Thursday, October 26 | 6:00pm – 8:30pm | Instructor: Jayne Herring | $52 ($65 non-members) | Register Here Create a beautiful pocket vase to decorate your home. All supplies are included in the workshop price.
Friday, October 27 | 6:00pm – 8:30pm | $44 ($55 non-members) | Register Here Connect with your past self or peer into your future at this “otherworldy” event! Inspired by the golden age of magic, explore the spiritual lives of the Victorians through a parlor performance of Ghost stories, followed by common spiritualist activities such as […]
Saturdays, October 28 – November 18 | 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 […]
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: […]
Wednesday, November 8 | 6:30pm – 8:00pm | Register Here We will meet at the Civil War Museum In the seventy-three succinct essays gathered in The Enduring Civil War, celebrated historian Gary W. Gallagher highlights the complexity and richness of the war, from its origins to its memory, as topics for study, contemplation, and dispute. He places a […]
Friday, November 10 | 12:00pm – 1:00pm | Speaker: Richard Kane Richard Kane’s presentation will be based on original research that he has been compiling since 2014 and include the following topics. In the mid 1890’s, Simon Wolf, a well-known Jewish attorney and diplomat, with access to thirteen presidents during his lifetime, attempted to identify […]
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
Sensory Friendly Days give visitors of all ages with complex developmental disabilities, sensory sensitivities, or on the autism spectrum a safe, comfortable environment to explore the museum exhibits during special hours before the museum opens to the general public. Where possible, our lights will be dimmed and the sound turned off. Signage will be posted […]
Saturday, November 11 | 10:00am – 4:00pm | Instructor: Sandy Bulgrin | $77 ($96 non-members) | Register Here A tisket a tasket, come and learn to weave a basket. This market-style basket is woven with a filled bottom, natural and dyed reed that accent on the sides. A perfect basket for carrying all your goodies. Students […]
Saturday, November 11 | 11:00am - 1:00pm Join the Navy Club Ship 40 in a ceremony honoring veterans from all branches of service. Includes a performance by the Woodwind Quintet, "Fairwinds" from Navy Band Great Lakes. Open to the public. Light refreshments will be provided.
Join Mr. Nick for songs, stories, and activities designed to get you and your preschooler excited about natural science and the world around us. Every week we learn together about a new animal, so there's ALWAYS something new to discover, for kids and adults alike!
Wednesday, November 15 | 6:00pm – 8:00pm | Instructor: Tiffany Knopow | $40 ($50 non-members) | Register Here Transform plastics headed for the landfill into beautiful and unique statement pieces of jewelry in this 3D workshop.
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