LEWISTON – Museum L-A will host a program of games for youth age 8 and older from 2 to 4 p.m. Monday, Dec. 29. The program will introduce students to several original games and activities created by Museum L-A educator Annette Vance Dorey and Bates College education intern Erin Bond.

Participants will try their skills and luck on some new activities: GO to the Mill!, Reverse BINGO and Curator Kids. If there’s time, they will have a chance to play Who’s Who?

“Each activity or game,” said Dorey, “will give students an opportunity to learn a little bit more about their local history and heritage. And they are guaranteed to have a good time while playing.”

“GO to the Mill!” is a strategy card game where players test their memory and familiarize themselves with objects and people associated with the textile mills. The game helps young folks learn about the mills, machines and workers that shaped Lewiston-Auburn’s history.

“Who’s Who?” is a new game specially designed about individuals who played significant roles in industry, science or politics. Players use deductive reasoning to determine the identity of important people in the history of Lewiston and Auburn and the Industrial Revolution. Children will try to determine their opponents’ identities before their own is discovered, while also learning about local history.

As “Curator Kids,” participants will don curators’ white gloves and try their hands at accessioning and documenting pieces from the museum’s teaching collection. Participants will be able to examine objects from the past and learn a bit about how museums organize and preserve artifacts that are donated.

In the event of storm cancellations, the Game Day will be held Tuesday, Dec. 30. Call 333-3881 to register by Saturday, Dec. 27, or for more information. There is no registration program fee.

The afternoon will include a snack and time to ask questions about the museum’s newest exhibit, “Weaving a World: Lewiston’s Millworkers, 1920-2008.” Museum L-A is located at 35 Canal St. in the Bates Mill Complex at the corner of Canal and Chestnut streets.