December 31 –12pm to 5 pm Cozy Game Day and a Movie –Clue PG
The last day of 2017, and you want to make sure it’s a day to remember. And what could be more memorable than playing classic holiday games in an award-winning architectural space surrounded by ice age critters? Come play a round or two of your favourite game (set up in stations around the Centre) and then sit back in our theatre and watch the Hollywood film version of the famous, who-done-it board game, Clue. Show times: 12:30 pm and 3:00 pm. (Admission by donation to the Whitehorse Food bank)
December 30 –9 am to 1 pm Classic Cartoons and Toaster Tarts
The long wait is over: it is time to go to Beringia Centre to check out the results of the Great stocking experiment. This meticulously designed and rigorously implemented scientific experiment was to put out stockings over Christmas and see if you get the same results at a museum as you do at home. It worked last year, but will it work again?
Saturday, March 31 -The Great Beringia Easter Egg Hunt –Bunny Trails Edition!
It’s back –our ever popular Easter Egg Hunt –and it promises to be another hopping one! Recently archaeologists, studying satellite imagery, have discovered what may be the earliest evidence of bunny trails ever found in Yukon, and early analysis suggests that these bunny trails are actually …Easter Bunny trails! What makes this discovery even more mind-blowing and unbelievable is that these fossil trails seem to converge around the Beringia Centre. Say what?
Sunday, March 11 Welcome Birds! Welcome spring! Birdfeeder-craft and movie –Winged Migration
Come and join us for a crafty afternoon at the Beringia Centre and make a bird feeder to use this spring and summer. Choose a perch style, your own colour palette and select different decorative items to make your birdfeeder stand out! Please bring your own Milk Carton to transform into a backyard birdfeeder.
Sunday, February 25 – 1:30 pm and 3:00 pm Map the Beringia Centre Challenge
Come and practice your mapping skills at the Beringia Centre!
All good scientists need to know how to use maps when out in “the field”. Biologists, anthropologists, archeologists (and more!) all depend heavily on maps to guide them through their research locations and findings. Hunters, hikers, fishers, campers, road trippers, and mushers do too.
Sunday, February 18 – 12:30 pm and 3:00 pm Family Movie Afternoon
Come check out the newest Ice Age film from the comfort of the cozy Beringia Centre theatre!
“Scrat's epic pursuit of the elusive acorn catapults him into the universe where he accidentally sets off a series of cosmic events that transform and threaten the Ice Age World. To save themselves, Sid, Manny, Diego, and the rest of the herd must leave their home and embark on a quest full of comedy and adventure, traveling to exotic new lands and encountering a host of colorful new characters.”
Sunday, February 11 –2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Tie Dye Hearts and Flowers
Every February candy, flowers, cards and gifts are exchanged between loved ones all in the name of Valentine’s Day! Join us for a crafty afternoon at the Beirngia Centre to make colourful tie dye hearts and flowers that you can share with the special people in your life. As you experiment using and blending different colours, you will learn about pigments found in natural world that people have been using for many years to add colour to their lives! All ages are welcome; Regular admission applies.
