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Featured Upcoming Event on May 7 at 1:00 pm
Creating a Backyard Pollinator Haven with Dr. Erin Zagadailov
Erin will provide simple tips and tricks that you can implement in your own home garden to attract pollinators and promote pollinator conservation. She will provide an overview of her favorite pollinator-friendly perennials and garden must-haves for growing in Zones 4/5. After her talk, she’ll have locally grown cut tulip bouquets for sale.
Bio: Dr. Erin Zagadailov is the founder and creator of Lady Grantham Apiary, a bees-first flower farm in Grantham, NH, with a mission to promote pollinator conservation and locally grown flowers. Taking a sabbatical from biotech, she is a pharmacist and health economist with expertise in developing and commercializing treatments for oncology and rare diseases. Her research has been published in the New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet, and other scientific journals. In her spare time, Erin volunteers with the New Hampshire Women’s Foundation. See more of her work at the Lady Grantham Apiary.
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Events starting 10/30/2021
Experiment, Imagine, Create Virtual Workshop for ages 4-5 with a caregiver
10:00 AM
Each week we will experiment with a different type of force or motion. Then using what we discover to create a fun toy or game for further play.
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
Event Notes: Program is canceled
View Event DetailsPinball Wizard Virtual Workshop for ages 9-12
1:00 PM
Audience: Children, Homeschoolers, Virtual Workshop Series
Location: Via Zoom; details to follow after registration
Cost: $120 (members), $140 (non-members)
Pre-Registration Required
View Event DetailsHanover Garden Club: The Curious Person’s Guide to Earth Repair
1:00 PM
Around the world, people are finding that even the most harsh and damaged environments can be restored. In this talk, Judith D. Schwartz will share what she’s learned from…
Audience: Adults, Hanover Garden Club
Cost: Free
Pre-Registration Required
View Event DetailsAmazing Magnets for ages 4-6
10:00 AM
Each week, experiment and use the force of magnets as we examine their attracting and repelling properties. Discover what is magnetic, try fun magnet tricks, and play games with…
Audience: Children, Programs for Preschoolers
Location: On-site at the Montshire
Cost: $75 (members), $90 (non-members)
Pre-Registration Required
Event Notes: Program is canceled
View Event DetailsA Day of Flight
Celebrate the power of air! Can it float? Does it glide? Will it fly? We’ll explore the concepts behind our Air Works exhibition and build a variety of contraptions that can…
Audience: Families
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
View Event DetailsScience Story Time: Leafcutter Ants
10:30 AM
We’ll read the book Are You an Ant? by Judy Allen to learn all about an ant’s life. Afterwards you’ll have a chance to see the museum’s live colony of leafcutter ants as…
Audience: Families, Science Story TIme
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
View Event DetailsScience Story Time: Float Your Boat
10:30 AM
Build, test, and sink your own boat as we learn about balance and weight (along with the silly antics of some cute critters) in Pamela Allen’s Who Sank the Boat?
Audience: Families, Science Story TIme
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
View Event DetailsShop, Save, Explore!
10:00 AM
Enjoy FOUR DAYS of savings in the Museum Store
Audience: Adults, Families
Location: Museum Store
Cost: Free
View Event DetailsShop, Save, Explore!
10:00 AM
Enjoy FOUR DAYS of savings in the Museum Store
Audience: Adults, Families
Location: Museum Store
Cost: Free
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