The Bruce Museum is excited to announce a new art competition that will highlight the talents and concerns of the coming generation of young artists. The Bruce Museum "Junior Art Competition 2020: Seeing and Feeling During the Pandemic" has been developed for children in grades Kindergarten through grade 8. Using the prompt, "What do you see and feel during this time of pandemic?" the art competition asks kids to use their creativity to share their unique experiences.

On Saturday, June 13th, we welcome you to join us for a virtual presentation in honor of New London’s 6th annual Juneteenth Celebration! Join Connecticut Landmarks as we celebrate Juneteenth and highlight the African-American history of the Hempsted House and the surrounding neighborhood in partnership with the NAACP – New London Branch, and our neighbor the Opportunities Industrialization Center (OIC). The festivities begin at 1 pm with nationally recognized performing artist and storyteller Tammy Denease, with her Hidden Women Series. Denease will lead us on a virtual tour through the Hempsted Houses while bringing the remarkable story of Joan Jackson to life. Hear the story of the Jackson family, which includes the story of Joan’s eldest son, Adam, an enslaved farmer at the Hempsted House for over 30 years.

Log in and stay connected with the Stamford Museum & Nature Center! Join us for our Facebook live program at 10 am each day.

Log in and stay connected with the Stamford Museum & Nature Center! Join us for our Facebook live program at 10 am each day.

Log in and stay connected with the Stamford Museum & Nature Center! Join us for our Facebook live program at 10 am each day.

Log in and stay connected with the Stamford Museum & Nature Center! Join us for our Facebook live program at 10 am each day.

Log in and stay connected with the Stamford Museum & Nature Center! Join us for our Facebook live program at 10 am each day.

Local artist and sculptor, Elizabeth White, will show you how to make Leaf Casts!

Join Aaron and Amanda Rodriguez, Two Things One, for a FREE one hour online concert event! Allow their music and marriage story to inspire renewed fun and connection in your home. Enjoy real time audience engagement and engage with Aaron and Amanda up close and personal.

Join Jonathan Daugherty and John Fort as they offer research-based insight from parents and teens how to have honest talk about sexuality at home. Jonathan and John will discuss how talking about sex as a family can be a relationship builder by sharing real-life stories, practical ideas, and other trusted resources you can use right away.

Find support in your village as you reconnect with your inner wildness. Stepping Into My Power (Teens) Tuesday afternoons from 1-6pm 6 sessions, May 26th - June 30th

Tuesdays from 9am-3pm: In WILD ANIMAL ART (ages 5-8), we’ll draw our inspiration from a different animal group each week. Offered May 19 – June 16. Sign up for one or all 5! Students will need some support from an adult, and this can be fun for the whole family.

Connect nature with movement, storytelling and song to bring your puppets to life. Curious Creatures (3-12) Wednesdays 10-3pm 3 sessions, June 3rd - 17th

This course is for those high school kids who have experience in Spanish. This class is ideal for those who wish to learn to speak Spanish, practice what they have learned, and obtain more clarification of their Spanish Language studies. This course is especially good for those students on home study.

This course is for those middle school kids who have some experience in French. This is ideal for those who wish to reinforce what they have learned and to obtain more clarification of the basics of the French Language. This course is especially good for those students on home study.

A four-week online astronomy course for young learners, 11-14 years old, to explore our universe. Stimulate your child's curious, bright mind with our new, 4-week online astronomy course, led by Strasenburgh Planetarium Director, Steve Fentress. Students will discover the workings of the universe by exploring the foundations of astronomy and the many phenomena occurring outside Earth’s atmosphere.

Every Thursday, we offer a new Bruce at Home STEAM Activity. Our Museum educators have been helping young learners investigate properties related to water displacement, with interactive projects like “The Penny Boat Challenge.” Endorsed by the Greenwich Public Schools, these fun activities are a great complement to students’ virtual school work.

Explore the basics of Fresh Paint, using lifelike oil, watercolors, pastels, and more to craft your own masterpiece! In partnership with Microsoft, participants will learn how to create and share their own digital art with the Fresh Paint application for Windows 10. At the end of the workshop, participants will have the chance to use their new skills to create artwork to celebrate Essential Frontline Workers! **FREE! Registration required.

Come join us to make beautiful things from items you have at home! Have a joyous time creating, and then spread the joy by sharing with loved ones and friends when social distancing is over! ***REGISTRATION REQUIRED***

THIS IS A FREE LIVE VIRTUAL PROGRAM VIA ZOOM MEETING - Even though we are at home, join Miss Tracy for some stories, finger plays, and songs on zoom! Children ages 2-3 years old and their caregivers are welcome. REGISTRATION REQUIRED

THIS IS A FACEBOOK PREMIERE EVENT. There’s a wealth of scientific fun hidden in your home! Come learn a bit of science and experiment using items found easily around the house. Ages 5 and up welcome.

