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Week of Events
Exploration Station: Sun-sational Tea
Exploration Station: Sun-sational Tea
Soak up the sun and taste the Wisconsin summer! Harvest fresh herbs from our cabin garden and enjoy a refreshing batch of museum-made sun tea.
Daytime Astronomy: Exploring the Sun & Planets
Daytime Astronomy: Exploring the Sun & Planets
Join astronomers from the American Astronomical Society for daytime skygazing activities and an art project exploring the sun and planets. Make a UV-reactive bead bracelet, view the sun safely in the sky, and color a crater! This event is free with general museum admission.
Exploration Station: Seed Planting
Exploration Station: Seed Planting
Start your own mini-garden by planting seeds to take home, and decorate your own one-of-a-kind paper plant pot! This event is free with the price of general admission.
Insect Scavenger Hunt
Insect Scavenger Hunt
Be very, very quiet... we're hunting insects! Join us in the Urb Garden, where we'll sharpen our observation skills and search for bugs hiding in the plants. Gentleness is encouraged—no insects will be harmed in the making of this program. This program is free with general museum admission.
Cabin Life: Quill & Ink
Cabin Life: Quill & Ink
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.
Insect Scavenger Hunt
Insect Scavenger Hunt
Be very, very quiet... we're hunting insects! Join us in the Urb Garden, where we'll sharpen our observation skills and search for bugs hiding in the plants. Gentleness is encouraged—no insects will be harmed in the making of this program. This program is free with general museum admission.
Wild Wonders: Recycled Paper-Making
Wild Wonders: Recycled Paper-Making
Create your own sustainable stationery with recycled paper and water! This event is free with general museum admission.
Insect Scavenger Hunt
Insect Scavenger Hunt
Be very, very quiet... we're hunting insects! Join us in the Urb Garden, where we'll sharpen our observation skills and search for bugs hiding in the plants. Gentleness is encouraged—no insects will be harmed in the making of this program. This program is free with general museum admission.
Garden Babies
Garden Babies
Enjoy sunny Saturday mornings in the Urb Garden with your little one. Join us for special baby-friendly activities just outside the Wildernest. This event is free with general museum admission.
Exploration Station: Wood Slice Necklaces
Exploration Station: Wood Slice Necklaces
Investigate how trees age by counting the rings of "tree cookies", then make a decorated necklace of your own as a keepsake. This event is free with the price of general admission.
Insect Scavenger Hunt
Insect Scavenger Hunt
Be very, very quiet... we're hunting insects! Join us in the Urb Garden, where we'll sharpen our observation skills and search for bugs hiding in the plants. Gentleness is encouraged—no insects will be harmed in the making of this program. This program is free with general museum admission.