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Featured Upcoming Event on October 28 at 5:30 pm
Spooky Science
This new event spotlights interactive and hands-on Halloween activities for families with children. Museum exhibits will be “tricked out” for Halloween fun.
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Program(s) for starting 12/29/2020
Nature Photography Virtual Workshop (for ages 11-14)
1:00 PM
Become a better observer of the natural world, using photography as your tool! Explore how changing your perspective and framing can alter what you notice and what you are able…
Audience: Children, Preteens and Teens, Homeschoolers, Virtual Workshop Series
Location: Via Zoom; details to follow after registration
Cost: $100 (members), $125 (non-members)
Pre-Registration Required
View Event DetailsElectricity Virtual Workshop (for ages 6-8)
10:00 AM
Explore circuits and uncover the basics of electricity through hands-on engineering. We’ll build simple-to-complex electrical components as we play with the power of the…
Audience: Children, Homeschoolers, Virtual Workshop Series
Location: Via Zoom; details to follow after registration
Cost: $100 (members), $125 (non-members)
This Event is Full
View Event DetailsLight and Mirrors Virtual Workshop (for ages 9-12)
3:30 PM
Use mirrors as a fun science tool to experiment with reflections, angles and symmetry. Together, we’ll create everything from kaleidoscopes to periscopes. In the dark we’ll…
Audience: Children, Homeschoolers, Virtual Workshop Series
Location: Via Zoom; details to follow after registration
Cost: $100 (members), $125 (non-members)
This Event is Full
View Event DetailsScience Story Time: Books Rock
10:30 AM
Explore the museum’s volcanic rock collection after reading the beautiful book A Rock is Lively by Diane Hutts Aston.
Audience: Children, Families, Science Story TIme
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
View Event DetailsScience Story Time: Winter Animals
10:30 AM
Explore what animals are up to in the winter while we read Over and Under the Snow by Kate Messner. Then, make your own winter track book to take home.
Audience: Children, Families, Science Story TIme
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
View Event DetailsScience Story Time: Winter Animals
10:30 AM
Explore what animals are up to in the winter while we read Over and Under the Snow by Kate Messner. Then, make your own winter track book to take home.
Audience: Children, Families, Science Story TIme
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
View Event DetailsAnimals Up Close: Leaf Cutter Ants
4:00 PM
Celebrate the first year of our leaf cutter ant queen and colony by visiting one of the Montshire’s favorite exhibits from home. Get an up close look at soldier ants, see…
Audience: Children, Families, Animals Up Close
Location: Via Zoom
Cost: Free
This Event is for Members Only
Pre-Registration Required
View Event DetailsCars Go Zoom Virtual Workshop, Session 1 (for ages 4-5 with a caregiver)
9:00 AM
In this virtual workshop for children ages 4–5 and an adult, we’ll be designing and testing vehicles all month long. From building our own toy cars to testing hot wheels…
Audience: Children, Virtual Workshop Series
Location: Via Zoom; details to follow after registration
Cost: $85 (members), $100 (non-members)
This Event is Full
View Event DetailsCars Go Zoom Virtual Workshop, Session 2 (for ages 4-5 with a caregiver)
10:00 AM
In this virtual workshop for children ages 4–5 and an adult, we’ll be designing and testing vehicles all month long. From building our own toy cars to testing hot wheels…
Audience: Children, Virtual Workshop Series
Location: Via Zoom; details to follow after registration
Cost: $85 (members), $100 (non-members)
This Event is Full
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