Update: Sign up for the Connections Program on Wednesday September 19, 2018 from 5 – 8pm at the Maker Night event. Maker Night will have over 15 hands-on activities for kids to make their own original creations & learn more about science, technology & engineering.
These activities are for students of all ages & include activities such as soldering, whirligigs, strawkets, robotics, 3D printer design & more. The cost for this event is $14 and includes dinner. You do need to pre-register for this event.
This is an event that you can attend as a non-Connections member & then have your kids sign up that night to join the Connections program until they are 18.
Children must be present to sign up for this program!
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Do you all remember a few years ago that we told you about an awesome program that the Museum of Flight offers for students. It was a free admission program for kids ages 5 – 18 plus one guest to accompany them through the Connections Program. This program was SO popular that they had to close the program for awhile back in April 2016, since they had over 18,000 people sign up for the program in about 2 months timeframe. This program has been closed to new applicants until just recently and has opened up again, but this time it’s a bit different.
What we didn’t realize at the time we posted this last year is that this museum free admission program for kids was not just good for the year but until the child turns 18!! Wow! And if you signed them up last year & received the email with the boarding pass (search your email for Museum of Flight Connections to confirm) then you do not need to sign up for the program again. You just need to bring the boarding pass with you when you go to the Museum or if you can’t find it, they can look up your child in the system (I’d suggest doing this ahead of time to make sure you did actually sign up). I confirmed this information about it being available until the child turns 18 when I called & talked to someone in their education department today. It does not state that on the website. {We also had readers confirm this in person at the last event}
Connections Program open for Enrollment Again thru Special Events:
The good news is that the Museum of Flight has now opened their Connections program back up for students if you missed it last year, but in order to sign up for the program, you must attend one of their specific educational events which offers new enrollment for the Connections program.
On Thursday March 1st, 2018, is another opportunity to sign up for a FREE Connections pass for your kids during the Museum’s Free First Thursday event. You can visit the Museum of Flight from 5 – 8:30pm for free on this evening & while you are there, you can sign up for the Connections programs with your kids (they do need to be present to sign up)
Keep an eye on the Museum of Flight Education Facebook page as they will post events when you can sign up for the Connections program on their facebook page. They try to do a new event with Connections Enrollment every other month. This is the only way to sign up for a new enrollment to the Connections Program right now is by attending an event in person.
Here’s what the Connections Membership includes::
- Unlimited FREE visits to the Museum for students 5-18 years old and one guest – this is not just for one year, but until that student turns 18!! Is this not amazing??!! Wow! The guest can be an adult or another child and it does not have to be the same person, so you can have dad take them one time & grandma take them another visit.
- Invitations to exclusive events & opportunities
- Unlimited access to the Alaska Airlines Aviation Education Center & the educational support tools
- Personalized information & recommendations based on your interests.
- Early registration for select Museum education programs.
This Connections program is not a standard museum membership, so you will not receive the same discounts & other opportunities that come with a standard membership (such as reciprocal admission at other museums, etc). But this is still a fantastic deal!
If you signed up for this program last year, you should have received an email from the Museum of Flight Connections Program & they had a boarding pass that they sent for each of your children. If you cannot find that email, I would call & ask them to check if your child is signed up in the program to confirm before you arrive.
Review & Ways to Save at Museum of Flight:
Make sure to check out Sia’s visit to the Museum of Flight with a review of the museum and ways to save while you’re there!
Check out more fun things to do around Seattle::
Seattle Staycation Ideas – Over 100 Staycation Ideas for Seattle
Seattle Southside Ideas for Fun – check out all of the different fun activities for families, as well as places to eat & stay if you want to make it a fun day or weekend up in the Seattle southside area where the Museum of Flight is located
Georgetown Neighborhood in Seattle – Walking City, Trailer Park Mall, Indoor Beach & more. This area is north of the Museum of Flight, not too far away in South Seattle.
10 Unique Parks in Washington – there are several in the Seattle area to check out
How do we sign up for the program?
Heather – if you go to the link in the post, it will have a sign-up & it took just about 5 minutes for me to sign up my girls. Pretty simple form which was nice!
The Connections Program link doesn’t work. Is there somewhere else I can sign up?
Laura – For some reason, this link is not working as well for some mobile devices – try going to the link directly or typing it into your browser – here is the link:: https://www.museumofflight.org/education/connections