Curious Histories Fest: Color Your World

Curious Histories Fest is back! Our free annual celebration of science, history, exploration, and experimentation will feature free hands-on activities and family-friendly fun, as well as exciting talks, tours, and highlights from our special collections. Visit our museum; talk to curators and experts; take part in performances, story times, and special events; and immerse yourself in curiosity!

Color Your World

This year’s Curious Histories Fest invites you to “Color Your World,” a daylong celebration of the color in your life.

Have you ever wondered about the color of your clothes? Or your food? Does color have a taste? How do our eyes (and brains) experience color? Where do natural and synthetic dyes come from, and how do they work? Do you love tie-dye?

Join us for family activities, hands-on crafts, engaging talks, and live dyeing demos! Then visit our museum and see special collections showcasing strange and wondrous color and dye histories. Enjoy food trucks, special guests, live music, and so much more.

Participating Vendors and Partners

• arts & crafts with Fleisher’s Color Wheels
• sustainable clothing from Touch Threads
• colorful pop-up displays from our special collections
• hands-on dyeing and printing activities to take home
• food trucks
• beer tastings
• music by Vinyl Tap 215 founder DJ DuiJi Mshinda
• and much more!

Curious Histories Fest is open to all ages. Admission and programs are free; beer and food trucks are pay-as-you-go. No reservations are necessary.

Featured image: Book cover detail from ‘Severon’ Cationic Dyes on ‘Dacron’ Type 801 Polyester Fiber, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, 1972.