David Champlain is a guest artist leading our “Amazing Metamorphosis!” program at the Museum & Theatre. I asked him to share some interesting facts about the creature he will share with Museum & Theatre visitors! “At the Children’s Museum & Theatre, we studied the tiny eggs of my favorite creature and the tiny babies that [...]
I knew the Got Milk? tour was coming to visit the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine today, but I didn’t know they’d create such a fun atmosphere! The shipyard had music, games, giveaways and milkshakes – quite a party! I’m psyched that they’ll be back tomorrow (Thursday, 9/19) from 10:30-12:30 to do it all [...]
The latest addition to Galen Richmond’s evolving sound sculpture was installed this month. Coming to visual art from a background in music, his work frequently involves sound sculptures built from discarded electronic parts. This work is an interactive experiment in the transformation of electricity to sound and a look at how different electronic components shape [...]
What do trash robots, snake sculptures and shaving cream paper marbling all have in common? Besides being super fun, they are all educational (and messy) projects from last week’s camp, Creative Kids! We delved into art making on Monday and didn’t stop! Friday marked the conclusion, in which our camp room turned into an art [...]
A few weeks ago, I lead an impromptu gardening program in our Shipyard. I had some beautiful cucumber plants that needed a home, so I thought – what better place than the empty planters outside? I had lots of eager visitors help me with the digging, planting and watering! We hold a lot of gardening [...]
Early this summer I was invited to attend a PTO meeting at Plummer Motz Elementary School (my alma mater!) in Falmouth. The topic of discussion was the dreaded “summer slide” – learning losses that children may suffer if they’re not getting any intellectual stimulation during the summer months. The room was packed – clearly this [...]