Students' Union, for a fun-filled celebration of South Asian spring festivals! Learn about the tons of different spring festivities across South Asia with fun, hands-on activities. Create colorful crafts, explore traditional art styles, and enjoy interactive games that celebrate the joy and energy of the season. Come celebrate community, culture, and the arrival of spring […]
Create structures and forts with us in Discovery Woods. Use recycled, repurposed, and everyday materials to engineer a unique outdoor hideaway. Drop in to add to and play in our ever-growing set up. Inclement weather may result in changes to the program or cancellation.
Join local fiber artist Nami Yamaguchi to explore wet felting, a process using water, wool, and your hands! We’ll layer and play with colorful wool to create a double-sided, soft piece of artwork. Historically a rug-making technique, this meditative mode of art-making engages both the body and mind.
Join us to move your body and connect with nature while doing outdoor yoga! Yoga improves physical and mental strength, like self-awareness and focus. Kelly Western, professional yoga instructor, will lead a fun yoga class for children and adults that incorporates balance, strength, stretching, and mindfulness in the context of connecting with nature. Yoga mats […]
Design your own bubble wand! We will explore the nature of bubbles as we try out different shapes and sizes for our bubble wands. What kind of bubbles will you make? Inclement weather may result in changes to the program, or cancellation.
FREE - Museum Admission Not Required Bessie’s Closet is a free pop-up clothing store open to all members of our community. Supported by donations from our Museum community and beyond, Bessie’s Closet offers new or gently-used clothing and shoes for both children and adults. Anyone who may benefit is welcome to visit Bessie’s Closet. Museum […]
Join us this April school vacation week to celebrate and connect with nature. All week we will be exploring our connection to the Earth through science, art, and play.
Join Professor Tony Wang and doctoral students from the Earth and Environmental Sciences department at Boston College to explore the science of our changing ocean. Discover the intricate workings of ocean circulation and the essential role of phytoplankton, practice fish dissection and uncover earstones (otoliths), and use a microscope to identify microfossils. Learn about the […]
Join local artist Sarah Spencer for an adventure in art and science with cyanotype, an old-fashioned process that prints photos in blue tones using UV light and water. Create your own print and watch as it comes to life, changing colors right before your eyes. Connect with nature by using pressed flowers, ferns, and leaves, […]
Join us for a rocky twist on Storytime with Ethan Baxter, Boston College Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences and host of "Every Rock Has a Story" on YouTube. We will explore the surprising stories locked inside dazzling rocks and minerals; feel free to bring your own!
