The term “summer camp” has a whole new meaning this July when the award-winning Fullerton Museum Center presents a “Summer Art and Reading Camp” for children in first through sixth grades.

Titled “Art Camp:  The Art of Nature,” the unique one-week day camp will use nature to introduce budding artists to both the art and literary worlds. 

Participants will be at the Museum Center experimenting with varied art media in the morning, and live animals will be brought in to serve as models for the budding artists.

In the afternoon, campers will enjoy stories, activities and free reading time.  Librarians from the Fullerton Public Library will stop by the Museum to introduce campers to some popular reading selections for young people.

Two camp sessions will be offered:  July 16-20 for children in first through third grades, and July 23-27 for children in fourth through sixth grades.   Camp hours will be from 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

Fee for the camp is $150 per child for the general public and $130 for members of the Fullerton Museum Center.  The fee includes all materials.  Campers must bring a sack lunch daily, and there will be a supervised lunch break in Plaza Park across from the museum.

Campers will also be able to view the museum’s current exhibit, “Strings of Paradise:  the Ukulele and Steel Guitar,” which focuses on more than a century of Hawaiian musical heritage, from Hawaii’s time as a sovereign kingdom to its statehood. 

Space is limited in the camp and advance prepaid registration is required.  Registration and further information may be obtained by calling the Education Office of the Fullerton Museum Center at (714) 738-3136.

Registration may also be completed by coming to the museum at 301 N. Pomona Ave., one block east of Harbor Boulevard, in downtown Fullerton.  Museum hours are noon-4 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday and Friday-Sunday, and noon – 8 p.m. Thursday.