Hammer Time
Art Studio ClassroomWoodworking can be fun for everyone! Choose wood scraps and use real woodworking tools such as hammers, hand drills, hand saw and others to make your own wooden project with […]
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Great Glasses Play Day
Celebrations Room AGlasses rock! Join us to celebrate our children in glasses, or contacts, or patches. Enjoy crafts, story time, and activities for families in the Celebrations Room, with a special Intergalactic […]
Star Weaving
Rooftop RambleWeave colored yarn onto sticks to create a colorful masterpiece! Weaving yarn around crossed rods or sticks an ancient technique, also called making God's Eyes. As the yarn is woven […]
Superhero Day
Whole MuseumJoin us today as we celebrate the superheroes among us. Come dressed in your favorite superhero attire or design your own at the museum. By definition, superheroes are larger than […]
Painted Rocks and Sticks
Rooftop RambleCheer up your garden all spring and summer with colorful decorations. Decorate found materials from nature with paints. Kids can choose to design rocks or sticks to bring home and decorate […]
Fantastical Felting: Dyed Wool
Rooftop RambleJoin us in learning the many exciting possibilities of creation in felting with dyed sheep wool! In this program we will be working on a collaborative felting project as well […]
Ready Set Dance Performance
Rotary PlazaJoin us outside the museum at Rotary Plaza for a free performance by Ready, Set, Dance, a middle school dance troupe from Virginia Davis School of Dance.
Recycled Sculpture
Art StudioCreate treasures out of trash! Kids will use materials like egg cartons, plastic bottles, paper towel rolls, and other found objects to create things like animals, piggy banks, puppets and […]
Gelli Prints
Art Studio ClassroomUse your imaginations and fine motor skills to make "Gelli Prints": mono printing using a gelatin plate. We will experiment with the textures of natural and found objects (keys, leaves, […]
Watercolor Nature
Rooftop RambleWatercolors aren't just for Beatrix Potter! Try your hand at painting watercolors inspired by nature. Watercolor flowers, insects, animals or plants outside on the rooftop. Together we'll use our imaginations and enhance our […]
Rooftop Closed for Special Event
Rooftop RambleOur Rooftop Ramble and Clubhouse will be closed 9:30–10:30 a.m. for a special event. It will reopen to the public at 10:30 a.m., so please come and visit our chickens, pigeons, […]
Ceramics with Kelsey
Art Studio ClassroomMake clay art with our Ceramics artist in residence, Kelsey. Participants will work with clay to create collaborative artwork that will live on at the museum. Kelsey will lead a participatory […]
