President's Day Craft: Stained glass hearts. Kids of all ages are invited to participate in making stained glass hearts. These beautiful and bright designs will be made using a variety of materials. $5 per family, please pre-register here. Two projects will be offered suitable for age 5-9 and 10-13.
Please join BAR artists Bojana and Chris in this workshop to learn to make a simple mixed-media pamphlet book out of fabric or paper. Participants should be old enough to use scissors and glue and a large (dull) needle with thread for a very simple pre-punched stitch. Space is limited. Pre-registration required - register here.
In honor of Women’s History Month, METC presents this lecture on the history of women’s work as boardinghouse keepers and why popular culture often portrayed them less than positively. From ravenous bedbugs to penny-pinching landladies, from disreputable housemates to "boarder's beef," this lecture illuminates the annoyances—and the satisfactions—of nineteenth-century boarding life. Presented by Dr. Wendy […]
Everyone's favorite Irish holiday has come for 2023! Come to METC Annex on March 11th at 2:00pm to celebrate Irish culture with Niall O’Leary and friends! There will be Irish Step dancing, singing, and live music. Bring your children to participate and learn a little dance! Our very own METC Curator of Education may even […]
Taking place in both the main Museum building and the Education Annex, writers are invited to explore objects in new ways and reconsider voices in museums. Take time for self-care during this guided exploration of writing for all ages.
Learn about chain reactions and build a simple machine to drop a bottle into a box, pop a balloon, or ring a bell by building your own Rube Goldberg style chain reaction machine.
Drop by Makerspace for hands-on activities in our new collaborative work space geared towards kids ages 5 to 12.
Create replicas of bees from recycled materials to populate our new outdoor exhibit, The Bee Project.
Create replicas of bees from recycled materials to populate our new outdoor exhibit, The Bee Project.
In this program, a Holocaust survivor or their descendants will tell their stories, followed by an interactive question and answer session.
Create Bee Homes to provide solitary bees with a nesting habitat to help declining native bee populations - especially in the human environment.
Free screening of a recorded talk for Madison by acclaimed ecologist and entomologist Douglas Tallamy, based on his best-selling book Nature's Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard.
