Boy & Girl Scout Programs
The Museum offers programs by appointment designed for Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts to meet badge requirements through the exploration of art and history.
If you would like to learn about the scout programs we offer, please call the Museum Education Department at (631)751-0066 x212, or email educators@longislandmuseum.org
Girl Scouts
Listed below are the official Girl Scouts badges and patches that the museum is able to offer full or partial requirement completion for. Patches for these programs must be provided by the troop leader for these programs, as the museum does not.
Daisies
Daisy Art and Design
Find out how to be a maker to turn ideas into art and to solve problems with design.
- Discover art and design
- Experiment with your medium
- Be inspired by a subject
When you’ve earned this badge, you’ll know how makers create art and designs.
Outdoor Art Maker
Explore the outdoors and use what you see and hear to make different kinds of art projects.
- See the colors of nature
- Hear the sounds of nature
- Share your outdoor art
When you’ve earned this badge, you’ll know how to look at nature like an artist and make your own outdoor art.
Brownies
Brownie Art and Design
Discover different styles and elements of art and design.
- Explore art and design
- Experiment with the elements
- Learn about composition
- Make art about a subject
- Share your artwork
When you’ve earned this badge, you’ll know how makers turn ideas into art and design projects.
Outdoor Art Creator
Find out how you can make your own art outdoors and have fun doing it.
- Find art ideas outdoors
- Make something!
- Dance or make music outdoors
- Be a nature photographer
- Design with nature
When you’ve earned this badge, you’ll know how to do different kinds of fun art projects outdoors.
Brownies Painting Badge
Artists take what they see and make it beautiful. Learn to paint and color your world in super strokes!
- Get inspired
- Paint the real world
- Paint a mood
- Paint without brushes
- Paint a mural
When you’ve earned this badge, you’ll have new ideas about what to paint-and how to paint it.
Juniors
Junior Art and Design
Examine and explore different styles and elements of art and design.
- Discover art and design around you
- Make art about a subject
- Experiment with the elements
- Explore composition
- Design an art display
When you’ve earned this badge, you’ll know how to turn ideas into art and design projects.
Outdoor Art Explorer
Let nature be your inspiration as you explore, create, and design different kinds of art.
- Explore outdoor art
- Make something!
- Find music in nature
- Be a nature photographer
- Design with nature
When you’ve earned this badge, you will know how to find the art in nature and create your own outdoor artwork.
Playing the Past
Explore what it was like to live in the past. Dream up a character and get ready to live history!
- Decide who you are
- Create a costume
- Experience daily life
- Have some old-fashioned fun
- Become your character
When you’ve earned this badge, you’ll know how girls of the past lived, worked, and played.
Juniors Drawing Badge
When you pick up your pencil anything could from your mind onto a sheet of paper. That’s what makes drawing so fun. In this badge, you’ll find techniques to make your drawings even better, which will make it more fun to see what your imagination can do.
- Experiment with different materials
- Learn how to add shading
- Get some perspective
- Use your imagination like a graphic artist
- Make your masterpiece-and show it off!
When you’ve earned this badge, you’ll know some great drawing techniques.
Cadettes
Comic Artist
Find out more about the world of comic art and then tell your own visual story.
- Delve into the world of comics
- Choose a story to tell
- Draw it out
- Frame it in four panels
- Add the words
When you’ve earned this badge, you’ll know how to create your own comic.
Outdoor Art Apprentice
Find out how to observe and collect things outdoors that will drive your art and creativity.
- Explore art outdoors
- Make something!
- Get to know—and create—sounds of nature
- Be a nature photographer
- Design with nature.
When you’ve earned this badge, you’ll have been inspired outdoors and created nature-themed art.
Seniors
Collage Artist
No matter what you do with your collage, there won’t be another just like it in the world. This badge is an opportunity to make art as unique as you are.
- Explore collage
- Focus on composition
- Create with color
- Use found objects
- Share a message
When you’ve earned this badge, you’ll know how to create collages using different materials and color themes.
Outdoor Art Expert
Learn to see nature with an artist’s eye and create something helpful to the environment.
- Explore art outdoors
- Make something!
- Create or share music inspired by nature
- Capture nature digitally
- Design outdoors
When you’ve earned this badge, you’ll have learned how to create art outdoors with a focus on the environment.
Textile Artist
When you see all the colors and textures of fabrics and yarns, do you dream up a million things to do with them? Get ready to turn those visions into reality as you meet with artists, learn about the world of textile arts, and make two projects in the craft that most inspires you to pick up your needles (or loom or spinning wheel).
- Choose your textile art
- Find your tools and materials
- Learn the basics
- Make something for everyday use
- Create a gift or item for a special occasion
When I’ve earned this badge, I’ll have learned the basics of a textile art — and I’ll have two fantastic projects to show for it.
Earn a History Maven Girl Scout Patch
The LIM’s History Maven patch can be earned through guided and self-guided experiences and can be tailored for several Girl Scout levels. Whether you are looking to explore history through the lens of 19th-century transportation or learn about extraordinary women for Women’s History Month and beyond, this patch can be your passport to adventure.
Daisies & Brownies:
A Day at the Nassakeag Schoolhouse (Guided)
Become a student in our authentic one-room schoolhouse! Scouts will practice Spencerian Script, solve arithmetic problems on slate boards, and play 19th-century games. Explore aspects of school life from long ago through primary sources, object-based inquiry, and hands-on experiences.
The World Before Cars (Guided and Self-Guided)
What is transportation and why is it important to us? How do people and things travel from one place to another, and how was this accomplished in the past? Scouts will learn about some of the exciting vehicles in the museum’s world-renowned collection and begin to understand why they were built and how they worked. They will also learn about the importance of horses and horse care in the 1800s followed by conceptualizing a plan for their own vehicle in an art activity.
Juniors & Cadettes:
Riding into History: Women and Carriages (Guided and Self-Guided)
Discover the women who literally took the path less traveled by exploring carriages in the collection used by and designed for women. Through gallery viewing scouts will learn about women in carriage history and how these trailblazers made lasting impacts on their communities. Scouts will then have a chance to design their own carriage inspired by one of their favorite women who has made an impact on history, or who is still making history today.
Vehicles for Change: Elizabeth Jennings and The Fight for Equality on NYC’s Streetcars (Guided – Available Late Fall 2025)
How do we change unjust systems? Scouts will learn about Elizabeth Jennings and her fight for equal access on public transportation in New York City in the mid-1800s. Explore museum artifacts, analyze historic documents, and examine the museum’s 1885 streetcar to understand the importance of transportation within communities, as well as the role it has played in social justice movements.
Guided Programs
- One hour experience
- Available after school on weekdays, over school breaks, and on select weekends
- $100 per program for up to 12 Girl Scouts | $10 for each additional Girl Scout (20 max.)
- $2 per Girl Scout for patch
Self-Guided Programs
- Available during regular visiting hours: Thursday – Sunday from noon to 5 pm, February through December
- Pick up activity worksheets at the Visitors Center or print a copy at home via the buttons below
- Museum admission is required (Library passes are not valid for Girl Scout programs)
- $2 per Girl Scout for patch
Registration
Please call (631) 751-0066 ext 212 or email educators@longislandmuseum.org to register for a guided program.
No registration is required for self-guided programs.
