Events

What It Means to Be Home
An Artist Talk in Mandarin Chinese and English

Sunday, March 5, 2pm

Huey-Min Chuang leads a bilingual talk on immigrants’ experience of home, in celebration of Woman’s History Month. Chuang has experienced home on multiple continents and with expression through her artwork.

Light refreshments served. Suggested donation $5.

Decorative Planters Workshop

Sunday, March 19, 1:30 – 3:00pm

Welcome spring by creating a brightly decorated flower pot at this workshop.  Make it intricate,  stylish or bold –  simply be creative and take home your flower pot with a new live plant.

Instructor Phyllis Ger will offer tips on design and techniques for making an indoor or outdoor decorative planter. Suitable for all ages. Admission $5/$12 per family ($4/$10 for members), includes plant.

Green Garden/Green Plant

Tuesday, April 11, 1-3:30pm

The Museum’s Earth Day program comes earlier, this year during spring school break. It’s all about reconnecting to our natural world and being good stewards of our planet through re-use and re-cycling the materials of everyday life.

Activities for this family friendly afternoon include window-sill plantings, a scavenger-hunt, eco-collages, and other activities. There’s a picture-book/young readers book swap corner, some fun & informative comics from our friends at Con Edison, & light refreshments.

Admission $5/ $12 per family (Members: $4/$10)

Virtual Activities

For anyone who cannot join us at the Museum we offer virtual activities for kids and families to explore on their own. Each of these are offered free and readily done with simple materials.

Click here for family activity guides to do at home

There are more things to do on our Instagram page (link). Let us know how you're engaging with these activities by commenting or sending us pictures at education@vomuseum.org or posting to our Facebook page.