FREE with Suggested Museum Admission
*Please note: dates and times are subject to change.
Join a Museum Educator for intergenerational tours of artworks throughout the Museum, followed by a studio experience the whole family with love.
February 2012
Saturdays & Sundays
1, 2 & 3 pm (from the South Wing rotunda)
Art: Living History Now
Is history only in the past or could we be making history now? In honor of Black History Month, make a time capsule to capture this moment in time and your hopes for the future.
Saturdays & Sundays
1–4 pm
Science: Circus Fitness
You have to be physically fit to be in the Circus! Visitors will be invited to fold their bodies into small and smaller spaces in an exercise called Packanatomicalization.
3rd Saturday of the month
1-4 pm
D.I.G. Lab [Discover + Invent + Go]: Shelter from the Storm
It’s your time to be an artist, an inventor and a scientist! Dig into drawers bursting with supplies, from marbles to magnets. Pick a challenge, brainstorm solutions and build your prototype.
March 2012
Saturdays & Sundays
1, 2 & 3 pm (from the South Wing rotunda)
Art: Japanese Gardens
Design a Japanese garden using sand and rock, create an artwork of Japanese cherry blossoms, and visit the exhibition Poetic Pastimes: Japan and the Art of Leisure to see images of people relaxing, playing and enjoying nature.
Saturdays & Sundays
1–4 pm
Science: Tiny Science
Explore the smallest frontiers of NanoScience and how the world changes when you look at it on a very small scale.
3rd Saturday of the month
1-4 pm
D.I.G. Lab [Discover + Invent + Go]: Cats and Cargo
It’s your time to be an artist, an inventor and a scientist! Dig into drawers bursting with supplies, from marbles to magnets. Pick a challenge, brainstorm solutions and build your prototype.
April 2012
Saturdays & Sundays
1-4 pm
NEW—Gallery Adventures
Looking for a new way to explore our 80 galleries? Pick up a gallery adventure pack filled with games, activities, touchable objects and some surprises, and head off on a new adventure!
Saturdays & Sundays
1, 2 & 3 pm (from the South Wing rotunda)
Art: Pixel
Find inspiration in the exhibition Expanding Africa at the Newark Museum: New Visions, New Galleries, put on a costume and pose for a photographic portrait. Then make your mark on a collaborative checkerboard print.
Saturdays & Sundays
1–4 pm
Science: Paleo-possibilities
Explore some of the fossils from our Science Teaching Collection, and learn what a fossil footprint can tell us about the dinosaur that left it behind.
(Also, don’t miss Dinosaur Day on April 29).
3rd Saturday of the month
1-4 pm
D.I.G. Lab [Discover + Invent + Go]: Bugs Bunny
It’s your time to be an artist, an inventor and a scientist! Dig into drawers bursting with supplies, from marbles to magnets. Pick a challenge, brainstorm solutions and build your prototype.
May 2012
Saturdays & Sundays
1-4 pm
NEW—Gallery Adventures
Looking for a new way to explore our 80 galleries? Pick up a gallery adventure pack filled with games, activities, touchable objects and some surprises, and head off on a new adventure!
Saturdays & Sundays
1, 2 & 3 pm (from the South Wing rotunda)
Art: Paint it in Reverse
Tackle a new challenge—making a painting in reverse—after viewing a reverse glass folding screen from China.
Saturdays & Sundays
1–4 pm
Science: Flower Dissection
Examine the parts of a flower and learn the purposes for each one, from the pretty petals to the fuzzy stalks in the center. Then celebrate the 100th anniversary of the cherry blossoms in Branch Brook Park.
3rd Saturday of the month
1-4 pm
D.I.G. Lab [Discover + Invent + Go]: Tinker Bell
It’s your time to be an artist, an inventor and a scientist! Dig into drawers bursting with supplies, from marbles to magnets. Pick a challenge, brainstorm solutions and build your prototype.
June 2012
Saturdays & Sundays
1-4 pm
NEW—Gallery Adventures
Looking for a new way to explore our 80 galleries? Pick up a gallery adventure pack filled with games, activities, touchable objects and some surprises, and head off on a new adventure!
Saturdays & Sundays
1, 2 & 3 pm (from the South Wing rotunda)
Art: Let the Sun Shine In
Ballantine means sun worshiper in Gaelic. Visit the Ballantine House, hunt for suns in the Victorian décor, and create a sunny artwork just in time for summer.
Saturdays & Sundays
1–4 pm
Science: What's Bugging You?
May flowers wouldn’t make seeds if it weren’t for the insects that pollinate them. Learn about how very different insects are from us, from the way their bodies are built to the way they see the world.
3rd Saturday of the month
1-4 pm
D.I.G. Lab [Discover + Invent + Go]: Buzz Light Gear
It’s your time to be an artist, an inventor and a scientist! Dig into drawers bursting with supplies, from marbles to magnets. Pick a challenge, brainstorm solutions and build your prototype.
For more exciting programs, visit Upcoming Events.
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