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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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Science Discovery Lab Activity(s) starting 09/05/2021
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
View Event DetailsFamily Science Activities
2:00 PM
Join us for science activities outdoors at the Science Discovery Lab or Push Cart Science. Engage in interactive hands-on activities for the entire family.
Audience: Children, Families
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
View Event DetailsMeet 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
View Event DetailsFamily Science Activities
2:00 PM
Join us for science activities outdoors at the Science Discovery Lab or Push Cart Science. Engage in interactive hands-on activities for the entire family.
Audience: Children, Families
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
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 DetailsFamily Science Activities
11:00 AM
Every day is different! You may get to hold a fossil or make a parachutes, build an electric circuits or use a microscope!
Audience: Adults, Children, Families
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
View Event DetailsFamily Science Activities
2:00 PM
A new activity every day - you may get to examine skulls, test a paper rocket, or meet a live insect up close!
Audience: Adults, Children, Families
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
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