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Featured Upcoming Event on May 28 at 10:00 am
Special Exhibition Opens! Leonardo da Vinci: Machines in Motion
Leonardo da Vinci: Machines in Motion is a unique interactive experience with full-size machines, constructed after an in-depth study of da Vinci’s designs by a group of scientists and skilled craftsmen. The materials used to create these machine replicas are the same items available during the Renaissance and the ones proposed by da Vinci himself.
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Program(s) for starting 04/17/2019
Rock Gardens
1:00 PM
Marianne Kuchel will demonstrate how you can utilize the Upper Valley’s abundant ledge and stone for even a small rock garden or lovely troughs, as well as plants you might…
Audience: Adults, Hanover Garden Club
Location: Community Room
Cost: Free
View Event DetailsAfterschool Adventures (for K-2) — Fall Session Begins
3:30 PM
Explore science and nature using hands-on experiences and real experiments. We will hypothesize, test, observe, and use our creativity. Explore a different theme each week!…
Audience: Children, Afterschool Programs
Location: Classroom
Cost: $150 (members), $165 (non-members)
This Event is Full
View Event DetailsMontshire Makers: Amplify It!
6:00 PM
Anything can be an instrument with a contact mic! Learn how to amplify and record sounds with contact mics and an iPad. Back at the Makers studio, use Garage Band to layer…
Audience: Preteens and Teens, Montshire Makers
Location: Classroom
Advance: $8 (members), $10 (non-members)
Door: $12 (members), $15 (non-members)
View Event DetailsSoil Health & Edible Landscapes
1:00 PM
Can we as gardeners and land managers help to slow water down, deepen watersheds, increase biological soil health and create conditions for thriving ecosystems, all while…
Audience: Adults, Hanover Garden Club
Location: Community Room
Cost: Free
View Event DetailsMontshire Makers: Monster Heads
6:00 PM
Design and construct a wearable monster head, just in time for Halloween! Glowing LED eyes encouraged.
Audience: Preteens and Teens, Montshire Makers
Location: Classroom
Advance: $8 (members), $10 (non-members)
Door: $12 (members), $15 (non-members)
This Event is Full
View Event DetailsHealthy Eating During Childhood
6:30 PM
Health Research Live! is a program produced and organized by Dartmouth Synergy, the Norris Cotton Cancer Center, and the Montshire Museum of Science. It aims to bring community…
Audience: Adults, Health Research Live!
Cost: Free
Pre-Registration Required
View Event DetailsMaking Observations: Identifying, Observing and Communicating Local Learning Values
8:30 AM
Learn about the ways in which museums and libraries across the country are working to evidence learning. Discover their processes to create valid, reliable, useful and usable…
Audience: Teachers, Professional Development
Cost: Free
This Event is Full
View Event DetailsFIRST Lego League Scrimmage
1:00 PM
Want a chance to practice with your robot before the FIRST® LEGO® League (FLL) state events? How about the opportunity to learn from other teams and see how they’re…
Audience: Children, Families, Preteens and Teens
Pre-Registration Required
View Event DetailsNew Designs with Holiday Greens
1:00 PM
Using unconventional textures, flowers and fruit as well as traditional holiday greenery, learn how to create an unexpected winter arrangement. You will be shown how to arrange…
Audience: Adults, Hanover Garden Club
Location: Community Room
Cost: Free
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