Summer Hours! OPEN Monday through Saturday 10am-5pm! OPEN Sunday noon-5pm! Summer tip #1: The lunch hour tends to be less busy if you’re looking to avoid the crowds… Memorial Day! 11:00 First Flags 1:00 Ready, Set, Play: La Gallinita Ciega 3:00 Japanese Dance Performance! Performers from Hachinohe, Japan have traveled to Maine to perform Enburi [...]
Our newest art program series called “Art Through the Ages” is a tribute to all art past and present. This program is designed for our visitors young and old to achieve a more in-depth contextualization of art’s place in our life. At the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine we strive me make all of [...]
In Cool Science this month, we’ve been exploring which shapes fly or glide the best by doing experiments with paper gliders. Also, students from Casco Bay High School were here the first weekend in May to share their paper airplane designs, providing templates and instructions to our young visitors. Here is a plan for a [...]
On Thursday, May 20 we held a SmartArt exhibit opening for our members and volunteers. Everyone had a blast exploring the exhibit, enjoying our smart snacks and we even had some raffle winners! We’d like to thank Pie in the Sky Pizza for donating their delicious pizzas, Ben & Jerry’s for donating our raffle prizes, [...]
I bet when these volunteers signed on for the Day of Caring, they had no idea they’d be toppling the Taj Mahal! I’ve always known that the United Way is a great organization doing wonderful work around the world, but seeing their impact locally – right in our backyard – serves as a pretty amazing [...]
This morning we said goodbye to one of our most dedicated volunteers, Phebe Snow. Phebe has been volunteering with us for 15 years! Every Thursday morning Phebe would come in and prep art projects. You know all those paper shapes and cut-outs you use in Big Messy Art, Imagination Station and Make and Take? Those [...]
On Sunday, May 16, I had an fantastic time making up some stories with a four-year-old named Madeline during Tall Tales: Forest Creatures. Here are two of the stories she came up with, one featuring our very own turtle, Eloise! Once upon a time there was a turtle named Eloise. He swam along the riverbank. [...]
I love the final weeks before a new exhibit opens – they’re busy and exciting for everyone on staff. Educators are planning new programs that will help introduce visitors to the new exhibit. The front line staff and those of us in the marketing department are learning all we can about the exhibit so we’ll [...]
Did you know that this is AmeriCorps week? It’s a week to celebrate the people of all ages who commit to serving at non-profits across the nation. AmeriCorps members commit to full-time service positions for terms of at least several months (some serve for several years!), receiving a small stipend, money to apply toward education, [...]
Dancing With Books is a series of innovative early childhood reading programs at the Museum & Theatre that uses theatre, movement and music to help develop young children’s enthusiasm for performing arts and reading while enriching their language skills in a fun and engaging way. Our most recent series was funded by a generous grant [...]