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Featured Upcoming Event on May 28 at 10:00 am
Special Exhibition Opens! Leonardo da Vinci: Machines in Motion
Leonardo da Vinci: Machines in Motion is a unique interactive experience with full-size machines, constructed after an in-depth study of da Vinci’s designs by a group of scientists and skilled craftsmen. The materials used to create these machine replicas are the same items available during the Renaissance and the ones proposed by da Vinci himself.
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Program(s) for starting 12/16/2020
Save that Box! (Virtual Family Science Workhshop)
1:00 PM
Have you ever had more fun playing with a cardboard box than what came inside? Cardboard is one of the Montshire’s favorite construction materials. Join us as we reveal some…
Audience: Children, Families, Virtual Workshop Series, Virtual Family Science Workshops
Location: Via Zoom; details to follow after registration
Cost: $20 (members), $25 (non-members)
This Event is Full
View Event DetailsTessellations (Virtual Family Science Workshop)
1:00 PM
Tessellations are beautiful mosaics of repeating images that fit together like puzzle pieces. Ranging from simple shapes to complex and creative figures, tessellations provide…
Audience: Children, Families, Virtual Workshop Series, Virtual Family Science Workshops
Location: Via Zoom; details to follow after registration
Cost: $20 (members), $25 (non-members)
This Event is Full
View Event DetailsScience Story Time: Toppling Towers
10:30 AM
Iggy Peck Architect by Andrea Beaty features a kid that can never stop building and building! We’ll make our own towers with 100’s of cups and other oddities as we reach for…
Audience: Children, Families, Science Story TIme
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
View Event DetailsScience Story Time
10:30 AM
Join us for June’s Science Story Time on June 9th and June 12th, as we explore bubbles! Play in the exhibition “Bubbles: Science in Soap” and join us as we read the silly…
Audience: Families, Programs for Preschoolers, Science Story TIme
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Cost: Free with Museum Admission
View Event DetailsBalancing Structures (Virtual Family Science Workshop)
10:00 AM
Turn everyday objects and toys into beautifully balancing artworks! Play and science are perfect partners to help us explore balance and stability as we engineer kinetic…
Audience: Children, Families, Virtual Workshop Series, Virtual Family Science Workshops
Location: Via Zoom; details to follow after registration
Cost: $20 (members), $25 (non-members)
Pre-Registration Required
View Event DetailsScience Story Time
10:30 AM
Join us for June’s Science Story Time on June 9th and June 12th, as we explore bubbles! Play in the exhibition “Bubbles: Science in Soap” and join us as we read the silly…
Audience: Families, Programs for Preschoolers, Science Story TIme
Location:
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
View Event DetailsScience Story Time: Toppling Towers
10:30 AM
Iggy Peck Architect by Andrea Beaty features a kid that can never stop building and building! We’ll make our own towers with 100’s of cups and other oddities as we reach for…
Audience: Children, Families, Science Story TIme
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
View Event DetailsMessy Mixtures Virtual Program (for ages 4-5 with a caregiver)
9:00 AM
In this virtual program for children ages 4-5 and an adult, we will mix, experiment and get messy with science. Each week we will focus on a different experiment, use a variety…
Audience: Children, Families, Programs for Preschoolers, Virtual Workshop Series
Location: Via Zoom; details to follow after registration
Cost: $100 (members), $125 (non-members)
This Event is Full
View Event DetailsElectricity Virtual Workshop (for ages 9-12)
10:00 AM
Grow your understanding of circuits and make electricity work for you as we create switches, capacitors, and more! Design challenges will guide our investigations and develop…
Audience: Children, Homeschoolers, Virtual Workshop Series
Location: Via Zoom; details to follow after registration
Cost: $100 (members), $125 (non-members)
This Event is Full
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