Merit Badge Workshop: Engineering

MOSI is hosting an Engineering Merit Badge Workshop on Saturday, February 6, 2027, from 10 AM to 2 PM. It's a one-day session at the Museum of Science & Industry in Tampa, and it's built around the Engineering merit badge.

The workshop is designed for scouts to get a hands-on look at how engineers work. The core of the day is about how they use science and technology to create inventions, so it's less about reading from a manual and more about seeing the process in action. If you've got a scout who's already curious about how things are built or how a simple idea turns into a working gadget, this is exactly the kind of thing that lets them pull it apart and see for themselves. It's a good way to knock out a significant chunk of the badge requirements in a single morning rather than stretching it over several weeks.

Since it's a four-hour block, it's a full morning's commitment. You'll be at MOSI for the whole thing, from 10 AM until 2 PM, so it's a good idea to plan your day around that. It's a Saturday, which makes it a bit easier to fit in without worrying about school the next morning.

Registration is $28 per scout and $7 per adult, and if you're a MOSI member, those prices drop to $21 per scout and $5 per adult. You can sign up through the museum's shop site.