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Spring Family Festival

Saturday, May 3, 2008

Noon – 4 p.m., Rain or shine.

Go green! Join the Morris Museum for a fun-filled family festival celebrating the earth. Explore the exhibition The Greenhouse: New Directions in Sustainable Architecture & Design...then participate in a variety of fun and earth friendly workshops and activities.

Activities include:

  • See & touch live animals with presentations by Snakes-n-Scales and Turtle-Tales (1:30 p.m. & 2:45 p.m.)
  • Recycled arts & crafts workshops
  • Dance performances by In Motion Dance Company (1 p.m. & 2:30 p.m.)
  • Face painters
  • Balloon sculptor (1 -3 p.m.)
  • Presentations on the AMAZING World of Weather and Wildlife
  • Food vendor

Admission:

$10/ child ($6 for members)

$8/ adult ($5 for members)

Pre-registration is not required for this event.

Large groups are welcome.

For more information, please call 973.971.3718.

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Family Stargazing Night

Thursday, May 8

7:30 - 9 p.m.

FREE

Families are invited to drop in after hours at the museum for a FREE evening of stargazing! Join members of the Morris Museum Astronomical Society (MMAS) in a family-friendly lecture on astronomy, followed by nighttime sky gazing with telescopes (weather permitting). Cookies and juice will be provided.

Pre-registration is not required for this event.

For more information, please call 973.971.3720.

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Please call 973.971.3718 for information about our Special Family Events!