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March 2 – 8 Museum Children Free Week


*The event has already taken place on this date: Sun, 03/08/2020
The White Memorial Conservation Center located in Litchfield, CT houses one of New England's finest state-of-the-art Nature Museum. See a life-sized beaver lodge, learn about alternative energy, touch real animal fur, and test your bird identification skills, visit a fluorescent rock cave, and view nature through a digital macro-scope! Explore the Children’s Corner: books, puzzles, stuffed animals, and more!

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The White Memorial Conservation Center located in Litchfield, CT  houses one of New England's finest state-of-the-art Nature Museum. See a life-sized beaver lodge, learn about alternative energy, touch real animal fur, and test your bird identification skills, visit a fluorescent rock cave, and view nature through a digital macro-scope! Explore the Children’s Corner: books, puzzles, stuffed animals, and more!

The Center’s Nature Museum provides a glimpse of the natural diversity found outdoors on the White Memorial Foundation’s 4,000-acre wildlife sanctuary, the largest privately held sanctuary in Connecticut! The Museum features hand-painted and photographic murals, dioramas, a Children’s Corner, live animals, a working honeybee hive, unique exhibits such as “The Art of Taxidermy,”

After you visit the museum, get outside! Enjoy the beauty of this exquisite wildlife sanctuary, take a walk, or run, take a nap in the shade of a tree! View Connecticut's largest natural lake, the Bantam. Walk around the sparkling Little Pond's 1 mile boardwalk or enjoy a picnic lunch on one of the picnic tables scattered around the museum grounds.

 

History buffs!

 

Got a smartphone with a QR scanner? Investigate the relics of one of New England's ice houses. The Icehouse trail's 8 QR code stops will provide the back-story of this once, oh so important, resource.

 

Come on out to the beauty of Connecticut's Northwest corner, relax and inhale some of the finest air around, you will not be disappointed!

Visit White Memorial Conservation Center’s YouTube Channel and enjoy a short video about the museum: https://youtu.be/EBGz9TvwUUE?list=PLEMLTmIbHukcupnTLSDzYDEiSNKUSxcC-

 

White Memorial Conservation Center is the educational branch of the White Memorial Foundation. The Center’s mission is to inspire understanding, appreciation, and respect for the natural world. The goal is accomplished through year-round environmental education programs for children and adults utilizing the property and the Nature Museum as teaching arenas.

 

 

Museum & Gift Shop Hours

Monday—Saturday 9 a.m.— 5 p.m.

Sunday 12 p.m.— 5 p.m.

Admission: Adults $6.00, Children 6-12  $3.00

REMEMBER children 6-12 FREE during

Children's Museum Free Weeks when accompanied by an adult. Adults $6

Under 6 Years Free

Center Members Free

https://www.whitememorialcc.org/plan-visit/what-to-do/museum/


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Location:

80 Whitehall Rd PO Box 368
Litchfield, CT, 06759
United States

Phone:

860-567-0857
Contact name: 
lois
Email address: 
The event has already taken place on this date: 
03/08/2020
Time: 
Monday- Saturday 9:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m., Sunday 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Price: 
Monday—Saturday 9 a.m.— 5 p.m. Sunday 12 p.m.— 5 p.m. Admission: Adults $6.00, Children 6-12 $3.00 REMEMBER children 6-12 FREE during

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