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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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starting 01/15/2022
Homeschool Series: Insect Investigations for ages 6-8 (3 part series begins)
10:30 AM
Discover insect diversity and adaptations, while meeting a new live insect at each class. Explore their behaviors and life cycles and examine them up close using magnifying…
Audience: Children, Homeschoolers
Location: On-site at the Montshire
Cost: $75 (members), $90 (non-members)
Pre-Registration Required
Event Notes: Program is canceled
View Event DetailsHomeschool Series: Insect Investigations for ages 9-12 (3 part series begins)
1:00 PM
Discover insect diversity and adaptations, while meeting a new live insect at each class. Explore their behaviors and life cycles and examine them up close using magnifying…
Audience: Children, Homeschoolers
Location: On-site at the Montshire
Cost: $75 (members), $90 (non-members)
Pre-Registration Required
Event Notes: Program is canceled
View Event DetailsScience Story Time: Mirrors
10:30 AM
Families will have the chance to use mirrors to solve ingenious puzzles in the book M is for Mirror by Duncan Burmingham. After the story you’ll get to experiment with…
Audience: Children, Families, Science Story TIme
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
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
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
View Event DetailsHanover Garden Club: The Skinny on Garden Pests and Diseases
1:00 PM
Learn about current and emerging pests and plant diseases in the garden and landscape that can impact the home gardener. Ann will also discuss the best approach to management…
Audience: Adults, Hanover Garden Club
Location: Program offered on Zoom
Cost: Free
Pre-Registration Required
View Event DetailsScience Story Time: Wiggle Bots
10:30 AM
Join us as we read the book Stop! Bot! by James Wang. Afterward, we’ll have fun building our own fences to keep scurrying mechanical bots under control.
Audience: Children, Families, Science Story TIme
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
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