Dino Tracks: Take A Giant Step Back in Time
Opening Day Friday, May 8 Come see our fourth Environmental Exhibit Collaborative (EEC) exhibit! Study the fossil footprints of the dinosaurs who once roamed New England and Eastern Canada in the early...
View ArticleWe Are Maine: Celebrate Mexico
Tuesday, May 26 2 pm Cinco de Mayo is a time for celebration! Learn how to make Enchiladas Verdes with a great take home recipe, create an Ojo de Dios and listen to Mexican music as you discover this...
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Dinosaurs make way for Whales!
Anyone who has visited us in the last week can tell that something BIG is coming to our Big Gallery! The Dinotracks! exhibit is officially extinct, and the Exhibits team has been working behind the...
View ArticleThe Market has a new look!
If you’ve been in our Market lately, you’ve probably noticed some changes – new colors, new signs, new food! Beginning this month, Whole Foods Market is sponsoring The Market, and they have lots of...
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The Smallest Whole Foods Market & Our 5% Day
Photo by Kaitlynn Perrault Welcome to the smallest Whole Foods Market in the entire company! Our exhibit in the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine may be small on space (a mere 211 sq ft!) but...
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Throwback Thursday: Games from the Past
Have you played any of our “Old Fashioned Yard Games” yet? Our educators have been bringing games that children loved to play 100 years ago back into style this summer. I did some digging into our own...
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What’s a Nudibranch?
Nudibranchs are sea slugs. Those tentacle-like things are actually its gills! Nudi = naked, branchs = gills. There are more than 3,000 species of nudibranchs in the world and, according the Gulf of...
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Coming Soon…
Coming soon to the 2nd Floor of a Children’s Museum & Theatre near you. What is it? Stay tuned!
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What’s Happening, Honey Bees?
If you make your way to the second floor of the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine, you’ll find a one of our most dynamic exhibits: our real, live, honeybee hive! With glass walls and a special...
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New Exhibit Now Open: the Be Well Center!
A visitor to our opening celebration examines slides using the video microscope! With the support of the Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital at Maine Medical Center, the Children’s Museum & Theatre...
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