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"rain or shine ... it's reading time"
May 30, 2012 : 10:30 A.M. - 11:15 A.M. Location: Kids' Cove Description: 2nd and last Wednesdays of the month Read a story with Museum staff and visit a special exhibit to learn more about New York state. Meet at Kids' Cove. This FREE program is for preschoolers. |
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"rain or shine ... it's reading time"
June 13, 2012 : 10:30 A.M. - 11:15 A.M. Location: Kids' Cove Description: 2nd and last Wednesdays of the month Read a story with Museum staff and visit a special exhibit to learn more about New York state. Meet at Kids' Cove. This FREE program is for preschoolers. |
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"rain or shine... it's reading time"
June 27, 2012 : 10:30 A.M. - 11:15 A.M. Location: Kids' Cove Description: 2nd and last Wednesdays of the month Read a story with Museum staff and visit a special exhibit to learn more about New York state. Meet at Kids' Cove. This FREE program is for preschoolers. |
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time tunnel day camp
July 02, 2012 : 9:00 A.M. - August 10, 2012 : 4:00 P.M. Location: Student Center Description: Monday–Friday ﾪ 9 a.m.–4 p.m.ﾪ FEE 1st session: July 2, 3, and 5, 6, July 9–13 2nd session: July 16–July 27 3rd session: July 30–August 10 Time Tunnel offers children entering first through eighth grades entertaining education, hands-on enrichment, and enjoyable recreation. Each two-week session usually features Museum education activities, swimming, an artist-in-residence, and daily visits to the computer room. Sessions can be divided into one-week blocks as needed. Early and late-day sessions are available for an additional fee.Pre-registration is required for all sessions. Special discounts are available for Museum members. For more information, call 518-402-5019, e-mail jgreenou@mail.nysed.gov, or visit www.nysm.nysed.gov/programs/timetunnel. |
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"rain or shine... it's reading time"
July 11, 2012 : 10:30 A.M. - 11:15 A.M. Location: Kids' Cove Description: 2nd and last Wednesdays of the month Read a story with Museum staff and visit a special exhibit to learn more about New York state. Meet at Kids' Cove. This FREE program is for preschoolers. |
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"rain or shine... it's reading time"
July 25, 2012 : 10:30 A.M. - 11:15 A.M. Location: Kids' Cove Description: 2nd and last Wednesdays of the month Read a story with Museum staff and visit a special exhibit to learn more about New York state. Meet at Kids' Cove. This FREE program is for preschoolers. |
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"rain or shine... it's reading time"
August 08, 2012 : 10:30 A.M. - 11:15 A.M. Location: Kids' Cove Description: 2nd and last Wednesdays of the month Read a story with Museum staff and visit a special exhibit to learn more about New York state. Meet at Kids' Cove. This FREE program is for preschoolers. |
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"rain or shine... it's reading time"
August 29, 2012 : 10:30 A.M. - 11:15 A.M. Location: Kids' Cove Description: 2nd and last Wednesdays of the month Read a story with Museum staff and visit a special exhibit to learn more about New York state. Meet at Kids' Cove. This FREE program is for preschoolers. |
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trash to treasure
June 02, 2012 : 1:00 P.M. - 3:00 P.M. Location: Adirondack Hall Description: Saturdays: June 2 Trash to Treasure features an art project using manufacturing mistakes and materials destined for the landfill. Join us for an interesting story or video and an Earth-friendly afternoon. Program is held in Classrooms 2 & 3 in Adirondack Hall FREE Program |
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creative art day
June 09, 2012 : 1:00 P.M. - 3:00 P.M. Location: Museum Exhibit Galleries Description: Saturdays: June 9 FREE program Families participate in artful activities based on Museum exhibits. June 9: Best of SUNY, Museum Lobby For more information, call 473-7154 or e-mail psteinba@mail.nysed.gov |
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family fun day
June 16, 2012 : 1:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M. Location: Museum Exhibit Galleries Description: The Museum offers fun for everyone with family games, crafts, and other theme-based activities. June's theme for activities is Native Peoples of New York. Learn about some of the first peoples that inhabited the lands of New York state. The Museum’s collection showcases tools and resources used by these Native Peoples. |
