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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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Special Event(s) starting 04/12/2019

May
24
Special Event

Member Preview of Mindbender Mansion

5:30 PM

Enter an eclectic world of puzzles, brainteasers and interactive challenges guaranteed to test the skills of even the most experienced puzzlers. Visitors of all ages will enjoy…

Audience: Adults, Children, Families, Preteens and Teens

Cost: Free

This Event is for Members Only

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May
25
Special Event

Mindbender Mansion opens

10:00 AM

Audience: Adults, Children, Families, Preteens and Teens

Cost: Free with Museum Admission

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Jul
06
Special Event

Botanical Investigation Day

11:00 AM

11:00 Nature Up Close – Head outside to collect local plant samples and use our portable microscopes to find the unexpected. Science Park Pavilion. 12:00 Dissecting…

Audience: Adults, Children, Families, Preteens and Teens

Cost: Free with Museum Admission

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Jul
20
Special Event

Apollo 11 50th Anniversary

10:30 AM

Participate in hands-on science activities Learn about the technology used to send a person to the Moon Speak to an astronaut about life in space Discover the history behind…

Audience: Adults, Children, Families, Preteens and Teens

Cost: Free with Museum Admission

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Aug
02
Special Event

Montshire Block Party: An Outdoor Engineering Weekend

10:30 AM

There are no limits to your imagination when the Montshire’s outdoor space is transformed into a building site for your big, bold, and beautiful creations.

Audience: Children, Families, Preteens and Teens

Cost: Free with Museum Admission

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Aug
03
Special Event

Montshire Block Party: An Outdoor Engineering Weekend

10:30 AM

There are no limits to your imagination when the Montshire’s outdoor space is transformed into a building site for your big, bold, and beautiful creations.

Audience: Children, Families, Preteens and Teens

Cost: Free with Museum Admission

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Aug
04
Special Event

Montshire Block Party: An Outdoor Engineering Weekend

10:30 AM

There are no limits to your imagination when the Montshire’s outdoor space is transformed into a building site for your big, bold, and beautiful creations.

Audience: Children, Families, Preteens and Teens

Cost: Free with Museum Admission

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Aug
17
Special Event

Mindbender Montshire

11:00 AM

Can’t get enough mind-bending puzzles? Take problem-solving to the max during this fun-filled day of brain teasers, optical illusions, and more! It’s the perfect mix of…

Audience: Adults, Children, Families, Preteens and Teens

Cost: Free with Museum Admission

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Dec
15
Special Event

Robotics Showcase

1:30 PM

Check out a variety of cool, fun and wacky robots created by local students — and even see them in action! These budding inventors and engineers will demonstrate how their…

Audience: Families

Location: Community Room

Cost: Free with Museum Admission

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