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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 07/19/2019
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
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
View Event DetailsHomeschoolers Day: Air and Engineering
10:00 AM
Join other families to learn about air and engineering.
Audience: Families, Homeschoolers
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
View Event DetailsTake 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
View Event DetailsMontshire 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)
Pre-Registration Required
View Event DetailsVaping 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
Pre-Registration Required
View Event DetailsMontshire 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)
This Event is Full
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