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January 2, 2025 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Create fragrant and festive decorations to celebrate the new year!
This event is part of our Free Thursday Evenings, 4 pm-8 pm. Image credit: Stephanie Swoodson
January 31, 2024 @ 10:30 am – 1:00 pm
Celebrate the New Year with a piece of delicious, golden toast! Grab your free slice in the Lunchbox cafe and enjoy with a variety of spreads available to sample.
This event is free with general museum admission.
January 5, 2025 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
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.
January 4, 2025 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Try your hand at weaving and create a one-of -a-kind piece of art while building fine motor skills and honing hand-eye coordination.
This event is free with general museum admission.
January 3, 2025 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Learn about photography and take photos on digital cameras or phones. Take a photo portrait and print it, take photos of a still life, or take photos around the museum.
This event is free with general museum admission.
January 2, 2025 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Channel creativity, gratitude, and joy as you create handmade thank-you cards for your loved ones.
This event is free with general museum admission.
December 28, 2024 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Join Atimevu Drum and Dance Ensemble (featuring MCM’s Volunteer Coordinator, Tim Gruber, and Nice Age Trail sculptor, Djam Vivie!) for a concert of traditional Ghanaian music in celebration of Kwanzaa.
This event is free with general museum admission.
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.
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.
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.
