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The Montshire will be open for regular hours (10am - 5pm) on Sunday, March 31, 2024. ❁ ❀ ✿
Gardens are incredible learning landscapes—especially for children. Gardening encourages the development of critical early learning skills in young children. For older students, gardens provide dynamic learning environments in which to explore math, science, history, and culture. This presentation invites you to reimagine traditional gardens as powerful living classrooms.
Bio: Lara Litchfield-Kimber earned her BA from Amherst College and her MS from Cornell University. Formally trained in the agricultural sciences as a plant pathologist, Lara left research and teaching to become an entrepreneur, starting Fertile Minds, Inc., an informal science education group in Ithaca, NY, that developed children’s gardens to teach math and science. She joined the science center field in 2004 at Ithaca’s Sciencenter and later served as the executive director of the Mid-Hudson Children’s Museum in Poughkeepsie, NY, for nine years before coming to the Upper Valley in January 2022 to assume the role of executive director of the Montshire Museum of Science.
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In this three-part series, explore insects, plants, and various natural processes such as decomposition and energy cycles. Use several types of microscopes and other tools to…
Audience: Children, Preteens and Teens, Homeschoolers
Cost: $75 (members), $85 (non-members)
Pre-Registration Required
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Spend the afternoon outside, while using a variety of medium - including acrylics, pastels, watercolors, and pencils - to capture the incredible Vermont fall landscape! Bring…
Audience: Children, AVA Classes, Homeschoolers
Cost: $127.50 (members), $150 (non-members)
Pre-Registration Required
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Spend the afternoon outside, while using a variety of medium - including acrylics, pastels, watercolors, and pencils - to capture the incredible Vermont fall landscape! Bring…
Audience: Children, AVA Classes, Homeschoolers
Pre-Registration Required
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This one-day Plein Air workshop will focus on painting the spectacular woods and water of the Montshire Museum’s beautiful campus. The class will begin with a demonstration by…
Audience: Adults, AVA Classes
Cost: $153 (members), $180 (non-members)
Pre-Registration Required
View Event Details10:30 AM
Spend the morning outside, while painting the incredible Vermont fall landscape with oils! Bring your energy, curiosity and personal expression to the water and woods of the…
Audience: Adults, AVA Classes
Cost: $76.50 (members), $90 (non-members)
Pre-Registration Required
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Archaeology uses a variety of scientific skills and knowledge to examine artifacts from our human past - from arrowheads to bullets, pottery to toys. Celebrate Archaeology Month…
Audience: Children, Families, Preteens and Teens, Teachers, Homeschoolers
Location: Live via Zoom webinar
Pre-Registration Required
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Join your young scientist in exploring the beautiful diversity of insects in this four-week virtual workshop series that combines nature and art. Each week a different topic…
Audience: Children, Programs for Preschoolers, Virtual Workshop Series
Location: Virtual program via Zoom
Cost: $85 (members), $100 (non-members)
This Event is Full
Event Notes: Must register 7 days in advance to ensure material pick-up
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Feel the force and uncover the cool math and patterns of STEM toys, as we explore balance through engineering! Using playground science, mechanical advantage, and a variety of…
Audience: Children, Afterschool Programs, Homeschoolers
Location: Virtual program via Zoom
Cost: $100 (members), $115 (non-members)
This Event is Full
Event Notes: Preregister 7 days in advance to ensure material pick-up
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Learn more about gardening and the landscape of the Upper Valley at this monthly series, featuring a new topic each month. Produced by the Hanover Garden Club in partnership with the Montshire Museum of Science
Audience: Adults, Preteens and Teens, Hanover Garden Club
Cost: Free
Pre-Registration Required
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