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Lara Litchfield-Kimber, plant pathologist and executive director of the Montshire Museum of Science.

Featured Upcoming Event on April 2 at 1:00 pm

Fertile Minds: Children Belong in the Garden with Lara Litchfield-Kimber

Gardens are incredible learning landscapes—especially for children. Gardening encourages the development of critical early learning skills in young children. For older students, gardens provide dynamic learning environments in which to explore math, science, history, and culture. This presentation invites you to reimagine traditional gardens as powerful living classrooms.

Bio: Lara Litchfield-Kimber earned her BA from Amherst College and her MS from Cornell University. Formally trained in the agricultural sciences as a plant pathologist, Lara left research and teaching to become an entrepreneur, starting Fertile Minds, Inc., an informal science education group in Ithaca, NY, that developed children’s gardens to teach math and science. She joined the science center field in 2004 at Ithaca’s Sciencenter and later served as the executive director of the Mid-Hudson Children’s Museum in Poughkeepsie, NY, for nine years before coming to the Upper Valley in January 2022 to assume the role of executive director of the Montshire Museum of Science.

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Events starting 05/20/2018

Sep
13
Special Event

Montshire Corporation Annual Meeting

12:00 AM

Enjoy light refreshments and the company of your fellow Corporation members at Montshire’s Annual Meeting.

Audience: Adults

Location: Community Room

This Event is by Invitation Only

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Oct
01
Special Event

MBP Employee Appreciation Night

12:00 AM

A special evening at the Montshire for employees of Montshire Business Partnership members.

Audience: Families

This Event is by Invitation Only

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Oct
01
Program

Spectacular Science February Camp

12:00 AM

Audience: Children, Preteens and Teens, Spectacular Science February Break Camp

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Oct
01
Special Event

Montshire Fund Celebration

5:30 PM

Audience: Adults

This Event is by Invitation Only

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Oct
13
Science Discovery Lab Activity

Color Mixing

11:00 AM

Learn how to mix up colors!

Audience: Families

Location: Science Discovery Lab

Cost: Free with Museum Admission

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Oct
13
Science Discovery Lab Activity

Mirror, Mirror

3:00 PM

Use mirrors to investigate reflection and symmetry.

Audience: Families

Location: Science Discovery Lab

Cost: Free with Museum Admission

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Oct
14
Science Discovery Lab Activity

Microscopic Investigations

11:00 AM

Use hand lenses and microscopes to magnify different items. Discover a new world that can't be seen with the naked eye.

Audience: Families

Location: Science Discovery Lab

Cost: Free with Museum Admission

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Oct
14
Science Discovery Lab Activity

Lab Coat Investigations

3:00 PM

An activity for adults and children 9 years of age and older.

Audience: Children, Preteens and Teens

Location: Science Discovery Lab

Cost: Free with Museum Admission

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Oct
20
Science Discovery Lab Activity

Straw Rockets

11:00 AM

You've heard of paper airplanes, but how about paper rockets?

Audience: Families

Location: Science Discovery Lab

Cost: Free with Museum Admission

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