Nature Illustration
8 Spring Street, Marion, MALet’s have some fun drawing from nature! Drawing a natural item – a leaf, a shell, an insect – increases your observational skills and knowledge about that item. From the comfort of your own home, you can try your hand at drawing a specimen from the museum’s collections. Images will be available on the website…
Living with White Sharks with Dr. Greg Skomal
Marion Music Hall 164 Front Street, Marion, MAWhite sharks have been returning to our local waters in greater numbers in response to the regional recovery of seal populations. For more than a decade. the MA Division of Marine Fisheries and collaborators have been studying the ecology, behavior, and natural history of white sharks off the east coast of the US. Using state-of-the-art…
This IS Rocket Science!
Marion Natural History Museum 8 Spring Street, Marion, MAThis IS rocket science! Join us while learning about propulsion and lift with Mike Cronin. Each child will have his/her own rocket with motor to assemble and set off. The cost for this program is $20 per participant. Submit payment to Marion Natural History Museum. Space is limited to 12 children, ages 6 and up,…
This IS Rocket Science (overflow date)
Marion Natural History Museum 8 Spring Street, Marion, MAThis IS rocket science! Join us while learning about propulsion and lift with Mike Cronin. Each child will have his/her own rocket with motor to assemble and set off. The cost for this program is $20 per participant. Submit payment to Marion Natural History Museum. Space is limited to 12 children, ages 6 and up,…
“We are all whalers” with author Dr. Michael Moore
Marion Natural History Museum 8 Spring Street, Marion, MARelating his experiences caring for endangered whales, a veterinarian and marine scientist shows we can all share in the salvation of these imperiled animals. The image most of us have of whalers includes harpoons and intentional trauma. Yet eating commercially caught seafood leads to whales’ entanglement and slow death in rope and nets, and…
Exploring Ram Island
Marion Natural History Museum 8 Spring Street, Marion, MAExploring Ram Island is situated within Sippican Harbor and has some unique ecosystems for us to explore. Michael and Hannah Moore have kindly invited our group to explore their saltmarshes, rocky intertidal shoreline, mud flats (depending on tide) and several Osprey nests. This will be a longer trip than usual, so please plan to pick…
Coastal Explorations July session Grades 3 – 5
Marion Natural History Museum 8 Spring Street, Marion, MAJOIN US THIS SUMMER FOR SOME COASTAL EXPLORATIONS The Marion Natural History Museum’s Summer Program is one of the most well known and well regarded in the Southcoast area. Children from across the country visit us each summer and participate in the program. The programs are designed to be small groups, and the program size…
Wild Encounters!
Marion Natural History Museum 8 Spring Street, Marion, MAWild Care - Living with my Wild Neighbors! (Optional title: Wild Encounters!) "Help! A bird struck my window... "There's a baby squirrel at my doorstep... Now what?" Wild Care, Inc. is a nonprofit wildlife hospital located in Eastham that is dedicated to the rescue and release of injured and orphaned wildlife on Cape Cod. Wild Care operates a Wildlife Helpline, and rehabilitates over 1,800…
Coastal Explorations August session Grades 3- 5
Marion Natural History Museum 8 Spring Street, Marion, MAJOIN US THIS SUMMER FOR SOME COASTAL EXPLORATIONS The Marion Natural History Museum’s Summer Program is one of the most well known and well regarded in the Southcoast area. Children from across the country visit us each summer and participate in the program. The programs are designed to be small groups, and the program size…