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Saturday, August 10, 2024 Gather in the Museum at dawn’s early light for coffee and muffins in front of our spectacular Beaver Lodge and learn a bit about North America’s largest rodent. Although beavers are abundant today, their story was quite different in the 1800’s. Today you will learn fascinating beaver facts in the Museum […]
Two Fridays a Month, June through September June 7, 21, July 5, 19, August 2, 16, 30, September 13, 27 Join Grace Morzella in the garden behind the Museum for a mix of traditional yoga with a touch of vinyasa . Grace's love for the traditional practice as well as her connection to the flow […]
Friday, August 16, 2024 This astronomy program is organized by members of the Litchfield Hills Amateur Astronomy Club and the Mattatuck Astronomical Society. Weather permitting, there will be star gazing after the program. 8:00 p.m., A. B. Ceder Room. Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult. You are invited to bring your own […]
August 17 - 23, 2024 Courtesy of Tara and Arthur Diedrick Honoring Ann and Arthur Diedrick. Free admission to children ages twelve and under when accompanied by an adult.
Saturday, August 17, 2024 FOR ALL AGES! Experience up-close encounters with our reptilian residents, such as Peaches the Honduran Milk Snake and Rocky the Box Turtle. We’ll teach participants just what characteristics make a reptile a reptile, as well as discuss the life cycles and adaptations of various species of reptiles in CT. You’ll also […]
Saturday, August 17, 2024 Bring a picnic and BYOB. Settle down for a sultry summer evening of soothing jazz standards from the American Songbook and more. South Lake is: Jon Concilio: Double Bass, Brendan Walsh: Guitar, Mik Mitnik: Drums, and Allan Becker: Soprano, Alto, and Tenor Sax, Flute, and Keyboards. Nobody writes music like this […]
Saturday, August 24, 2024 Pack up some water and bug spray and put on your favorite clamdiggers! Gerri Griswold leads a pleasant saunter along the lovely trails of Camp Townshend along the shores of Bantam Lake. Townshend opened in 1940. By the end of the decade over 700 Girl Scouts visited the property. In its […]
Two Fridays a Month, June through September June 7, 21, July 5, 19, August 2, 16, 30, September 13, 27 Join Grace Morzella in the garden behind the Museum for a mix of traditional yoga with a touch of vinyasa . Grace's love for the traditional practice as well as her connection to the flow […]
Saturday, August 31, 2024 Start your day with a hike up to what Gerri refers to as White Memorial’s “Jewel in the Crown”; Apple Hill. Be on the lookout for Vultures and Eagles soaring overhead. Then take a trip down the Laurel Hill Trail to visit spectacular Cat Swamp. Wind your way through a carpet […]
Monday, September 2, 2024 Offices and Museum Closed