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a r t smart: best of s u n y student art exhibit
July 11, 2012 : 1:00 P.M. - July 25, 2012 : 3:00 P.M. Location: West Hall Corridor Description: Wednesday, July 11, 18, 25 FREE program Participants will view the exhibition in West Gallery using the questionnaire provided and then create a work of art inspired by what they have observed. |
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family fun day
July 21, 2012 : 1:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M. Location: Museum Exhibit Galleries Description: 3rd Saturday of every month The Museum offers fun for the whole family with games, crafts, and other theme-based activities. Saturday, July 21: Whale of a Time You do not have to travel to the sea to learn more about these spectacular ocean mammals. Step into the port, and see how whales were once dominant in the Hudson River. |
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a r t smart: focus on nature x i i
August 01, 2012 : 1:00 P.M. - August 29, 2012 : 3:00 P.M. Location: South Hall Lobby Description: Wednesdays, August 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 FREE program Participants imagine themselves as children’s book writers and illustrators. Choose your assignment: design a children’s book cover about creatures in nature, illustrate a page in a children’s book, or paint a poster for an endangered species. Get your inspiration from the artists in the Focus on Nature exhibit. |
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trash to treasure
August 04, 2012 : 1:00 P.M. - 3:00 P.M. Location: Adirondack Hall Description: Trash to Treasure features an art project using manufacturing mistakes and materials destined for the landfill. Join us for an interesting story or video and an Earth-friendly afternoon. Program is held in Classrooms 2 & 3 in Adirondack Hall FREE Program |
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family fun day
August 18, 2012 : 1:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M. Location: Museum Exhibit Galleries Description: 3rd Saturday of every month The Museum offers fun for the whole family with games, crafts, and other theme-based activities. Saturday August 18: Sea Shells Bring in a favorite seashell of yours and share your story of how you discovered it. The Museum is celebrating the state’s Long Island coast. |
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creative art day
August 25, 2012 : 1:00 P.M. - 3:00 P.M. Location: Adirondack Hall Description: Saturdays: 1–3 p.m. Meet at location listed below ﾪ FREE Families are welcome to join Museum art instructor Peggy Steinbach for a creative activity based on a Museum exhibition. For more information, call 518-473-7154 or e-mail psteinba@mail.nysed.gov August 25: Museum Fishing Trip, Classroom 2/3, Adirondack Hall September 15: Adirondack Animal Pillow, Adirondack Hall |
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creative art day
September 15, 2012 : 1:00 P.M. - 3:00 P.M. Location: Adirondack Hall Description: Saturdays: 1–3 p.m. Meet at location listed below ﾪ FREE Families are welcome to join Museum art instructor Peggy Steinbach for a creative activity based on a Museum exhibition. For more information, call 518-473-7154 or e-mail psteinba@mail.nysed.gov September 15: Adirondack Animal Pillow, Adirondack Hall |
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family fun day
September 15, 2012 : 1:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M. Location: Museum Exhibit Galleries Description: 3rd Saturday of every month The Museum offers fun for the whole family with games, crafts, and other theme-based activities. Saturday September 15: Seneca Ray Stoddard Be introduced to one of the Adirondack’s most treasured residents. He was a photographer, cartographer, sign painter, writer of travel books and poet and did it all to protect and document the resources of New York’s Adirondack Mountains. |
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focus on nature x i i: a view from the inside
August 24, 2012 : 1:30 P.M. - 3:00 P.M. Location: Photography Gallery Description: Join the Focus on Nature XII artists as they talk about their work, why and how they created it, and the meaning behind this genre from the artists' point of view. Find out why people universally respond to this style artwork and how it makes an important contribution to science and to the environmental movement. Focus on Nature XII includes some of the best natural history illustration work in the world from 72 artists representing 15 countries. It is a juried exhibition that takes place every two years. The Focus on Nature website address is: http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/illustrations/fon/exhibitions/index.html |
