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Robotics Showcase
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 creations work and talk about the challenges they faced while constructing them.
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Program(s) starting 09/27/2019
Montshire 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 DetailsMushroom Walk
1:00 PM
Join expert Faith Hunt on this annual foray that will introduce you to a spectacular variety of local fungi. This fascinating program concludes with an opportunity to sample…
Audience: Adults, Mushroom Walk
Location: Montshire grounds; meet in the Classroom
Cost: $60 (members), $70 (non-members)
This Event is Full
View Event DetailsBooks and Beyond: Science for Preschoolers
10:30 AM
Discover an exciting new tale and learn the science behind the story through fun, hands-on experiments.
Audience: Families, Books and Beyond: Science for Preschoolers
Location: Classroom
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
View Event DetailsBooks and Beyond: Science for Preschoolers
11:30 AM
Discover an exciting new tale and learn the science behind the story through fun, hands-on experiments.
Audience: Families, Books and Beyond: Science for Preschoolers
Location: Classroom
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
View Event DetailsMontshire Unleashed
6:30 PM
Unleash your curiosity at the Montshire’s evenings for adults. Experience the joy of discovery that comes with a trip to the Museum—at night!
Audience: Adults, Montshire Unleashed
Cost: Free (members), $7/$8/$10 (non-members)
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
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