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Family Fun Day

November 15 @ 9:00 am - 2:00 pm

Bonnet House will be hosting a special Family Day with various family activities.  Visitors will also have the opportunity to tour the historic house museum filled with a delightful collection of art and personal treasures from the Bartlett family and explore the nature trails filled with native plants, trees, and wading birds. Activities for all ages.

The cost is half price for adults and free for those 13 and under.  Tickets can be purchased at the Welcome Center.

Schedule of Events:

10:00 am Gold Coast Youth Orchestra classical performance on the beautiful Bonnet House veranda

11:00 am Gold Coast Youth Orchestra classical performance on the beautiful Bonnet House veranda

Ongoing throughout the Day:

  • Meet Tribal Members and Learn about Florida History

Presented by: Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida

  • Build Like an Architect (In the Island Theater)

Presented by: BAM Black Architects in the Making and NOMA National Organization of Minority Architects

  • Everglades Awareness Education Games & Meet Wildlife Rangers

Presented by: Arthur R. Marshall National Wildlife Refuge Loxahatchee Preserve

  • Historical Craft Table

Presented by: HISTORY Fort Lauderdale Museum

  • Meet and take Photos with Fort Lauderdale Police K9 Dogs and Mounted Horse Units

Presented by: The City of Fort Lauderdale Police Department

  • Meet our Bonnet House Family in their favorite locations around the House

Bonnet House Reenactors share the special stories of the Birch and Bartlett Families

  • Bonnet House Artifact Treasure Hunt

Inside House and Courtyard – Search for hidden treasures of Bonnet House

  • Historical Time Travel Escape Game

On Grounds – Solve Riddles, Ciphers, and Codes to locate the route of the Barefoot Mailman

  • STEM Design-A-Dome

Build tabletop models of Bonnet House and our Shell Museum with toothpicks and gumdrops

  • YEA Youth Environmental Alliance
    Special Hands-On Ocean Science project.
  • Art in the Park with Catalina

Family-friendly art activities using materials from nature

  • Meet Cancun the snake and his owner, author Dan Kunz.  Book signing and sale.

Come face-to-face with a non-venomous snake.

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