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Week of Events
Sunday, August 11, 2024
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August 11, 2024 -Exploration Station: Flower Fairies
Exploration Station: Flower Fairies
Pluck organic blooms from our Rooftop Ramble garden and create your own flower fairy friend! This event is free with the price of general admission.
Monday, August 12, 2024
No events on this day.
Tuesday, August 13, 2024
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August 13, 2024 -Plant Root Flip Books with UW Genetics
Plant Root Flip Books with UW Genetics
Join our guest instructor Angela Johnson from UW Genetics for a drop-in flip book workshop! Learn about the patterns of plant root growth and their importance for obstacle avoidance, soil penetration, and seedling establishment. Best of all, you'll get to apply what you learned in a make-and-take animated flip book of the growth process. This […]
Wednesday, August 14, 2024
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August 14, 2024 -Exploration Station: Flower-Dyed Fabric
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August 14, 2024 -Music Time with Tim!
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August 14, 2024 -Playdough Party with Junko
Exploration Station: Flower-Dyed Fabric
Explore the colorful potential of plants! Pick flowers from our Rooftop Ramble garden and dye fabric using the pigment in your chosen blooms. This event is free with the price of general admission.
Music Time with Tim!
Explore the world of music and rhythm! Join Tim in the Wonderground each week to enjoy play-based songs, games, and stories. This event is free with general museum admission.
Playdough Party with Junko
Join Junko in the Art Studio Classroom each Wednesday to create your own scented playdough that's a squishy, smush-able sensory delight. This event is free with general museum admission.
Thursday, August 15, 2024
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August 15, 2024 -Messy Art with Laurie: Puffy Paint Pictures
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August 15, 2024 -Fun with Fiber Arts: Fabric Painting
Messy Art with Laurie: Puffy Paint Pictures
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 dimensional art pieces with […]
Fun with Fiber Arts: Fabric Painting
Explore various practical and artful fiber arts projects like embroidery, weaving, mending, and sewing with our friend Lexie in the Art Studio! Today, we'll use fabric paint to create textile designs. This event is free during our extended Thursday evening hours! Image credit: Sarah Whiting
Friday, August 16, 2024
No events on this day.
Saturday, August 17, 2024
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August 17, 2024 -Exploration Station: Clothespin Butterflies
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August 17, 2024 -Saturday Art Adventures: Whimsical Windchimes
Exploration Station: Clothespin Butterflies
Learn about the metamorphosis of butterflies from egg to adult, and make a colorful clothespin butterfly that really flaps its wings! This event is free with the price of general admission.
Saturday Art Adventures: Whimsical Windchimes
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 make windchimes out of clay shapes generously created by other visitors. […]