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.
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.
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 […]
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. FEBRUARY: 15 – Pangolins; 22 – Hippopotamus MARCH: 1 – Pigs; 8 – Aardvarks; 15 – Giant Pandas; 22 – Horses; 29 – Manatees
Explore the medical care provided to soldiers during the Civil War. Members of the 17th Corps Field Hospital, the largest Civil War Medical unit in the Midwest, will have interactive displays highlighting surgery, nursing care, pharmaceuticals and embalming. Activities include: Watch surgical demonstrations View hundreds of original surgical instruments up close Hear about the different […]
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. FEBRUARY: 15 – Pangolins; 22 – Hippopotamus MARCH: 1 – Pigs; 8 – Aardvarks; 15 – Giant Pandas; 22 – Horses; 29 – Manatees
Thursday, February 23 | 6:00pm – 8:30pm | Instructor: Jayne Herring | $52 ($65 non-members) | Register Here Select from two projects, a 4-sided candle holder or a 2-sided lantern. All supplies are included in the workshop price.
Saturday, February 25 | 1:00pm – 3:00pm | Instructor: Mike Medhurst Renowned image collector and historian Mike Medhurst will take a visual look into the lives of African American soldiers and civilians before and during the Civil War. See one-of-a-kind photographs from his collection and others.
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. FEBRUARY: 15 – Pangolins; 22 – Hippopotamus MARCH: 1 – Pigs; 8 – Aardvarks; 15 – Giant Pandas; 22 – Horses; 29 – Manatees
Saturday, March 4 | 11:00am – 12:30pm | $8 ($10 non-members) | Register Here Ever wonder how beekeeping works? Want to see the inside of a hive or understand an apiary? Just love the taste of honey? Join two beekeepers for a lecture and demonstration on the basics of beekeeping. Learn about native and non-native honey […]
Sunday, March 5 | 2:00pm – 3:30pm Join Blue House Books and the Civil War Museum as five authors of military history gather to discuss their careers documenting historical events, led by Civil War Museum Curator Doug Dammann. The focus of the discussion will include the American Revolution, Civil War, and both World Wars. Following […]
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. FEBRUARY: 15 – Pangolins; 22 – Hippopotamus MARCH: 1 – Pigs; 8 – Aardvarks; 15 – Giant Pandas; 22 – Horses; 29 – Manatees
