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Featured Upcoming Event on August 17 at 9:00 am
Montshh… Montshire Sensory Hour
Sensory Friendly Hours are a time for families to enjoy a quieter and less-crowded visit to the Montshire.
During these hours, the Montshire will offer:
- Limited participation of up to 70 people
- Reduced sound from select exhibits
- Quiet respite space with sensory support supplies
- Visitor social narrative and visual planner
Pre-registration is appreciated but not required.
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Program(s) starting 05/04/2021
Build Small, Think Big: Virtual Workshop, Session 2 (for ages 9-12)
1:00 PM
Use the design-engineering process, and some advanced cardboard construction techniques, to investigate the sustainability of our lives, homes and communities. Work together to…
Audience: Children, Homeschoolers, Virtual Workshop Series
Location: Via Zoom; details to follow after registration
Cost: $85 (members), $100 (non-members)
Pre-Registration Required
View Event DetailsHanover Garden Club: Be Here Now: Using Ecological Thinking to Preserve the Planet
1:00 PM
The collective actions of people are now altering planetary systems in profound and undesirable ways. Crossing tipping points will lead to truly existential challenges for many…
Audience: Adults, Hanover Garden Club
Location: Via Zoomzoom; details to follow after registration
Cost: Free
Pre-Registration Required
View Event DetailsUnder Pressure: Virtual Workshop, Session 1 (for ages 6-8)
10:00 AM
If you’ve ever released a blown up balloon you’ve experienced pressurized air doing work - albeit a bit chaotic. Build with the surprising strength of squashed air…
Audience: Children, Homeschoolers, Virtual Workshop Series
Location: Via Zoom; details to follow after registration
Cost: $85 (members), $100 (non-members)
This Event is Full
View Event DetailsUnder Pressure: Virtual Workshop, Session 2 (for ages 6-8)
1:00 PM
If you’ve ever released a blown up balloon you’ve experienced pressurized air doing work - albeit a bit chaotic. Build with the surprising strength of squashed air…
Audience: Children, Homeschoolers, Virtual Workshop Series
Location: Via Zoom; details to follow after registration
Cost: $85 (members), $100 (non-members)
This Event is Full
View Event DetailsAnimals Up Close: Fossils
4:00 PM
Observe the Montshire’s fossil collection through a virtual guided tour with a Montshire educator. Together, examine fossils of plants, sea creatures, and dinosaurs, as we…
Audience: Animals Up Close
Location: via Zoom; details to follow after registration
Cost: Free
This Event is for Members Only
Pre-Registration Required
View Event DetailsHanover Garden Club: Nature’s Best Hope
1:00 PM
Recent headlines about global insect declines and three billion fewer birds in North America are a bleak reality check about how ineffective our current landscape designs have…
Audience: Adults, Hanover Garden Club
Location:
Cost: Free
Pre-Registration Required
View Event DetailsNature Inspired Design for Homeschoolers ages 6-8
10:30 AM
Come ready to explore inside and out, using the Montshire’s teaching collections, 110 acres, and your creativity to engineer mechanisms and structures inspired by nature.…
Audience: Children, Homeschoolers
Location: On-site at the Montshire
Cost: $100 (members), $120 (non-members)
Pre-Registration Required
View Event DetailsNature Inspired Design for Homeschoolers ages 9-12
1:00 PM
Come ready to explore inside and out, using the Montshire’s teaching collections, 110 acres, and your creativity to engineer mechanisms and structures inspired by nature.…
Audience: Children, Homeschoolers
Location: On-site at the Montshire
Cost: $100 (members), $120 (non-members)
Pre-Registration Required
View Event DetailsCars Go Zoom Virtual Workshop for ages 4-5 with a caregiver
10:00 AM
Design and test cars all month long. From building our own toy cars to testing hot wheels under scientific conditions, we’ll bring out the car mechanic and engineer in every kid!
Audience: Children, Programs for Preschoolers, Virtual Workshop Series
Location: Via Zoom; details to follow after registration
Cost: $70 (members), $85 (non-members)
Pre-Registration Required
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