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Week of Events
Let’s Make! with Lexie
Let’s Make! with Lexie
Explore new materials and creative techniques through facilitated art activities and bring home hand-made treasures. Projects vary each week and may include sculpture, painting, comics, printmaking, and more! This event is free with general museum admission.
Super Friends Club: Winter Thursdays, 2024
Super Friends Club: Winter Thursdays, 2024
Drop-off class for preschoolers on Thursdays Come to the museum and practice becoming a Super Friend! Speaking to new people, taking turns, and making friends are new skills for 3 and 4-year-olds. Super Friends Club offers a preschool-style group experience within the museum. Guided by MCM's Early Education Manager Heather, Super Friends Club gives kids […]
Messy Art with Laurie: Soap Bubble Watercolors
Messy Art with Laurie: Soap Bubble Watercolors
Join Laurie and our Art Studio staff for a weekly drop-in art experience designed for MCM's youngest visitors and their caregivers. Through open-ended & process-based projects, empower your little artist to freely explore materials and art-making with their senses. And the best part? We take care of cleanup! Today, we'll create unique watercolor art with […]
Open Art Studio
Open Art Studio
Choose your own art adventure—drawing, sculpting, cartooning, and more! Drop by the Art Studio classroom for open-ended creative opportunities, facilitated by our talented staff. This event is free with general museum admission, and open to all ages.
Super Friends Club: Winter Fridays, 2024
Super Friends Club: Winter Fridays, 2024
Drop-off class for preschoolers on Fridays Come to the museum and practice becoming a Super Friend! Speaking to new people, taking turns, and making friends are new skills for 3 and 4-year-olds. Super Friends Club offers a preschool-style group experience within the museum. Guided by MCM's Early Education Manager Heather, Super Friends Club gives kids […]
Saturday Morning Early Hour
Saturday Morning Early Hour
Give your weekend a bright and early beginning at MCM! Enjoy early hours starting at 8 am, every Saturday through March 30. If you've got little kids in the family, we know you're probably up anyway, so come downtown and let them climb the walls (literally, in our Hodge Podge Mahal climber.) Extended Saturday mornings […]
Wonderground Recess: Hoop Jam with Nora
Wonderground Recess: Hoop Jam with Nora
Ring the bell: it's time for recess! Bundle up and head outside to the Wonderground for an active play break at 11 am every Saturday in January and February. Today, join Nora Phillips from Madison Circus Space to play with hula hoops and marvel at Nora's hooping talents. In the event of extreme temperatures, the activity […]
Saturday Art Adventures: Abstract Embroidery
Saturday Art Adventures: Abstract Embroidery
Dive into an exciting drop-in art experience each week with Laurie and our Art Studio team. Embark on projects with a wide variety of art media and processes for all ages and abilities. Materials are included—and the best part? We take care of cleanup! Today, we'll create abstract embroidery designs. This event is free with general museum […]
Post-Nap Pompom Party
Post-Nap Pompom Party
Have an extra-squirrely toddler? Take advantage of the museum's extended Saturday hours! Enjoy the tactile experience of scooping, pouring, and sorting colorful pompoms in the Wildernest, then get out those wiggles for an extra hour in the museum. This event is free with general museum admission.