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Schedule for Children and Young Adults Programs

Spring 2012
 

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Meet Me At the Museum

Select Thursdays, 10:00 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.

Drop off program for children ages 6 to 12. Visit the Museum one Thursday a month for numerous art and history activities.  This program is free for members and $5 for non-members. Reservations are required.
Space is limited.
Please call Liza Browning at 978-283-0455 ext.16
or email
lizabrowning@capeannmuseum.org.
 

April 19 - From the William and Roswitha Trayes Collection: Ships at Sea

May 17 - From the Archives: Exploring Mother Goose

 

Meet me at the Museum is sponsored in part by
The Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Foundation

 

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Family Fun Days

Select Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. 

A drop in program for children and families on the second Saturday of every month.
Family fun day includes free admission for families with children up to age 12,
family gallery guides, art and history activities in the education room.



 Virginia Lee Burton Demetrios, author, illustrator, Folly Cove Designer (1909-1968)
 

April 19 - From the William and Roswitha Trayes Collection: Ships at Sea

May 12 - Celebrating Mother's Day 
Using historic photos from the Museum's Collection


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Saturday Showcase


Charles Allan Winter (1869-1942), In the Doldrums, c. 1930, oil on canvas.
From the collection of Roswitha and William Trayes.


Saturday, April 14 - 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Ships at Sea Celebration

This family program is fun for all ages and free to the public
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11:00 a.m. Songs of the Sea and Ships with David and Linnea Coffin
 

12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Drop-In Art and History Activities
Steer the ship’s wheel, examine maritime artifacts, read a ship’s log,
complete a map quest and create watercolor paintings of ships at sea.


This program is generously sponsored by a grant from the Goldhirsh Foundation.
 

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Student Art in the Activity Center Gallery

                  View the work of student artists in the Activity Center Gallery


April:
Ipswich High School

May: Gloucester Public Schools

 

Student art, Cape Ann Museum

Visit the Museum’s newly refurbished Activity Center generously funded by The McCarthy Family Foundation.


These programs are supported, in part, through a grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency that promotes excellence, access, education and diversity in the arts, humanities and interpretive sciences, in order to improve the quality of life for all Massachusetts residents and contribute to the economic vitality of our communities.

www.massculturalcouncil.org

 
 

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