May/June 2012 Tidings Newsletter - Cape Cod Museum of Natural ...

Do You Think Like a Scientist?
Come Find Out! Join ECO-kids Cape Cod
Saturday, May 19 10 am
Students ages 7-11 are invited to come explore,
discover and experience the nature and science of the
Cape Cod Museum of Natural History.
There is no charge, however reservations are required
as space is limited.
Sessions will be filmed.
For more information and to register please call
508-896-3867 ext 133. www.ccmnh.org
The Early Years at Plimoth Plantation
with Vicki Oman,
Museum Teacher, Plimoth Plantation
Sunday, May 20 2 pm
$5/Member $7/Non-Member
What was it like to live here after the Mayflower
departed for England? Travel back in time to discover
the hardships and triumphs of the first few years in
Plymouth with someone who was there! Spend time
with Mayflower passenger Goodwife Elizabeth Hopkins
(Vicki Oman in costume) as she reflects upon the first
seven years of settlement in New England.
Art & Nature
Come draw & paint nature
with Leslie Kramer, local artist
Saturday, May 26 & Saturday, June 2
10:30 am-12 noon
Ages 6-12 $25/session Materials included.
Reservations required. Call 508-896-3867.
Archaeology Dig
June 5, 7, 12, 14, 19, 21, 26, 28 (June-September)
Tues 8-11:30 am or 12:30-4 pm or Thurs 8-11:30 am
16 years and up $25/session.
Reservations required. Call 508-896-3867.
MORE PROGRAMS
2012 Mudflat Mania!
Members: Adult/$4, Senior/$3, Child/$2
Non-Members: Adult/$6, Senior/$5, Child/$4
Explore the fascinating worlds of creatures
living on, in and under the Brewster mudflats
with a Museum naturalist.
Week
1 Tuesday, June 26 11:00 am
Thursday, June 28 12:45 pm
2 No low tides during museum hours
3 Tuesday, July 10 11:00 am
Friday, July 13
1:30 pm
4 Monday, July 16 4:00 pm
5 Tuesday, July 24 9:30 am
Thursday, July 26 11:15 am
6 Monday, July 30 3:15 pm
7 Tuesday, August 7 9:30 am
Thursday, August 9 11:00 am
8 Monday, August 13 2:30 pm
Wednesday, August 15 4:15 pm
9 Wednesday, August 22 9:15 am
Friday, August 24 11:00 am
10 Monday, August 27 2:00 pm
Wednesday, August 29 4:00 pm
Bring a pail, wear water shoes, add a notebook,
and an eagerness to learn for a great beachside
experience. Remember our “must-have” Mudflat
Mania! field guidebook at our Gift Shop!
16th Annual Cape Cod Maritime History
Symposium
Saturday, June 2 9 am-2 pm
$25/person Pre-registration is required!
RSVP to 508-896-3867.
The annual gathering explores and
commemorates maritime heritage through
illustrated presentations by experienced
professionals and historians. It is a lead event of
the month-long Cape Cod Maritime Days.
This year's theme will be
"Cape Cod & the War of 1812."
Indoors Painting Workshop For Everyone
Karen North Wells
Saturday, June 9 & Sunday, June !0
9:30 am-4 pm
$85/M $95/NM
Limited enrollment. Registration required.
Call 508-896-3867.
Family Drawing
June 26 9:30 am (June-August)
Ages 6 and up. $8/participant. Materials included.
Reservations required. Call 508-896-3867.
Multigenerational opportunity to learn to draw nature with
local artist Liz Perry.
9 am Welcome & Opening Remarks
Theresa M. Barbo, Founding Director
Annual Cape Cod Maritime History Symposium
9:15 - 9:30 am "Introduction: Cape Cod & the War
of 1812: A Timeline" Duncan Oliver
9:30 - 10:30 am "Don't Give Up the Ship!: The
Battle for Massachusetts Bay: June 1813"
Matthew Lawrence
10:30 - 11:30 am "His Majesty's Navy vs. Cape
Cod: 1814" Bob Leaversuch
11:30 am - 12:15 pm Luncheon
12:15 - 1:15 pm "Bass River and Hyannis Harbor
and the War of 1812" Duncan Oliver
1:15 - 2 pm "Brewster and Barnstable and the War
of 1812" Dick LeGrand
2 - 3 pm "The Battle of Orleans" Bonnie Snow