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  1. Music with Junebug: “The Snowy Day” Storytime Concert

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    December 13, 2024 @ 10:30 am – 11:00 am

    Join us for Music with Junebug, led by Junko Yamauchi!

    This program gives toddlers and preschoolers the opportunity to sing, dance, explore instruments, and play. Music and movement activities promote brain development and connect us to our family and community. Today, we’ll enjoy musical storytime with talented MCM staff on piano and flute, accompanying the story The Snowy Day.

    For today’s Music with Junebug location, please ask at the desk! This event is free with general museum admission.

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  2. MCM Roadshow: Santa Photos with the Progress Center for Black Women

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    December 7, 2024 @ 9:00 am – 3:00 pm

    Today, MCM Roadshow will join the Progress Center for Black Women for holiday fun and photos with Santa at Madison College’s Goodman South Campus.

    Find more details and register here for Saturday’s event at Madison College:
    https://www.centerforblackwomen.org/events/day-1-6th-annual-photos-with-santa/

    This is one of two opportunities to snap a jolly photo with Santa, so if you miss your chance today, come on down to Madison Children’s Museum on Sunday, Dec 8 from 10 am–2 pm.

    Madison College – Goodman South Campus

    2429 Perry St, Madison, WI 53713 + Google Map

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  3. Free Night: Madison Arts Commission 50th Anniversary Celebration

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    December 5, 2024 @ 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm

    Celebrate 50 years of public art and community art-making made possible by the Madison Arts Commission. Join us for a FREE celebration including performances by Madison Circus Space performers and hands-on art-making with artists TetraPAKMAN, Lesley Anne Numbers, Angelica Contreras, and Djam Vivie. Bring your dancing shoes–Madison-based band V05 will transport you back to MAC’s 1974 founding with disco hits for all ages!

    Presented in partnership with Friends of Madison Arts Commission.

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  4. Nutcracker Ballet Pop-Up with Dance Wisconsin

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    December 14, 2024 @ 11:00 am – 11:45 am

    Join Ms. JoJean Retrum, Artistic Director of Dance Wisconsin, for a reading of Plum accompanied by dancers from Dance Wisconsin’s upcoming production of the Nutcracker. Plum, by Sean Hayes and Scott Icenogle, is a holiday story of magic and inclusion that introduces some of the Nutcracker story and tells children how the Sugar Plum Fairy got her wings.

    Discover how pantomime plays a large part in storytelling ballet and get an introduction to some of the movements used in the Nutcracker ballet. Dancers from Dance Wisconsin will perform excerpts from the Nutcracker including Clara, the Nutcracker, a Marzipan candy and more!

    Dance Wisconsin’s full-length production of the Nutcracker will be performed on December 21st and 22nd at 2:00 PM at the Wisconsin Union Theater, Shannon Hall.

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  5. MCM Roadshow: G-SAFE Safe Schools, Safe Communities Conference

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    November 2, 2024 @ 1:30 pm – 2:45 pm

    Meet up with MCM Roadshow at G-SAFE’s Statewide Conference on LGBTQ+ youth for educators, community leaders, youth workers, and families.

    Madison Children’s Museum Roadshow brings mobile exhibits and maker activities to community events in Madison and the surrounding area.

    MYArts

    1055 E Mifflin St, Madison, WI 53703
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  6. MCM Roadshow: G-SAFE Safe Schools, Safr Communities Conference

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    November 2, 2024 @ 10:15 am – 11:30 am

    Meet up with MCM Roadshow at G-SAFE’s Statewide Conference on LGBTQ+ youth for educators, community leaders, youth workers, and families.

    Madison Children’s Museum Roadshow brings mobile exhibits and maker activities to community events in Madison and the surrounding area.

    MYArts

    1055 E Mifflin St, Madison, WI 53703
    Madison,     + Google Map

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  7. Kids’ View Photography

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    November 1, 2024 @ 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

    Capture the museum through your own “lens” and learn how to take photos on digital cameras and phones! You’ll discover fun ways to take portraits, bring new energy to still life images, and create art from your perspective.

    This event is free with general museum admission.

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  8. Free Thursday Evenings

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    November 14, 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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  9. Braaains! with UW Neuroscience Outreach

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    November 14, 2024 @ 5:00 pm – 7:45 pm

    Join our friends from UW Neuroscience for brain-building activities and interact with REAL neurological specimens. Come learn how we think!

    This program is part of our Free Thursday Evenings! Play in the museum for free every Thursday night, 4 pm to 8 pm each week.

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  10. STEAM Time: Owl Pellet Detectives

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    November 14, 2024 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

    Become a nature detective! Dissect owl pellets to find out what our nocturnal feathered friends like to eat. Identify animal bones in the mix and examine these dinnertime discards more closely under a microscope. 

    This event is free as part of our weekly Free Thursday Evenings from 4 pm to 8 pm.

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