Closed on Weds, Dec 25 • Winter Wonder Weeks coming soon! • Free Thurs nights, 4 pm–8 pm • Get museum tickets
Closed on Weds, Dec 25 • Winter Wonder Weeks coming soon! • Free Thurs nights, 4 pm–8 pm • Get museum tickets
Join Madison’s locally-grown klezmer band for a family holiday concert in the Wildernest! This event is free with general museum admission, no registration necessary.
Are your kids not quite ready to stay up until midnight? Bid farewell to 2024 with the most bedtime-friendly New Year’s Eve party in Madison! This free dance party begins at 2 pm, with early New Year’s countdowns at 2:30, 3, and 3:30 pm.
Bundle up and boogie down in the Wonderground with family-friendly DJ beats. Embrace the arrival of the new year with party favors, festive beverages, Auld Lang Syne, a 2025 photo opportunity, and Madison’s only Human Ball Drop featuring Stephanie Richards of Madison Circus Space.
This event is free with general museum admission.
Come join MCM for the very first day of 2025! The museum will be observing our standard hours, 9 am-4 pm.
This event is free with general museum admission.
Madison’s cutest New Years celebration kicks off bright and early this morning! Meant for littles aged 0-3 years, this party will feature a Baby New Year photo op, a toddler dance mix led by Rachelle Fochs of Isthmus Dance Collective, and three countdowns (toddlers love repetition!) at 9:30, 10, and 10:30 am.
This event is free with general museum admission.
Explore the squishy, smudgy, sculptable world of clay! Today we’ll create colorful handmade ornaments with ceramic.
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. Image credit: Elsie Larson
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 offers reduced cost admission and memberships every day to families who qualify through our Access for Everyone initiative.
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 offers reduced cost admission and memberships every day to families who qualify through our Access for Everyone initiative.
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 offers reduced cost admission and memberships every day to families who qualify through our Access for Everyone initiative.
MCM will be closed on December 25, 2024, for the holidays.
The museum will re-open on Thursday, December 26, at 9 am! December 26 kicks off our Winter Wonder Weeks programming, including festive acivities, special seasonal parties, cozy concerts, and 11 consecutive days of museum fun thru Sunday, January 5!
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 “make and take” creations created with simple cinnamon dough to celebrate the season. Please note, these are non-toxic but NOT edible! There is glue in the formula, so please smell but don’t taste.
This event is free with general museum admission.
