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Summer Camps
The Nature Museum will be hopping with lots of fun recreational and educational programming for children for the 2011 summer season. Here are the details of those events!
Be sure to register early, complete the Photo/Quote Release form, and send both forms with your payment to secure your spots!
Locations:
All camps are located at The Nature Museum, 186 Townshend Road, Grafton, except for the River Discovery Camp which takes place in Bellows Falls.
FMI, call The Nature Museum at (802) 843-2111, or email staff@nature-museum.org
Date(s): July 6-8, Wednesday-Friday
Time(s): 9:00 AM-noon
Ages: Preschool Camp. Ages 3-5.
Cost: Quick, quick, quick. Call the Museum to register. Members $50; non-members $65.
Date(s): July 11-15, Monday-Friday
Time(s): 10:00 AM-4:00 PM
Ages: 9-14
Cost: Members $195; non-members $225.
Spend each day with a real-world scientist. Study Archeology and go on a dig to find treasures. Learn about trees and forest management; visit a sawmill. Learn about geology and all kinds of water and wetlands.
Date(s): July 18-22, Monday-Friday
Time(s): 10:00 AM-4:00 PM
Ages: 9-14
Cost: Members $195; non-members $225; material fee $10.
From dirt to plate. Plant seeds, pick fruit, save seeds for next season. Make jam, cheese, and other delicacies. Meet farm animals and learn how to care for them. Learn to be self-sufficient.
Date(s): July 25-29, Monday-Friday
Time(s): 10:00 AM-4:00 PM
Ages: 6-10
Cost: Members $195; non-members $225.
Experience a week of hunting for treasures -- some edible, some natural, some crazy and wild -- from clues that will teach you how to interpret and make simple maps. Create a map to a secret stash and see if the others can find the treasure.
Date(s): August 1-5, Monday-Friday
Time(s): 10:00 AM-4:00 PM
Meeting Place: Based in Bellows Falls out of the Fish Ladder Watershed Visitor Center.
Ages: 6-10
Cost: Members $195; non-members $225.
Learn about the Connecticut River. Visit petrogylphs, explore a geothermal hotspot, go crayfish hunting, look for sources of pollution and erosion that affect the river.
Programs
- Public Programs
- Children's Camps
- April Camps
- Summer Camps
- Last Blast Camps
- February Camps
- School and Library Programs
