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Get decked out with wooden beads and sinew thread while exploring early jewelry-making. Flex your fine motor skills and practice hand-eye coordination to design custom bracelets and necklaces out of natural, historical materials. Cabin Life invites you to try your hand at crafts and activities from around the time our original log cabin was built […]
Turn a liquid into a slippery solid as you help churn fresh butter at the log cabin. Enjoy a bite of butter and crackers when you're done with this daily chore of early Wisconsin settlers.
Try out a craft kids have enjoyed for hundreds of years—felting designs onto wool using water. This event is free with general museum admission.
Illuminate the past and make your own beeswax candle like an early Wisconsin settler. Cabin Life invites you each week to try crafts and activities from around the time of our historic 1840s log cabin. This event is free with general museum admission.
Read the story " The Giant Turnip" and celebrate the coming season by harvesting turnips and potatoes from our cabin garden. Cabin Life invites you each week to try crafts and activities from around the time of our historic 1840s log cabin. This event is free with general museum admission.
Get a taste of homemade potato donuts, made with our own garden-harvested produce and traditional recipe. Copy out the recipe, bring it home, and try making your own batch of starchy goodness. Cabin Life invites you each week to try crafts and activities from the time of our historic 1840s log cabin. This event is […]
Make your mark with a feathery flourish. Explore writing utensils from early European history through a hands-on quill and ink activity. Cabin Life invites you each week to try crafts and activities from the time of our historic 1840s log cabin. This event is free with general museum admission.
MCM invites our entire community to enjoy the museum with free admission from 4 to 8 pm on Thursday, September 28. This Free Night we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with performances, food, and craft activities, beginning at 5 pm. All activities are free and available while supplies last. Performances Activities
Use natural, organic materials to create your very own take-home toy in our Wonderground cabin. Cabin Life invites you each week to try crafts and activities from the time of our historic 1840s log cabin. This event is free with general museum admission.
Learn how ancient animals became sealed in stone and cast your own mold fossil to take home. This event is free with general museum admission.
Learn to collect and preserve garden and flower seeds, just like early Wisconsinites who saved seasonally for the next year. Take a few seeds home to start your own garden next Spring. Cabin Life invites you each week to try crafts and activities from the time of our historic 1840s log cabin. This event is free […]
Join Madison Children's Museum on February 22, 4–8 pm, as we honor the contributions of Black people in our community with a celebration featuring Black artists, musicians, and leaders. Free admission from 4 to 8 pm, no event tickets required! Enjoy performances from Leotha & Tamera Stanley and local Ghanaian drumming group Atimevu, a hambone […]
