I am happy to welcome Gabrielle Heggeman to our team as a Visitor Services Intern! You might see Gabrielle during your winter visit, asking you how she can help make your visit better or interacting with our young visitors. If you see her with a clipboard, Gabrielle is probably in the midst of observing how [...]
This is an activity we love doing here at the Museum & Theatre. Painting to Music teaches kids about lines, painting and tempos. It’s great to see how the paintings change when we switch from a fast song to a slow song. Try it at home with different kinds of music, paints and brushes. Materials: [...]
Are you ready for the most exciting event of the year? The Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine’s Annual Auction will be held on Friday, March 26th at the Holiday Inn by the Bay and will feature hundreds of items and packages for adults and children alike! Check out one of our latest and greatest [...]
The final post of all our excited whale watchers. If you haven’t found the answer to What About Whales? then visit the Museum & Theatre to learn and discover! To see even more pictures (yes, there are TONS more) from the exhibit opening, visit our Facebook fan page. While you’re there, you can become a [...]
The next batch of whale watchers in training! Haven’t seen your picture yet? Don’t worry. There is one more post to go!
Lobtailing, breaches and flukes abounded last night at the exhibit opening party for What About Whales?. We had over 150 guests, some delicious krill and tours of the exhibit, including a dramatic lowering of Istar, our life-sized inflatable whale! The night was a big hit with our member and volunteer families. We would like to [...]
The Museum & Theatre is always filled with children under five learning and discovering through our exhibits and activities. It is exciting to see the power of play grow stronger as research progresses! In this New York Times article, Benedict Carey explores new research in the development of children before the age of 5. For [...]
Anyone who has visited us in the last week can tell that something BIG is coming to our Big Gallery! The Dinotracks! exhibit is officially extinct, and the Exhibits team has been working behind the scenes for months to prepare our next original exhibit, What About Whales? This week, that work has moved from the [...]
I am very excited to welcome Hannah Wilhelm as the newest member of the education staff! Hannah graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 2005 with a degree in chemistry. During college, Hannah worked as an assistant laboratory coordinator in a physics lab, tutored peers in chemistry, and served as an intern at the Academy of [...]