Earthy Story Time
11 am
Join us in the Ranger Station for stories and crafts related to animals, plants, and the great outdoors.
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Cool Science: Loveable Leeches!
3:30 pm
Come meet the Museum’s live leeches and get an up close look at their world. Learn to move like a leech, then show your stuff in a leech lunch game. Make your very own loveable leech necklace prize to wear home.
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Tidepool Touch Tank
11 am & 2 pm
Hold a sea star. Feel the tickle of a crab's legs. Meet the Museum's saltwater aquarium residents up-close and see their amazing adaptations to life in the intertidal zone.
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Cool Science: Loveable Leeches!
11:30 am
Come meet the Museum’s live leeches and get an up close look at their world. Learn to move like a leech, then show your stuff in a leech lunch game. Make your very own loveable leech necklace prize to wear home.
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Australian Adventures
1:30 pm
Join us for a glimpse of life down under. Share an Australian snack, story and craft activity.
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Cultural Creations: Easy Origami
2:30 pm
Have you always wanted to learn the art of Japanese paper folding? Join us and make some simple shapes and creatures, and decorate your own origami paper!
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Labor Day
9am-5pm
OPEN to the General Public
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Bake and Take: School Bus Cookies
11 am
Celebrate the start of school with sweet school bus cookies you assemble yourself!
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Earthy Story Time
1 pm
Join us in the Ranger Station for stories and crafts related to animals, plants, and the great outdoors.
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Preschool Play: Back To School - Salt Dough Pencils
10:30 am
Mix and mold the salt dough around a new pencil to bring to school!
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Cultural Creations: Easy Origami
11 am & 2 pm
Have you always wanted to learn the art of Japanese paper folding? Join us and make some simple shapes and creatures, and decorate your own origami paper!
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Little Kids Morning Out: Seashell Sailboats
10:30 am
What has the sea left behind this summer? Let’s create sailboats out of beautiful seashells and sail them in the backyard.
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Cool Science: Water World
3:30 pm
Join us to celebrate the wonders of water. Play a water cycle game, do a water density experiment, and then make a water color painting!
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Bake and Take: School Bus Cookies
3 pm
Celebrate the start of school with sweet school bus cookies you assemble yourself!
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Free Friday Night!
5-8 pm
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Peaks Island Family Tidepooling & Nature Journaling
10-11:30 am
This event has been canceled!
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Cool Science: Water World
11:30 am
Join us to celebrate the wonders of water. Play a water cycle game, do a water density experiment, and then make a water color painting!
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Camera Obscura Show
1:30 pm
Join us for a viewing of our magical camera! Stand in a dark room without any windows and watch the action on Portland’s streets and in Casco Bay (weather permitting).
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Bake and Take: School Bus Cookies
1:30 pm
Celebrate the start of school with sweet school bus cookies you assemble yourself!
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Cultural Creations: Easy Origami
2:30 pm
Have you always wanted to learn the art of Japanese paper folding? Join us and make some simple shapes and creatures, and decorate your own origami paper!
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Earthy Story Time
11 am
Join us in the Ranger Station for stories and crafts related to animals, plants, and the great outdoors.
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Preschool Play: Clay Beads
10:30 am
Get ready to get messy! Clay and paint is all you’ll need to create these wonderful beads.
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Cultural Creations: Easy Origami
11 am & 2 pm
Have you always wanted to learn the art of Japanese paper folding? Join us and make some simple shapes and creatures, and decorate your own origami paper!
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Little Kids Morning Out: Sand Dough
10:30 am
Summer is gone but not forgotten with this easy to make sand dough. Mix and stir the ingredients to make a sticky sand dough to take home.
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Why Do We Need Plants?
11:30 am
Join Master Gardener Stacie Smith to explore the importance of plants. Investigate pollination and get up close looks at flowers.
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Animal Friends with Sparks’ Ark
11am-Noon
Join David Sparks, wildlife rehabilitator, and meet a Maine animal friend.
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Back to School Around the World
2 pm
It is time to go back to school! Join us to hear about how children go back to school around the world. We will share a back to school snack and craft activity.
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Bowling Boogie
Noon
Come rock n’ bowl and get ready to boogie down the Museum’s bowling alley.
