Event Category: Family Classes

Two women peering at tableware in the Resetting The Table exhibit

How to Hold a Rainbow

In–Person Workshop Location: Harvard Museum of Natural History, Classroom B (Third Floor) Instructor: Kathy Liu, PhD candidate | Aizenberg Biomineralization & Biomimetics Lab Price: $30 members / $35 nonmembers When you look around nature, you can glimpse brilliant rainbows everywhere—on the surface of a bubble, on butterfly wings, after a rainy day, or through a…

Family Activities at the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East

Free In-Person Event 12:00–2:30 PM Join HMSC volunteers for hands-on, family-friendly activities and a live story reading at the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East. Recommended for ages 5–12. Admission to the museum is free. Story Time reading begins at 2:00 pm. This event will occur on each of the following dates: Sunday, January…

Pinning and Learning: Orb Weaver

In-Person Workshop Instructor: Mickey Alice Kwapis, professional taxidermist  $80 members / $90 nonmembers Explore amazing arthropods from an evolutionary perspective with a hands-on look at an impressive species! Utilizing sustainably sourced specimens, students will learn about arthropod development and anatomy by preparing and preserving an orb weaver specimen  of their own. Each student will receive …

Pinning and Learning: Five-Horned Rhino Beetle-SOLD OUT

In-Person Workshop Instructor: Mickey Alice Kwapis, professional taxidermist  $80 members / $90 nonmembers This class is full. Please email Reservations to be added to the waitlist. Explore amazing arthropods from an evolutionary perspective with a hands-on look at an impressive species! Utilizing sustainably sourced specimens, students will learn about arthropod development and anatomy by preparing and preserving…

Pinning and Learning: Sunset Moth-SOLD OUT

In-Person Workshop Instructor: Mickey Alice Kwapis, professional taxidermist  $80 members / $90 nonmembers This class is full. Please email Reservations to be added to the waitlist. Explore amazing arthropods from an evolutionary perspective with a hands-on look at an impressive species! Utilizing sustainably sourced specimens, students will learn about arthropod development and anatomy by preparing and preserving…

Pinning and Learning: Empress Cicada

In-Person Workshop Instructor: Mickey Alice Kwapis, professional taxidermist  $80 members / $90 nonmembers Explore amazing arthropods from an evolutionary perspective with a hands-on look at an impressive species! Utilizing sustainably sourced specimens, students will learn about arthropod development and anatomy by preparing and preserving a cicada specimen of their own. Each student will receive  a…

Pinning and Learning: Red-winged Green Giant Stick Insect – Sold Out

Mickey Alice Kwapis, Professional Taxidermist $90 members / $100 nonmembers Open to children with adult supervision and those ages 12 and up. This program is full. Please email Reservations to be added to the wait list. Explore amazing arthropods from an evolutionary perspective with a hands-on look at an impressive species! Utilizing sustainably sourced specimens, students will…

Frog-Legged Beetle Dome

Mickey Alice Kwapis, Professional Taxidermist $95 members / $115 nonmembers Open to children with adult supervision and those ages 12 and up. Prepare and pose an iridescent frog-legged beetle specimen and mount it in a miniature environment of your creation, all enclosed within a  three-inch glass dome. Materials are included but participants are encouraged to…

Pinning and Learning: Sky Blue Morpho Butterfly

In-Person Workshop Mickey Alice Kwapis, Professional Taxidermist $80 members / $90 nonmembers Open to children with adult supervision and those ages 12 and up. Explore impressive insects by preparing and preserving a sustainably sourced blue morpho butterfly of your own. You will receive a set of illustrated instructions, tools, and your finished specimen to display…

Pinning and Learning: Giant Soldier Ant

In-Person Workshop Mickey Alice Kwapis, Professional Taxidermist $80 members / $90 nonmembers Open to children with adult supervision and those ages 12 and up. Explore impressive insects by preparing and preserving a  sustainably sourced giant soldier ant of your own. You will receive a set of illustrated instructions, tools, and your finished specimen to display…