☆ ☆ We are Open on Memorial Day 2023! ☆ ☆ Read More
The Montshire is open on 5/29/2023 for indoor and outdoor fun and exploration!
11:00 AM
Build, problem solve, and test your own contraptions – from parachutes to gliders, string telephones to aluminum boats. Build a different project each time – a family…
Audience: Children, Families
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
View Event Details3:00 PM
Each Lab Coat Investigation explores a different topic—from making batteries to using microscopes, extracting DNA to modeling glaciers. For adults and kids 9 and up at the…
Audience: Children, Families, Preteens and Teens
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
View Event Details1:00 PM
Disregard traditional design rules and adopt a new approach. What clues can you take from your landscape to help you provide the right plant for the right place? Learn to…
Audience: Adults, Hanover Garden Club
Location: Community Room
Cost: Free
View Event Details10:00 AM
Explore the microscopic worlds living at the Montshire! Use microscopes to investigate the diverse algae growing in our fish tanks and the fungus gardens of our leaf cutter…
Audience: Preteens and Teens, Homeschoolers
Cost: $80 (members), $90 (non-members)
Pre-Registration Required
View Event Details11:00 AM
Explore the Montshire’s “Making Music: Science of Musical Instruments” exhibition as we read Play this Book by Jessica Young and Daniel Wiseman. Young children will have…
Audience: Families, Science Story TIme
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
View Event Details6:00 PM
Use our laser cutter to make your own slotted sculpture pieces: flat, 2-D materials that slot together to create a 3-D sculpture. Make a moose with four pieces. Make a rocket…
Audience: Preteens and Teens, Montshire Makers
Cost: $8 (members), $10 (non-members)
Pre-Registration Required
View Event Details3:00 PM
Use scientific tools to examine anything from skulls to seeds, anatomy to animal tracking. Explore a different topic each time - a family activity for all ages.
Audience: Children, Families
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
View Event Details11:00 AM
Build, problem solve, and test your own contraptions – from parachutes to gliders, string telephones to aluminum boats. Build a different project each time – a family…
Audience: Children, Families
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
View Event Details3:00 PM
Each Lab Coat Investigation explores a different topic—from making batteries to using microscopes, extracting DNA to modeling glaciers. For adults and kids 9 and up at the…
Audience: Children, Families, Preteens and Teens
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
View Event Details