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Back to School Around the World
1:30pm
It is time to go back to school! Join us to hear about how children go back to school around the world. We will share a back to school snack and craft activity.
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Moon Shadow Puppets
2:30 pm
This month’s full moon is celebrated in China with the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival. Join us to find out more about this holiday and to make your own shadow puppet to use in the moonlight.
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CLOSED to the General Public
9-11 am
Members’ Monday: Colorful Autumn Crayons
All the well-loved crayons end up here. Recycle them into one big colorful crayon melted by you!
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Play Doh Play
11 am
Sculpt and mold your heart away with Play Doh!
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Earthy Story Time
1 pm
Join us in the Ranger Station for stories and crafts related to animals, plants, and the great outdoors.
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Preschool Play: You Are My Sunshine Masks
10:30 am
Create a sunshine mask and sign along to a favorite old tune...You Are My Sunshine!
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Big Messy Art: Watercolor Wonders
11am & 2 pm
Have you ever experimented with watercolor paints? Experience mixing colors, creating designs and using a brush with us!
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Little Kids Morning Out: Colorful Autumn Crayons
10:30 am
All the well-loved crayons end up here. Recycle them into one big colorful crayon melted by you!
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Animal Fun
11:30 am
Join the staff of Animal Refuge League and learn about your favorite animal pets!
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Cool Science: Optical Illusions
3:30 pm
Challenge your eyes with optical tricks and make a spinning thaumatrope to take home.
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Firefighter Friday: Storytime
10:30 am
Join the Portland Firefighters for fire safety lessons, read a story and climb aboard their fire engine. Sponsored by The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.
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Respect for the Aged Day
2 pm
Join us for the Japanese holiday celebrating our elders. Make a gift and card for an elder in your family or for special delivery to a local nursing home.
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Cool Science: Optical Illusions
11:30 am
Challenge your eyes with optical tricks and make a spinning thaumatrope to take home.
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Pets & More
1:30 pm
Learn about your favorite furry friends and how to take the best care of them from our friends at the Animal Welfare Society.
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Back to School Around the World
1:30 pm
It is time to go back to school! Join us to hear about how children go back to school around the world. We will share a back to school snack and craft activity.
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Big Messy Art: Watercolor Wonders
2:30 pm
Have you ever experimented with watercolor paints? Experience mixing colors, creating designs and using a brush with us!
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CLOSED to the General Public
9-11 am
Members’ Monday: Fall Finger-Paint Tree
Use those little fingers for painting fun and create a beautiful Fall tree.
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Earthy Story Time
11:30 am
Join us in the Ranger Station for stories and crafts related to animals, plants, and the great outdoors.
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Preschool Play: Fall in Love with Fall!
10:30 am
The season is changing, with the colors of fall are gorgeous falling leaves. Join us for a story about a leaf that travels a long distance and make a “leaf man” craft.
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Big Messy Art: Watercolor Wonders
11am & 2 pm
Have you ever experimented with watercolor paints? Experience mixing colors, creating designs and using a brush with us!
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Little Kids Morning Out: Fall Finger-Paint Tree
10:30 am
Use those little fingers for painting fun and create a beautiful Fall tree.
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Bloodsucker Trivia
11:30 am
Ticks, leeches, mosquitoes, oh my! Round up your family and friends and join us for a game of bloodsucker trivia! Practice your long jump skills and enter the flea jump challenge for extra points!
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Shubun-no-hi, Autumnal Equinox Celebration
2 pm
Celebrate the autumn equinox in Japan by making clusters of the red amaryllis flowers which appear in Japan at this time. Hear about how Japanese families honor their departed ancestors during this holiday and taste a rice ball covered in red soybean paste.
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Back to School Around the World
3 pm
It is time to go back to school! Join us to hear about how children go back to school around the world. We will share a back to school snack and craft activity.
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Back to School Around the World
1:30 pm
It is time to go back to school! Join us to hear about how children go back to school around the world. We will share a back to school snack and craft activity.
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CLOSED to the General Public
9-11 am
Members’ Monday: You Are My Sunshine Masks
Create a sunshine mask and sign along to a favorite old tune...You Are My Sunshine!
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Big Messy Art: Watercolor Wonders
11am & 2 pm
Have you ever experimented with watercolor paints? Experience mixing colors, creating designs and using a brush with us!
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