The Museum of Art & History at the McPherson Center

Family Events

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Family Art Day

May 12, 2012
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Family Art Day: Make a gift for mom or make a gift with your mom for Mothers Day. Bring your family to make art together and meet new friends. Perfect for children ages 4 and up. All materials provided. Location: MAH Classroom, cost:$3/per person. Drop-ins welcome.

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YOUR TURN: UNM and UCSC Social Practice Research Center Event

May 11, 2012
11:00 am – 4:00 pm

Your Turn – invites you the audience to join the game of art at the MAH  Friday  May 11th 11-4pm. There will be food-game- giveaways, opportunities to dissent and to draw perfection, chances to take and post your own photographs, make new friends, map histories and so much more- join us to take your turn! [...]

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Free First Friday – Bike Night

May 4, 2012
11:00 am – 9:00 pm

Free admission and extended hours. From 5-9pm, enjoy a no-host bar and live music while enjoying art and mingling with friends. cost: free. This month, we’re presenting a bike-filled evening of crafts, exhibits, and activities related to cycling. This program is presented in partnership with Ecology Action as the kickoff to Bike to Work week. Come [...]

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Techniques in Timber Frame Construction

April 22, 2012
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Explore this traditional method of construction that uses large, carefully-fitted and joined timbers held together with large wooden pegs. Joel McCarty, Executive Director of Timber Framers Guild in  Alstead, New Hampshire will discuss timber frame structures, how they are built, and share with us his adventures with Guild projects around the country in the auditorium. [...]

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Renewed Ambition at Evergreen Cemetery

April 21, 2012
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

Join us at Evergreen Cemetery for a presentation of the significant and ongoing work on the cemetery and the vision for its future, a talk by local historian Geoffrey Dunn at 12noon followed by a light lunch, and stories told around the cemetery by docents from 12:30-1:30.  This program will be preceded by volunteer grounds [...]