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Kids Free Fishing Day
Over 500 young anglers are expected to participate in the seventh annual Traverse City Kids’ Free Fishing Day on Saturday, June 16, 2012 from 10:00 am to 2:00 p. at Northwestern Michigan College’s Great Lakes Campus, located at 715 East … Continue reading
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April Video – A Whiskers Tale
April’s Museum Movie featured a short video called How Rats Feel: A Whisker’s Tale, featuring the science of whiskers. Many mammals have whiskers but not all whisk. Cats don’t. Rats do. To whisk, rats use special muscles in their face to brush their … Continue reading
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State Theatre Colorbook
The Great Lakes Children’s Museum is a partner with the State Theatre Colorbook community art project. While at the Museum, you may pick up a frame at the Visitor Services Desk and color it. You supply the creative impulse, and … Continue reading
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Schooner Manitou
We at the Great Lakes Children’s Museum enjoy having the Martime Heritage Alliance and the The Watershed Center Grand Traverse Bay as neighbors at the Discovery Center ~ Great Lakes. There is a great mix of nonprofit organizations here on … Continue reading
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Discovery Center Assessment Complete
The Discovery Center ~ Great Lakes has completed a detailed and comprehensive community needs assessment process. Input from the Discovery Center partner organizations was collected during a planning summit on October 4, 2011, with 30 participants from all four partner … Continue reading
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Earth Day Mask Making
On Monday, April 23, from 3-6 pm, the Great Lakes Children’s Museum will host a special mask-making workshop to help children prepare for the Grand Traverse Earth Day Parade, held on the following Saturday. This year’s parade theme is: The … Continue reading
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Spring Member Night
On Friday, April 13th we will bring the fun and mystery of dinousaurs to life for the children in your life at Night of the Dinosaur! Dinosaurs—kids love ‘em! Come to Member’s Night for some “dino-mite” fun and feed your … Continue reading
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Celebration for Young Children at the State Theatre
Saturday, April 28, Museum Movie – An American Tail at 10 am Special Hands-On Activities after movie until 2 pm On Saturday, April 28, we continue our partnership with our friends at the State Theatre. This month at the State, we … Continue reading
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March Video – A Robot That Swims With The Fishes
March’s Museum Movie featured a short video called A Robot That Swims With The Fishes, featuring a robotic fish in the lab pool with real fish, the minnows (golden shiners and giant danios) will mill about the robot and even follow it around. … Continue reading
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NanoDays – March 26 to 30
NanoDays at the Great Lakes Children’s Museum is part of a nationwide festival of educational programs about nanoscale science and engineering. Special science-based hands-on activities will be offered throughout the day for children and families. NanoDays is organized by the … Continue reading
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