Hearty Tables is an online cooking and storytelling series featuring immigrant and refugee chefs. Food is universal but the culture of preparing is unique to each community. In celebration of World Refugee Day 2020, WeaveTales has partnered with the Museum of Science & History in Jacksonville and We Are All America to hold a 6-week video series that brings together storytelling and cooking. Starting on May 30, each week, an immigrant chef will share stories about families, the journey to America, and how cooking has inspired them as they build a new life in a new country.

Join us for this free, one-hour virtual workshop to take part in the global Hour of Code movement! Using the power of code, students ages 8 and up will explore aquatic worlds and uncover hidden treasure with the 2018 Minecraft Voyage Aquatic tutorial. In collaboration with Microsoft, students will learn how to create a list of coding instructions, instruct a computer to perform tasks in a sequence, and test and refine their coding instructions to uncover hidden underwater treasure! Free! Registration Required.

How well do you know your local wildlife? You don’t have to leave the city to experience some of the incredible wildlife living nearby! Learn about the unique traits and adaptations of animals living in and around urban spaces. We’ll also explore some of the clues wildlife leave behind.

Fridays are about to get more PANDATASTIC! Starting Friday, May 8th, I will be hosting a PJ PANDA DANCE PARTY LIVE! on Instagram and Facebook at 7:30pm CST!

The health and safety of our visitors, staff, and supporters is our top priority. RoCo remains temporarily closed to the public. 6x6, the international small art phenomenon, will continue to connect people through art even as the current health crisis keeps us apart. Now more than ever, we are grateful for your support and participation. As always we invite you to participate and share your process or finished art on social media with #RoCo6x6. WORLDWIDE PREVIEW begins MAY15 at 10 am EDT....SALE begins June 6, 2020.

Visit the museum’s Facebook page every Thursday at 3 p.m. for Stories Behind the Stuff with Chief Curator Chris Bensch.

Come join us for our weekly story time every Thursday at 11 A.M. on our page FACEBOOK LIVE. The books will be related to our themed Make and Think Activities. We will be reading 1-2 themed books and engaging in dance and movement activities.

Which video games will make it into the World Video Game Hall of Fame this May? Can NBA Jam dunk on the competition? Will Guitar Hero play its way into history? Can Frogger cross the road to the finish line?

Have a fun and creative family night together during Portside's Virtual Family Art Night! Parents and children will work together on a collaborative art project using simple art materials all while creating in the comfort of their own homes! ​

We are thrilled to connect with Ryan McCartan who was recently seen as Hans in Broadway’s Frozen. He’ll be answering questions, via Zoom, on how he got started and audition techniques.

Who is ready for some show and tell!? We will be hosting Show & Tell Tuesdays on Zoom each week at 10AM. The virtual program is free and open to anyone! Just register for the zoom event and have your little one bring a sanity saver they've made, their favorite stuffed animal or anything else they might like to share! They will have time to show and tell all about their special item! Our museum facilitator will keep things moving along!

Give your child a fun and creative Saturday morning! During these virtual art lessons, children will explore a variety of age appropriate art techniques learning basic 2D and 3D art skills and create a new art project each week.

Enjoy the sea otters as they frolic and swim. If you see the Monterey Bay on the screen instead of our Sea Otter exhibit, don't worry! The otters will be back shortly, we promise.

We’re excited to announce the “Roc on PAWS Film Festival”! Capture a video of your pets doing… whatever it is they do best (or worst) and submit it!

Join us Saturday, June at 6 PM as your RPO's Nikki Labonte (horn) goes LIVE for our next episode of our Living Room Series! **A Facebook account is required.** Every week, musicians of the RPO provide an intimate evening of classical favorites and contemporary tunes on Facebook Live. See the live broadcast (or watch the recording) here: https://www.facebook.com/RochesterPhilharmonic/live

This Week ~ Gabel Conducts Beethoven, featuring pianist Juho Pohjonen playing Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1. Fabian Gabel conducts your RPO. PLUS, don’t miss the live chat and commentary led by our musicians on the RPO/WXXI 91.5 Facebook Group!

This Week ~ Tchaikovsky + Rachmaninoff, featuring violinist Blake Pouliot playing Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto. Don't miss the live chat and commentary led by our musicians on the RPO/WXXI 91.5 Facebook Group!

This Week ~ Playwright Mark Mobley’s new theatrical work, written for the RPO, sets the stories of strong Rochester women - past and present - to music. Plus, the world premiere of All on Fire, a new work by Gemma Peacocke. Don't miss the live chat and commentary led by our musicians on the RPO/WXXI 91.5 Facebook Group!