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Visit MCM for free every Thursday evening, 4–8 pm!
Enjoy extended hours each Thursday, completely free of charge. Please check in at the admissions desk when you visit during free hours.
Looking for more affordable ways to visit? During the rest of the week, MCM also offers heavily discounted admission and memberships to families who qualify through our Access for Everyone initiative.
Join MCM for a free celebration 4-8 pm featuring performances from Beni Daiko and lion dancers from the Zhong Yi Kung Fu Association Traditional Folk Performing Arts Troupe, hands-on cultural activities with the Hmong Institute Women‘s Group and Hmong American Students Association, interactives from artist Meri Lau, refreshments from Moonhalf, and more! Snacks and beverages are also available from MCM’s pay-what-you-cafe, the Lunchbox, while supplies last.
Join Junko each Wednesday to create your own scented playdough that’s a squishy, smush-able sensory delight.
This event is free with general museum admission.
Join Junko each Wednesday to create your own scented playdough that’s a squishy, smush-able sensory delight.
This event is free with general museum admission.
Explore the squishy, smudgy, sculptable world of clay! Today we’ll “make and take” miniature portraits created with model magic clay.
Each Friday, join us for a different drop-in clay experience in the Art Studio. We’ll work with a variety of media–ceramic clay, dough, paper clay, polymer clay, and more. This event is free with general museum admission.
Learn how ancient life was preserved over time, and create your own cast fossils out of clay.
Join us each week for new STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) activities. These hands-on programs foster creativity, ignite curiosity, encourage divergent thinking, increase problem-solving skills, and offer new ways for kids to explore the world around them.
This event is free with general museum admission.
Create seed balls using a native pollinator seed mix grown on the museum’s Rooftop Ramble! Find out what it takes to plant pollinator gardens, and gain a better understanding of plants’ life cycle from seed to flower.
This event is free with the price of general admission. Image credit: Chicago Community Gardeners Association
Celebrate International Plant Appreciation Day by decorating a custom succulent planter using pots made in the museum’s Art Studio.
This event is free with the price of general admission.
Rain or shine, we’re making crafts inspired by the day’s weather! Possible crafts include kites, sun paper art, rain art, and other weather-related creative projects.
This event is free with the price of general admission.
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.
