at Great Explorations Children's Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida. In the center, a multi-story climbing structure wrapped in netting features stacked blue platforms extending toward a high ceiling with exposed metal trusses and track lighting. In the foreground, large blue foam building blocks scattered across a carpeted floor allow children to build structures, alongside a yellow slide and interactive play stations illuminated by bright overhead lights.\" class=\"wp-image-366724\"  \/>Great Explorations Children\u2019s Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida. Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/assets.simpleviewinc.com\/simpleview\/image\/upload\/c_fill,h_800,q_75,w_1200\/v1\/crm\/tampabay\/Longos-cove-kids_F9621333-747A-4749-85E1547C246AEF02_eb40d170-a1db-4b23-9da6c34e3608123b.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Visit Tampa Bay<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Put the tablet down for a few hours and watch your kid play (no, seriously, dad, look at this!). <a href=\"https:\/\/community.cltampa.com\/location\/great-explorations-childrens-museum-15607831\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/community.cltampa.com\/location\/great-explorations-childrens-museum-15607831\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">St. Petersburg\u2019s Great Explorations Children\u2019s Museum <\/a>waives admission for the morning and invites families to take part in STEAM activities (science, technology, engineering, art, and math) happening throughout the venue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meant to raise funds and awareness for the museum\u2019s Great Explorations\u2019 educational programs, little ones can try their hands at robotics, art, demos and engineering challenges. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/community.cltampa.com\/event\/ignite-21495271\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/community.cltampa.com\/event\/ignite-21495271\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">There\u2019s no cover, but advance registration is required, when St. Petersburg\u2019s Great Explorations Children\u2019s Museum hosts Ignite! science festival on Saturday, Aug. 22. <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/altnewsfoundation.org\/cl-tampa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pitch in to help make the Tampa Bay Journalism Project a success.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/tampa-newslettersignup-page\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to Creative Loafing newsletters.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAiECLjru3gB6BLYKOKFLfkVZsqFAgKIhAi467t4AegS2CjihS35FWb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google News<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbreak.com\/@c\/1599764?s=01\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NewsBreak<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/CreativeLoafingTampa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reddit<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cltampabay\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cltampabay\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/cltampabay.bsky.social\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BlueSky<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"collection-link has-small-font-size\">This article appears in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/collections\/august-20-26-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August 20 \u2013 26, 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead his 2016 intro letter\u00a0and disclosures from 2022 and 2021.\u00a0Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief&#8230;\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/author\/rroa\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMore by Ray Roa\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Great Explorations Children\u2019s Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida. 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