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: […]
Bring a flashlight and walk among the skeletons of the Dinosaur Discovery Museum. The dinosaurs will come alive in the shadows as you discover their unique features with your flashlight. Intended for ages 3 and up, advanced tickets necessary. $8 ($10 non-members) per participant Multiple sessions per night: October 6 | 6:00pm Register Here | […]
Saturday, October 7 | 10:00am - 12:030pm | $25 per scout | Register Here Travel back in time and explore customs and traditions among women and girls during Victorian America. Learn about the challenges and triumphs of being a girl in this era while accomplishing a creative writing task, trying on clothes, and sharing tea […]
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: […]
Bring a flashlight and walk among the skeletons of the Dinosaur Discovery Museum. The dinosaurs will come alive in the shadows as you discover their unique features with your flashlight. Intended for ages 3 and up, advanced tickets necessary. $8 ($10 non-members) per participant Multiple sessions per night: October 6 | 6:00pm Register Here | […]
Friday, October 13 | 12:00pm – 1:00pm | Speaker: Carl Smith The Great Chicago Fire of October 8-10, 1871 which destroyed the heart of the country’s rising inland metropolis and left a third of its population homeless, is one of history’s great disasters. If anything, the city’s rapid recovery was even more remarkable, revealing both […]
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, October 14 | 1:00pm – 2:00pm | Speaker: Steve Acker Steve Acker’s newest novel, The Fight for a Gettysburg Farm, tells the story of the Sherfy Farm during the Battle of Gettysburg. From the family that called the farm home to the Union and Confederate units that battled across its acres, this exhaustively researched story gives […]
Saturday, October 14 | 1:00pm – 2:00pm | Free Do you know the scope of the plastic pollution in the Great Lakes? We are lucky enough to live on one of the largest freshwater sources in the world yet half of all plastic waste in the Great Lakes is in Lake Michigan. Learn about the […]
Mondays, October 16 – November 20 | 9:00am – 10:00am | Instructors: Ruth Mcgee and Sharry Flaherty | $52 ($65 non-members) | Register Here Enjoy the sunshine over the lake as you practice the gentle movements of Tai Chi from the warmth of the museum’s mezzanine. Tai Chi is a slow-moving mind and body exercise, patterned […]
Tuesday, October 17 | 6:30pm – 8:00pm | Speaker: Rev. Robert Miller Join the Civil War Museum as Rev. Robert Miller discusses the documentary film Faith in the Fight. The film discusses the roles played by the nearly 120 Catholic priests who ministered to the spiritual needs of both armies during the Civil War, focusing […]
Join David Grignon, Menominee Tribal Director of Historic Preservation, at the Southwest Library as he speaks on the past, present, and future of the tribe, as a First Nation whose ancestral home has always been within the boundaries of the state of Wisconsin. The Menominee tribe is among the few tribes in Wisconsin whose origin […]
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: […]
Do you believe in the paranormal? Have you ever wanted to participate in a paranormal investigation? Join the Dinosaur Discovery Museum after hours to hear spooky stories of strange happenings, explore possible evidence of the paranormal captured by real-life ghost hunters including pictures and EVPs, and investigate the museum for yourself. Participants must be 18 […]
Bring a flashlight and walk among the skeletons of the Dinosaur Discovery Museum. The dinosaurs will come alive in the shadows as you discover their unique features with your flashlight. Intended for ages 3 and up, advanced tickets necessary. $8 ($10 non-members) per participant Multiple sessions per night: October 6 | 6:00pm Register Here | […]
Friday, October 20 | 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Free but registration required The farms of the Upper Midwest were responsible for feeding the United States Army during the Civil War. We will talk about farming and harvesting at this SPARK! meeting and then make apple cider and decorate pumpkins. Email [email protected] to register.
Saturday, October 21 | 10:00am – 4:00pm | Instructor: Sandy Bulgrin | $77 ($96 non-members) | Register Here This basket starts on an oval wood base and is woven to about 11″ high. Using natural and dyed reed students will weave this basket to fit a plastic liner. A great basket for bath or office. Dyed […]
Sunday, October 22 - Wednesday, October 25 | $880-$1075* ($955-$1150** non-members) Register Here *$880 per person for double occupancy, $1075 per person for single occupancy **$955 per person for double occupancy for non-members, $1150 per person for single occupancy for non-members McPherson's Ridge. The Wheatfield. Cemetery Ridge. East Cavalry Field. The names are synonymous with […]
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: […]
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: […]
