Lessons in skating and Tae Kwon Do are offered. The arena now sponsors birthday parties and recently added laser tag to its arsenal of activities. In August, the arena will host the Snapple Tour by Olympic skaters. City dwellers and suburbanites can learn about farming life at the New Jersey Museum of Agriculture, located on the Cook College campus on College Farm Road in New Brunswick. The museum features a huge collection of agricultural artifacts and Aggie the Cow, a simulated bovine that teaches children about the art and science of milking.
Nearby barns provide opportunities for meeting farm animals.
An ongoing schedule of weekend events includes the Sheep to Shawl festival on June 4, a honey harvest on July 9 and a scavenger hunt on July 22. The Monmouth Museum, located on the Brookdale Community College campus in Lincroft, has two wings dedicated to children's exhibits. An ancient pyramid tomb is part of the Egyptian exhibit in the Becker Children's Wing, and the Wonderwing features a pirate ship, a coral reef and a whale through which younger children can slide. A new exhibit focusing on the history and ecology of the New Jersey Pinelands will run from May 21 through Sept. 3. The miniature world of mountains, villages, cities and valleys at Northlandz, on the outskirts of Flemington, now includes a Bavarian castle and an ore mine and a refinery.