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Celebrate the 2024 Solar Eclipse with two days at the Montshire!

Featured Upcoming Event on April 7 at 10:00 am

Solar Eclipse Activity Days!

Sunday, April 7th, 2024

Enjoy a day at the Montshire and learn about the total solar eclipse with hands-on activities and timed StarLab* sessions throughout the day! Purchase eclipse glasses in the Montshire Museum Store.

Monday, April 8th, 2024

10:30am-1:30pm:

Make pinhole viewers and other activities, timed StarLab* sessions.

2-4:30pm:

Outdoor viewing of the solar eclipse.

*StarLab is the Montshire’s inflatable portable planetarium. Tickets will be available for purchase at the Front Desk. In this immersive experience, you will learn about the eclipse, stars, constellations, and planets! Limited spaces available for timed sessions. First come, first served, $3 extra per person with admission or membership (no advanced sales). Please note that StarLab takes place in a dark, enclosed space, with seating on the floor. The program lasts approximately 20 minutes.

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Program(s) for starting 07/16/2019

Oct
23
Program

Healthy 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

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Oct
24
Program

Making 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

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Oct
27
Program

FIRST 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

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Nov
05
Program

New 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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Nov
07
Program

Homeschoolers Day: Air and Engineering

10:00 AM

Join other families to learn about air and engineering.

Audience: Families, Homeschoolers

Cost: Free with Museum Admission

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Nov
09
Program

Take Apart Day

12:00 PM

Ever wonder what’s inside the household objects you use every day?

Audience: Families

Location: Classroom

Cost: Free with Museum Admission

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Nov
15
Program

Montshire Makers: Trash to Treasure

6:00 PM

Hunt through parts, pieces, gears, cams, and wires. Solder or hot glue your finds together to create something totally new and different!

Audience: Preteens and Teens, Montshire Makers

Location: Classroom

Cost: $8 (members), $10 (non-members)

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Nov
19
Program

Vaping and E-cigarettes

6:30 PM

Featuring: Angie Raymond Leduc, Senior Community Partnership Coordinator on the Substance Misuse Team in the Community Health Improvement Department of Population Health at…

Audience: Adults, Health Research Live!

Cost: Free

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Dec
06
Program

Montshire Makers at the Hop

6:00 PM

Create a work of art that reflects the natural beauty of the snowy season.

Audience: Preteens and Teens, Montshire Makers

Location: Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth College, 2 East Wheelock Street, Hanover, New Hampshire

Cost: $15 (members), $18 (non-members)

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