Wonderful Wednesdays:
Imagine . . . what would it be like if the museum’s animals moved about, the instruments began to play, and the years between us and the past melted away? Enjoy a special...
Ages: Students entering Grades 3, 4 & 5
Limit: 15 participants
Dates: July 13 - 17
Register by Wed, July 1
Time: Mon - Fri: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Dive into the adventure of the Catawba River! Discover...
Ages 5-8. Use your imagination as two youngsters build a cardboard rocket and set off on an amazing voyage of exploration through the Solar System. Location...
Held the third Wednesday of every month. Join chaplains from Carolinas Medical Center-University as they discuss preparation for Living Wills in addition to...
Special program, 11 a.m.; demonstrations and hands-on activities, noon-2 p.m. Imagine that youre out exploring nature, when something odd catches your eye. You...
Enjoy a child-centered recreation of the African storytelling tradition, with mesmerizing drumming and dance, spirited call and response songs, and fun-filled...
Use the potter's wheel to make bowls, vases and more! If you've never used a potter's wheel before, you'll learn the skills to make pottery. If you're a...
Join a Ranger at 3:00 PM at Park Lake in front of the boat house for a talk about the seeds found in the park. We will talk about the different adaptations for seed dispersal and look at various nuts...
Students will learn how to create realistic drawings of 3-dimensional objects - to draw what they see! They will also study light, shadows, perspective and...
Ages 7-Adult. Join the crew of the alien star ship Argonus for exciting expedition across the galaxy. Examine the gas giants of the outer solar system and pay...
Create a rod puppet using wooden dowels, styrofoam eggs, papier mache and lots of recycled objects. The theme this year is "green," and students will learn the...
Students will explore winged creatures from the past to the present - dragons, bats, pterodactyls, birds and even fairies - and then use hand building and...
This exhibition presents selections from the Museum's holdings of haute couture and luxury garments complimented by beautiful fashion accessories that reflect the creativity of numerous fashion...
'The Heights of Fashion: Platform Shoes Then and Now" spans more than 100 years of platform shoes. Ranging from the delicate "lotus bud shoes" of the 19th century China designed to emphasize women's...
On display at the Museum are 60 fine arts prints - a combination of lithographs, etchings, engravings, woodcuts, screen prints and drawings - created by well-known 20th century artists from around the...
Ahoy Mates! Sail the seven seas for an entire week of pirate fun. Learn to talk like a pirate and dance the peg-leg boogie. Students will create a spyglass...
Selected Works from the Huffman Collection of Southern Contemporary Folk Art. Confluence is the final exhibition in a series of four drawn from the vast...
Visit the gemstone mine to find mineral treasures like garnets, topaz, rubies, emeralds and rose quartz. Learn about geologic forces that create gemstones and...
Born and raised in Poland, the artist now makes his home in Hillsborough, NC. His main collection of paintings, entitled the 'Face of the South,' convey his love for the land he lives in.
Learn the important techniques of drawing with pencil and charcoal and how to draw 3-dimensional objects. Students will also study light, shadows, composition...
