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Event Series Museum Munchkins

Museum Munchkins

Kenosha Public Museum 5500 1st Ave, Kenosha, WI, United States

Get your preschoolers excited about science and the world around them. Each week they will learn about a different museum collection animal through songs, stories and activities. AUGUST: 23-Japanese Spider Crab; 30-Okapi SEPTEMBER: 6-Helping at Home; 13-Gerenuk; 20-Proboscius Monkey; 27-Blue Glaucus OCTOBER: 4-Helping in my Neighborhood; 11-Goblin Shark; 18-Lowland Streaked Tenrec; 25-Indian Purple Frog NOVEMBER: […]

Fused Glass Workshop: 3 Part Wall Hanging

Kenosha Public Museum 5500 1st Ave, Kenosha, WI, United States

Thursday, August 24 |  6:00pm – 8:30pm  |  Instructor: Jayne Herring  |  $52 ($65 non-members)  |  Register Here Create a beautiful wall hanging or wind chime out of fused glass.  All supplies are included in the workshop price.

Encaustic Workshop

Kenosha Public Museum 5500 1st Ave, Kenosha, WI, United States

Saturday, August 26  |  10:30am – 12:30pm  |  Instructor: Kathy Laybourn  |  $76 ($95 non-members)  |  Register Here Have you ever made art by experimenting with melting Crayon when you were a kid? This workshop is designed for anyone who would like to be introduced to the “cold wax” encaustic method. Students will learn to add […]

Event Series Museum Munchkins

Museum Munchkins

Kenosha Public Museum 5500 1st Ave, Kenosha, WI, United States

Get your preschoolers excited about science and the world around them. Each week they will learn about a different museum collection animal through songs, stories and activities. AUGUST: 23-Japanese Spider Crab; 30-Okapi SEPTEMBER: 6-Helping at Home; 13-Gerenuk; 20-Proboscius Monkey; 27-Blue Glaucus OCTOBER: 4-Helping in my Neighborhood; 11-Goblin Shark; 18-Lowland Streaked Tenrec; 25-Indian Purple Frog NOVEMBER: […]

Event Series Museum Munchkins

Museum Munchkins

Kenosha Public Museum 5500 1st Ave, Kenosha, WI, United States

Get your preschoolers excited about science and the world around them. Each week they will learn about a different museum collection animal through songs, stories and activities. AUGUST: 23-Japanese Spider Crab; 30-Okapi SEPTEMBER: 6-Helping at Home; 13-Gerenuk; 20-Proboscius Monkey; 27-Blue Glaucus OCTOBER: 4-Helping in my Neighborhood; 11-Goblin Shark; 18-Lowland Streaked Tenrec; 25-Indian Purple Frog NOVEMBER: […]

Fall Acrylic Painting Beginner and Beyond

Kenosha Public Museum 5500 1st Ave, Kenosha, WI, United States

Saturdays, September 9 – 30  | 10:30am – 12:30pm |  Instructor: Kathy Laybourn |  $76 ($95 non-members)  |  Register Here Be enchanted with texture and color in acrylic paint. Students will learn how to construct a painting by determining basic composition, blocking in the underlying dark, middle, and light values, and layering color. Students will work […]

Community Fossil Hunt and Beach Clean-up

Kenosha Public Museum 5500 1st Ave, Kenosha, WI, United States

Kenosha’s distant past is hidden all along the lakeshore, fossils of ancient coral reefs and the animals that lived there flood the sandy beaches. Kenosha’s future depends on us taking care of the beautiful spaces we have. So join us for a community fossil hunt and beach clean-up! Curator of Education Nick Wiersum will be […]

Event Series Museum Munchkins

Museum Munchkins

Kenosha Public Museum 5500 1st Ave, Kenosha, WI, United States

Get your preschoolers excited about science and the world around them. Each week they will learn about a different museum collection animal through songs, stories and activities. AUGUST: 23-Japanese Spider Crab; 30-Okapi SEPTEMBER: 6-Helping at Home; 13-Gerenuk; 20-Proboscius Monkey; 27-Blue Glaucus OCTOBER: 4-Helping in my Neighborhood; 11-Goblin Shark; 18-Lowland Streaked Tenrec; 25-Indian Purple Frog NOVEMBER: […]

Root River Kayak Clean-up

Kenosha Public Museum 5500 1st Ave, Kenosha, WI, United States

Wednesday, September 13* | 5:30pm – 7:30pm  |  $8 ($10 non-member)  |  Register Here Help clean up the Root River, a 43-mile-long tributary that flows into Lake Michigan at the City of Racine, with the Kenosha Museums! Participants will paddle kayaks and collect trash together as we enjoy the beauty of the river bank. A […]

Event Series Artsy Afternoons

Artsy Afternoon: Tissue Paper Lantern

Kenosha Public Museum 5500 1st Ave, Kenosha, WI, United States

Explore the amazing world of art through the eyes of artists and see how their artwork can inspire your own. Try new techniques and get your creativity flowing. All materials are included in this free program.  Register Here

Plastic Yarn Weaving

Kenosha Public Museum 5500 1st Ave, Kenosha, WI, United States

Sunday, September 17 | 1:00pm and 2:00pm  |  Instructor: Tiffany Knopow  |  Free  1:00pm Session Register Here 2:00pm Session Register Here Pre-register for this family workshop and bring your plastic shopping bags to upcycle into useful crocheted items like coasters and start on bigger projects like mats. After the workshop drop into the Field Station to continue […]

Event Series Museum Munchkins

Museum Munchkins

Kenosha Public Museum 5500 1st Ave, Kenosha, WI, United States

Get your preschoolers excited about science and the world around them. Each week they will learn about a different museum collection animal through songs, stories and activities. AUGUST: 23-Japanese Spider Crab; 30-Okapi SEPTEMBER: 6-Helping at Home; 13-Gerenuk; 20-Proboscius Monkey; 27-Blue Glaucus OCTOBER: 4-Helping in my Neighborhood; 11-Goblin Shark; 18-Lowland Streaked Tenrec; 25-Indian Purple Frog NOVEMBER: […]

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