Events
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STEM Week!
We're excited to be part of Mass STEM Week, a statewide celebration of science, technology, engineering and math! Come join the fun as we introduce our youngest visitors to the wonders of hands on discovery. Today is RAMPtastic Fun! We are calling all future engineers. Are you ready for the ultimate ramp challenge? Let's construct…
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Sticky Spider Webs
Get tangled up in some web-tacular fun! First, spin your own dazzling web design, then give it some creepy-cute tenants by creating a whole family of spiders from dot stickers. It’s a craft that’s sticking around—because your little arachnids won’t want to leave their new home! Free with admission or a CME membership, while supplies…
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Tuesday Studio
Bat Wings - Uh-oh! This nocturnal bat is missing its wings. Let’s get clever and print some leafy ones to complete the picture. Tuesday Studio is all about experimenting—process art, new techniques, and a little nature-inspired magic. Free with admission or a CME membership, while supplies last.
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Erupting Volcano
Create an action-packed prehistoric scene! Use drops of paint “lava” and use a straw to blow them up and out of the volcano’s top for a fiery, bubbly eruption. Then pick a couple of dinos to glue on so they can watch the lava puts on its spectacular show! Free with admission or a CME…
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Exploring Music
People simply love Kerry's Exploring Music class on Wednesday mornings at 10am because it’s filled with toe-tapping tunes and hand-clapping fun! Kids and their grown-ups get to groove together with a mix of singing, rhythm-making, and even some marching. It's a joyful way to start your day! Free with admission or a CME Membership.
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Prehistoric Patchwork
Get ready to piece together a dino masterpiece! In this craft, kids will use bits of this and that—paper scraps, fabric pieces, and textured odds and ends—to create a dimensional dino scene featuring the dinosaur of their choosing. It’s part collage, part prehistoric adventure, and 100% fun. Free with admission or a CME membership, while…
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Dinosaur Garland
Ready to party like it’s prehistory? Choose a dino of every style—from a trendy Triceratops to a fierce but fabulous T. rex—and string them together into a roarin’ garland. Add foam shapes for some Mesozoic bling: sunglasses, crowns, or whatever makes your Jurassic crew look rex-tra fancy. Free with admission or a CME membership, while…
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Dino Scratch Art
Scratch your way to a one-of-a-kind dino! Reveal brilliant colors beneath the black coating as you create wild scales, fierce talons, and dazzling teeth. Who says dinosaurs didn’t sparkle? Free with admission or a CME membership, while supplies last.
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Artist of the Month
November’s Artist of the Month is French collagist, painter, and sculptor Henri Matisse. Matisse is celebrated for his bold use of bright colors and playful, simplified forms. With a childlike sense of wonder, he often turned to scissors instead of a paintbrush, creating vibrant cut-paper collages in a style sometimes called “naïve” for its joyful,…
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Matisse stained glass panels
We’re getting inspired by Matisse’s love of bold colors and playful shapes! Kids can create their very own stained-glass window using tissue paper and scissors—just like Matisse created for the panels of churches in his native France. Hold the artwork up to the light and watch the colors glow, just like real stained glass. Free…
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