Pumpkins, Paws and Protectors at the Museum of Discovery and Science
Saturday, 10/25/2025-, 10:00 am-05:00 pm
Museum of Discovery and Science
401 SW 2nd St,
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 33313
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animals that call the Museum home. Families can get creative making “Frightening Flights” with ghosts or witches that soar in the wind chute and designing a haunted village to take home.
On Saturday, October 25, the fun gets even bigger with Pumpkins, Paws and Protectors!
Families can decorate pumpkins, sponsored by Truly Nolen (spaces are limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis), and meet real community heroes in the Touch-a-Truck Zone. Police officers, firefighters and their vehicles will be on site, along with K-9 demonstrations showcasing the bravery of first responders. From 11 a.m. – 2 p.m., Chewy Vet Care will host an interactive Vet Clinic, where children can step into the role of animal caretakers, practice empathy and learn how to care for pets and animals in need.
As part of the weekend festivities, MODS is proud to be a Pink Pumpkin site in partnership with CITY Furniture. Support CITY Furniture’s Pink Pumpkin campaign to spread breast cancer awareness by picking up a Pink Pumpkin bucket at the Museum. Buckets will be available October 25–26 for children 12 and under, while supplies last.
Costumes are encouraged. (For everyone’s safety and enjoyment, please avoid facemasks and toy weapons, including toy guns.)
All weekend long, step into PAW PatrolTM: Adventure Play, presented by Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital, Florida Prepaid College Savings Plan and Chewy VetCare, and discover the world of STEAM through your favorite heroic pups. Families can explore action-packed missions and enjoy paws-itively fun adventures. Based on the hit preschool series PAW Patrol, produced by Spin Master Entertainment and airing on Nickelodeon, this interactive exhibit gives kids and their grown-ups an opportunity to run rescue missions and work together to overcome challenges in a fun and immersive environment.
Visit Adventure Bay with rescue pups – police officer Chase, firefighter Marshall, construction worker Rubble, pilot Skye and more. Just as the heroic pups, who believe “no job is too big, no pup is too small,” work together to protect the community on the TV show, families will work together to save the day with a can-do attitude and learn how real-life professionals coordinate to keep people safe and happy. Families are invited to pop on a pup pack containing their own imaginary tools and check out the lay of the land from the lookout tower, Jake’s Mountain and the snowy slide to see if anyone is in trouble. They can also board the PAW Patroller and drive it up the mountain to help Rubble and Everest rescue a snowboarder stuck in the snow and cruise Adventure Bay aboard the Sea Patroller, steering it to rescue baby seagulls and turtles.
Included with Museum admission. Visit mods.org/pumpkins to RSVP.
Experience South Florida’s award-winning attraction featuring 150,000 square feet of dynamic science exhibits, an outdoor science park, a live animal collection, a rotating schedule of science shows, learning labs, café, store and a grand atrium featuring the Great Gravity Clock, a 52-foot-tall kinetic energy sculpture; the largest clock in Florida. The showpiece of the museum since 1993, this unique timepiece is one of only three in the world.
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