Science Symposium
| May 4, 2009 | ||
| 2:00 pm | to | 5:00 pm |
Student scientists from Sandburg, Lowell, Lindbergh, and Hawthorne Elementary schools share projects they have developed in after-school science clubs. UW-SPICE presents “The Boiling Point”, a production of Fusion Science Theatre, at 3:30 p.m. The Science Symposium is co-sponsored by UW Center for Biology Education, Adult Role Models in Science, and Downtown Madison Kiwanis.
Spring Scramble
| May 18, 2009 | ||
| 12:00 pm | to | 6:00 pm |
Spring Scramble: A Golf Event Benefiting Madison Children’s Museum
Shotgun Start at Noon • May 18, 2009
Bishops Bay Country Club
Middleton, WI
Art Bike Decorating
| May 9, 2009 | ||
| 11:00 am | to | 12:00 pm |
Madison’s Community Art Bike Rally has been moved to Saturday, June 6. Visit the museum today to help decorate a museum “Sock Art” bike for the June Rally. Celebrate “International Lost Sock Day” by bringing in your orphaned mismatched socks to add to the art bike!
Workshop: JumpStart Reading Program
| March 29, 2009 | ||
| 12:00 pm | to | 12:45 pm |
| May 3, 2009 | ||
| 1:00 pm | to | 1:45 pm |
| May 17, 2009 | ||
| 1:00 pm | to | 1:45 pm |
JumpStart will be at MCM for 3 Sundays this spring. Come by to hear a special story and do a related art activity.
Spring Dates:
March 29,
May 3
May 17
On 3/29 join Jumpstart as we read The Sky is Full of Stars and make your own constellations to take home.
On 5/3 join Jumpstart as we read Rainbow fish. We’ll also make your very own “aquarium” to take home.
On 5/17 join Jumpstart as we read Richard Scarry’s Cars and Trucks and Things That Go. Everyone can make their own car, truck, or other things that go.
Gallery Night: Free Open House
| May 1, 2009 | ||
| 6:00 pm | to | 8:00 pm |
Madison Children’s Museum hosts a free open house from 6–8 p.m. as part of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art’s Spring Gallery Night. Join us for light refreshments, sculpture-building activities, and special Gallery Night art exhibitions by Franklin Elementary students and families from the
YWCA Third Street program. Junior Girl Scout troops may register to complete three workshop activities toward the Visual Arts Badge.
Dinosaur Puppets
| May 31, 2009 | ||
| 1:00 pm | to | 3:00 pm |
Craft your own unique dinosaur puppet.
Drop-In Program: Paper Bag Kites
| May 24, 2009 | ||
| 1:00 pm | to | 3:00 pm |
| May 30, 2009 | ||
| 1:00 pm | to | 3:00 pm |
Create a colorful paper bag kite at the museum and then test it outside to see if it can fly!
Workshop: Mask Making, 3 part series
| May 8, 2009 | ||
| 10:00 am | to | 11:00 am |
| May 15, 2009 | ||
| 10:00 am | to | 11:00 am |
| May 22, 2009 | ||
| 10:00 am | to | 11:00 am |
Make a unique mask!
Three week workshop, registration required
$15/member child
$20/nonmember child
Family Tour: Cherokee Marsh
| May 7, 2009 | ||
| 10:00 am | to | 11:30 am |
Explore the natural world around us at Cherokee Marsh and do a related art activity.
Tour is off site at the marsh, transportation not provided.
Registration required $5/child
Drop-In Program: Grass Head Planters
| May 17, 2009 | ||
| 2:00 pm | to | 4:00 pm |
| May 23, 2009 | ||
| 1:00 pm | to | 3:00 pm |
Make your own grass head planter, an MCM version of a chia pet.
