The clock is ticking on these special events

GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER at the Academy of Natural Sciences

The George Washington Carver exhibit at the Academy of Natural Sciences closes Sunday after a three-month run. Kids can learn about the great scientist's innovations and connect with his surprising artistic side through hands-on activities. Ask one of the museum's helpful volunteers for the inside scoop on the plant-based crayons.

Academy of Natural Sciences, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, 215-299-1000. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekends. Admission is $12 for adults, and $10 for seniors and children ages 3 to 12. Free for kids under 3.

DANCING AND DRUMMING at the African American Museum in Philadelphia

On Saturday, the museum will present its last round of special programming for kids for Black History Month. At noon, there's an African-dance workshop. Then at 2 p.m., to mix it up, there's a hip-hop drum circle. Audacious Freedom, the museum's jaw-dropping exhibit of black life from 1776 to 1876 (shown here) continues indefinitely.

The African American Museum in Philadelphia, 701 Arch St., 215-574-0380. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. on Sundays. Admission is $10 for adults and $8 for children and seniors.

DRAWING BLACK SUPERHEROES at the Atlantic City Public Library

If you fly, you can still catch today's Black History Month comics workshop at 3:30 p.m. - the last in a series of Thursday after-school events themed around African-American superheroes like the Black Panther (shown here) and Blade. Comics illustrator Joe DelBeato, who leads the free drawing class, has worked for DC and Marvel. It's for kids ages 8 to 16.

Atlantic City Free Public Library, 1 N. Tennessee Ave., Atlantic City, 609-345-2269, ext. 3051.

QUILTING AND CLICKING at the National Liberty Museum

The National Liberty Museum has set up a crafts corner every weekend this month for kids to create paper quilt squares honoring African-American heroes. The squares are then added to a wall hanging. This is the last weekend to contribute.

Kids can also play the museum's Heroes of Character video game to explore personality traits, like perseverance, that help heroes act heroically. Martin Luther King Jr. makes a cameo appearance (shown here). So does Oprah Winfrey, as a role model for generosity.

National Liberty Museum, 321 Chestnut St., 215-925-2800. Open Tuesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

EMANCIPATION EDUCATION at the National Constitution Center

Kids have until Sunday to enjoy a Black History Month workshop that asks them to be history sleuths looking for clues about the authenticity of the museum's rare signed copy of the Emancipation Proclamation. The "Decoding the Document" workshop, using high-quality replicas of the 150-year-old artifact, is free with admission. Through Sunday, you can also catch the center's Breaking Barriers show, which introduces kids to the lives and times of pioneers like Thurgood Marshall, Bessie Coleman and Jackie Robinson.

National Constitution Center, 525 Arch St., 215-409-6600. Hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, and noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday. Admission is $12 for adults, $11 for seniors and $8 for children 4-12 (under 4 free).

COLORFUL CRAFTING at the Crayola Factory children's museum

The Crayola Factory, in not-too-distant Easton, is offering two special crafts for February in honor of Black History Month. Kids can dip their hands into trays of brightly colored (washable) paint to help make a massive handprint mural celebrating diversity. They also can make hand puppets using a Crayola-worthy rainbow of skin-tone construction paper.

Starting Monday, the focus switches to Youth Art Month, Women's History Month, St. Patrick's Day and, starting March 20, the aptly punctuated "Welcome Spring!" observance.

The Crayola Factory, 30 Centre Square, Easton, 610-515-8000. Winter hours are 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays, and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays. Admission is $9.75 for adults and for children 3 and older. Free for those 2 and under.

RE-ENACTORS' RECAP at Trenton's Old Barracks Museum

Historical re-enactors come out of the woodwork every February for Black History Month events around the region. On Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., they come out of the stonework to close out the month at the Old Barracks Museum, in Trenton. Re-enactors and storytellers will portray black soldiers from the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Civil War and World War II. The barracks is a national landmark built for the French and Indian War and used by George Washington's troops, too.

Old Barracks Museum, 101 Barrack St., Trenton, 609-396-1776. Admission is $4 a person, or $8 for a family of four. Scout troops can attend for $2 a kid and $4 for each adult.

PHILLY IN PHOTOS Right here in the People Paper lobby!

"A Celebration of Everyday African-American Life," on display now through Saturday, takes visitors on an eye-opening trip through generations of black history captured on camera in and around Philadelphia.

Kids who think of Martin Luther King Jr. as an untouchable icon from forever-and-ever-ago may be shocked to see him posing in shorts at the Jersey Shore. Those with an eye toward a science career can take encouragement from a rarely seen photograph of Albert Einstein guest-lecturing tweedy mid-century collegians at Lincoln University.

We also have Jackie Robinson at Shibe Park, Joe Lewis at the Christian Street Y, Marian Anderson and Grace Kelly basking in each other's regal glow, and more. Most of the subjects were photographed by Philly's own "picture-taking man," John W. Mosley, who died in 1969 after a spectacular 30-year career.

We've reproduced them by permission of the Blockson Collection, at Temple University, which is the keeper of Mosley's personal portfolio.

It takes about 10 minutes to take in the full series of 25 photographs, suiting even children with short attention spans, although you're welcome to linger.

Daily News and Inquirer Building, 400 N. Broad St. Hours are 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Admission is free.