First Friday: Lost Childhoods Exhibition Opening

Experience a First Friday that’s even more amazing than usual.

Explore Lost Childhoods, an all-new exhibition about foster youth made with foster youth. Take a spin on a remote-controlled skateboard in a closed down Cooper Street. Enjoy a taste of Abbott Square.
Three floors of free exhibitions

Explore the new exhibition Lost Childhoods, an exhibition about Santa Cruz County foster youth made with foster youth (with a talk from Jamie Lee Evans, Director of the Foster Youth Museum from 5:30-6pm.) Enjoy the permanent History Gallery and Sculpture Garden. See the full list of current exhibitions here.
Remote-controlled, sit-down skateboard party on Cooper Street.
Take a spin on a Rideable, electronically-powered sculpture skateboards that are great to play on and with.

Hands-on art activities for everyone and live music outdoors

Make your own scratch board in the museum. Participate in an all-ages, all-experience levels Community Drumming Session with Jim Greiner. Doodle on a red ball that will be part of the epic Abbott Square ball drop. Dance to live music from the jazzy StellaMarie and the Telegraph Wires.