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mary banning, mushroom artist: an illustrated performance
August 24, 2012 : 3:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M. Location: Huxley Theater Description: Friday August 24 3–4 p.m. - FREE - followed by brief discussion A reading of the letters between a quirky Maryland artist and a serious New York State Museum scientist, Dr. Charles Peck, will be reenacted by author Bill Logan, artist Nora Logan and retired mycologist Dr. John Haines. Images of Miss Banning’s spectacular art will be projected throughout the performance. Mary Banning was a talented and passionate painter of mushrooms during the last quarter of the 19th century and was Maryland’s first mycologist. Her paintings are in the permanent collections of the New York State Museum and have been exhibited in museums around the country. For more information, visit www.nysm.nysed.gov/womenshistory/banning.html and www.nysm.nysed.gov/treasures/department.cfm?dept=Biology |
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the dh cadwell earth science workshop
July 09, 2012 : 9:00 A.M. - July 11, 2012 : 5:00 P.M. Description: New York State Museum Workshops: ·are aligned with New York State Learning Standards. ·encourage hands-on and inquiry-based training opportunities. ·assist teachers in renewing educational material with current content. ·maintain a source for information and support for school-based needs. For complete descriptions and application forms visit: http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/education/teacher/workshops.html The DH Cadwell Earth Science Workshop July 9, 10 & 11, 2012 Join us this year in the heart of the High Peaks of the Adirondack Mountains for a three-day Earth Science Workshop in Keene Valley, New York. The daily schedule will allow for focused indoor activities every morning and afternoons filled with exciting field excursions, enabling teachers to get true hands-on experience. Fee: $150 Contact Hours: 24 |
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evolution workshop
July 12, 2012 : 9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. Description: New York State Museum Workshops: ·are aligned with New York State Learning Standards. ·encourage hands-on and inquiry-based training opportunities. ·assist teachers in renewing educational material with current content. ·maintain a source for information and support for school-based needs. For complete descriptions and application forms visit: http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/education/teacher/workshops.html Evolution Workshop July 12, 2012 This one-day workshop is designed for high school and middle school science teachers and addresses NYS Learning Standards for teaching evolution. Teachers will learn about current evolutionary theory, recent discoveries, and resources and ideas for effective classroom exercises. Fee: $30 Contact Hours: 8 |
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unearthing history: teaching social studies through the study of archaeology
July 23, 2012 : 9:00 A.M. - July 26, 2012 : 5:00 P.M. Description: New York State Museum Workshops: ·are aligned with New York State Learning Standards. ·encourage hands-on and inquiry-based training opportunities. ·assist teachers in renewing educational material with current content. ·maintain a source for information and support for school-based needs. For complete descriptions and application forms visit: http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/education/teacher/workshops.html Unearthing History: Teaching Social Studies through the Study of Archaeology July 23-26, 2012 Designed for social studies teachers in grades 2-8, this workshop offers 32 contact hours. It invites teachers to actively participate in the process of archaeology and learn about regional history through classroom lectures, fieldwork, and analysis of material objects in Museum collection areas. Fee: $30 Contact Hours: 32 |
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t-shirt redo
August 18, 2012 : 1:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M. Location: Student Center Description: FEE: $6 per child (ages 8 and older) Bring your old boring t-shirts to this workshop and they will be boring no longer!! We’ll explore many ways to redesign your shirt, mixing it with parts of other shirts, and deconstructing and reconstructing to make something original. We’ll have a few for you to use to redesign but be sure and bring yours from home too. Pre-registration is required by August 13. Call 473-7154 or email psteinba@mail.nysed.gov. |
