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  1. Early Explorers Playgroup

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    January 24, 2025 @ 9:30 am – 10:30 am

    Social time for babies and their grown-ups!

    This playgroup is thoughtfully designed for our earliest visitors. We will provide a space for infants and toddlers (2 years and under) and their caregivers to explore and play together, and engage in activities that support various aspects of child development. Parents and caregivers will have the opportunity to connect with one another over a variety of topics. Come meet other families and make new friends!

    This event will be held in the Celebrations Room and is free with general museum admission.

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  2. Early Explorers Playgroup

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    January 17, 2025 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am

    Social time for babies and their grown-ups!

    This playgroup is thoughtfully designed for our earliest visitors. We will provide a space for infants and toddlers (2 years and under) and their caregivers to explore and play together, and engage in activities that support various aspects of child development. Parents and caregivers will have the opportunity to connect with one another over a variety of topics. Come meet other families and make new friends!

    This event will be held in the Celebrations Room and is free with general museum admission.

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  3. STEAM Time: Botanical Soap Making

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    January 31, 2025 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

    Learn about liquids and solids as we make soap using botanicals from our Rooftop Ramble garden.

    STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) activities foster children’s creativity, ignite curiosity, encourage divergent thinking, and increase problem-solving skills as children explore the world around them.

    This event is free with general museum admission.

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  4. Wild Wonders: Animal Tracking

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    January 16, 2025 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

    Get creative and design a collaborative wintery scene. Move animal figures through the snow and identify their tracks!

    This event is free with general museum admission.

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  5. Yid Vicious Hanukkah Concert

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    December 29, 2024 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

    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.

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  6. NYE Wonderground Dance Party

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    December 31, 2024 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

    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.

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  7. Museum Open – New Year’s Day

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    January 1, 2024 @ 9:00 am – 4:00 pm

    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.

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  8. Baby New Year Party

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    December 31, 2024 @ 9:00 am – 10:30 am

    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.

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  9. Clay Day: Ceramic Ornaments

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    December 20, 2024 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

    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

  10. Free Thursday Evenings

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    December 19, 2024 @ 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm

    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.

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