Every weekend during the school year, and most days in the summer, we are joined by high school students who want to teach science. Known as “Youth Rangers,” these high school students are a variety of ages and backgrounds, but all have a common interest: teaching science to children. One of our Youth Rangers loves [...]
Category Archives: Big (and little) news!
Noah on Skates (not the kind you think!)
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A modern Maine explorer
As my friends and family can attest, I’m a bit nuts about museums. Day trips and vacations are never complete without discovering a new museum or two. One of the things I love about working in public relations here at the Museum & Theatre is giving tours – when I guide someone through our exhibits, I find that [...]
Cool member perk: explore Maine museums for free on May 14!
Saturday, May 14 is the first ever Maine Member Day. Twelve museums throughout the state (including this one) will be offering free reciprocal admission all day. If you’re a member of any participating museum, everyone included in your membership will be admitted for FREE to any other participating museum! Margaret Hoffman at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens came [...]
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Creative Kids and Recycled Robots
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 [...]
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Meet you at the Old Port Festival!
The Old Port Festival is this Sunday, June 13 from 11am-5pm. We’re going to be there (rain or shine!) in Post Office Park with fun family activities! You can make your own Nigerian mask, have your face painted, play some fun games and help create our enormous butterfly chalk drawing. We’ll be making two different [...]
Tuesday night is pizza night!
Looking for something to do with the kids this week? Need to take a break from the kitchen? Well, we can take care of both! Join us tomorrow, May 11th at Flatbread Company in Portland for a benefit night to support the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine! For every pizza sold that night, Flatbread [...]
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Congratulations, Suzanne! Ten years and going strong!
Suzanne was so busy when it was time for her surprise that we couldn’t lure her to the cake! We had to sing “If You’re Happy and You Know It” to get her attention! (L-R: Lucia, Louisa, Sara, Suzanne and Beth) On Tuesday, we surprised Suzanne with a little celebration – she didn’t think her [...]
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Istar is swimming away!
Istar has called the Museum & Theatre home since January, but she’s ready to swim away to make room for our next exhibit, Smart Art. This weekend is the last time Istar will be lowered so you can go inside her and learn about humpback whales. On Saturday, May 1 we’ll be having Whale Time [...]
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Summer Camps Update
Last call for early bird registration. Register for Summer Camp by May 1st to receive half off a second camp of equal or lesser value. Now’s the time to plan for great summer fun at an amazing price! Here is a sampling of what we are offering this summer. Visit our website for the complete [...]
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Snacks + healthy = Yum!
I am a bit over-excited about the NEW Good on the Go vending machine in our lower level café. Have you ever tried chocolate cookies with green tea cream filling? I have, and let me tell you they are delicious with organic milk! I’ve never been much of a soda fan, and so the healthy [...]