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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) for starting 09/02/2022
Nature Adventures: Weasels
11:00 AM
Join Early Learning Specialist Kelly Wieman to explore color-changing weasels and do color experiments. $5 materials fee per child, due at the beginning of the program.
Audience: Children, Families, Nature Adventures
Cost: $5.00 (members), $5.00 (non-members)
View Event DetailsTogetherTime Tales: Mirrors
11:00 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, TogetherTime Tales
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
View Event DetailsTogetherTime Tales: Making Music
11:00 AM
Play along with us as we read Play this Book by Jessica Young and Daniel Wiseman and then get hands on with a variety of musical instruments to strum, twang, and pluck.
Audience: Children, Families, TogetherTime Tales
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
View Event DetailsTogetherTime Tales: Shadows
11:00 AM
Build your own shadow puppets after getting inspired by all the animals found in Michael Bartalos’ Shadowville.
Audience: Children, Families, TogetherTime Tales
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
View Event DetailsTogether Time Tales: Frozen Fish
11:00 AM
The book One Frozen Lake by Deborah Jo Larson is a beautiful introduction to ice fishing - we’ll practice extracting our own fish from ice afterward!
Audience: Children, Families, TogetherTime Tales
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
View Event DetailsKiss The Ground (84-min. film)
1:00 PM
To significantly mitigate the climate crisis, humans need to solve a lot of problems. As this 2020 Netflix documentary suggests, one of the biggest problems is right under our…
Audience: Adults, Hanover Garden Club
Location: Community Room
Cost: Free
View Event DetailsTogether Time Tales: Shapes and Images
11:00 AM
Explore how simple shapes can be rearranged to make endless combinations after reading Windblown by Edouard Manceau.
Audience: Children, Families, TogetherTime Tales
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
View Event DetailsHomeschooler Series: Makerlab (ages 12-15)
1:30 PM
Makerlab Homeschool Program, January 2024. For ages 12-15.
Audience: Preteens and Teens, Makerlab
Cost: 90 (members), 105 (non-members)
Pre-Registration Required
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