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Lara Litchfield-Kimber, plant pathologist and executive director of the Montshire Museum of Science.

Featured Upcoming Event on April 2 at 1:00 pm

Fertile Minds: Children Belong in the Garden with Lara Litchfield-Kimber

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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starting 08/26/2021

Sep
04
Science Discovery Lab Activity

Meet the Allosaurus

10:30 AM

​Enjoy a family friendly tour of the Montshire’s summer guest - the largest predator of the Jurassic the mighty Allosaurus!

Audience: Adults, Children, Families

Cost: Free with Museum Admission

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Sep
05
Science Discovery Lab Activity

Meet a Fossil

10:30 AM

​Get up close and personal with fossils from the Montshire’s collection.

Audience: Adults, Children, Families, Family Programs

Cost: Free with Museum Admission

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Sep
06
Science Discovery Lab Activity

Meet the Allosaurus

10:30 AM

​Enjoy a family friendly tour of the Montshire’s summer guest - the largest predator of the Jurassic the mighty Allosaurus!

Audience: Adults, Children, Families

Cost: Free with Museum Admission

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Sep
07
Program

Hanover 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

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Cost: Free

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Sep
09
Program

Nature 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)

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Sep
09
Program

Nature 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)

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Oct
02
Special Event

Archaeology Day

10:30 AM

Dig into science and history! Archaeology Day combines both science and history through a day of fun-filled activities. Enjoy a variety of activities that will help you discover…

Audience: Adults, Families

Cost: Free with Museum Admission

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Oct
04
Program

Cars 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)

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Oct
04
Program

Cars go Zoom Virtual Workshop for ages 6-8

1:00 PM

In this virtual workshop for children ages 6-8, design and test cars all month long. From building our own toy cars to testing hot wheels under scientific conditions, we’ll…

Audience: Children, Homeschoolers, Virtual Workshop Series

Location: Via Zoom; details to follow after registration

Cost: $120 (members), $140 (non-members)

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