Use your own color photos of spring and summer Northwoods landscapes as inspiration to create unique pastel paintings on paper. From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Museum, you’ll explore the art elements of value, color, and texture in your composition as you interpret the landscape, creating the illusion of three-dimensional space on a…
Join us for fun and learning at the Museum from 10 a.m. to noon! Wisconsin Master Naturalist Volunteers will be eager to share their new nature knowledge. Hands-on activities! Games! Fun for kids, adults, and the whole family! Donations welcome.
Meet the Cable Natural History Museum’s live education raptors in person! Learn all about the amazing world of birds of prey from Naturalist Haley Selen in the Museum’s classroom. 2-3 p.m. Please come early to find a seat. Donations welcome.
(Master Naturalist Advanced Training) Sedges are beautiful, unique, and often confusing members of our natural landscapes. U.S. Forest Service botanist Caitlin Hoenig will lead the group in identifying sedges using dichotomous keys and distinctive characters. Meet at 8:30 a.m. at the Cable Natural History Museum for a morning of classroom learning. After a sack lunch,…
Meet the Museum’s live education raptors in person! Learn all about the amazing world of birds of prey from Naturalist Haley Selen in the Museum’s classroom. 2-3 p.m. Please come early to find a seat. Donations welcome.
Explore behind-the-scenes of the Museum’s collection! Join a maker program from 11 a.m.- noon as we model and create from designs found with the animals in our collection. Explore the Collections Look-in Lab with our Curator anytime between 12:30-1 p.m. All ages welcome, but adults are encouraged to stay with children during activities.
(Master Naturalist Advanced Training) Discover the unique and interesting attributes of dragonflies that have helped them become the most proficient predator on the planet. Explore the life stages of incomplete metamorphosis and how dragonflies spend most of their life underwater. Learn tips and tricks to identify dragonflies and damselflies, which will help you ID the…
Explore behind-the-scenes of the Museum’s butterfly collection! Become a butterfly monitor to track the live butterflies visiting our pollinator gardens from 11 a.m.- noon. Then, join our Curator anytime between 1-2 p.m. to explore the process of butterfly pinning with specimens supplied by a partner organization. Ages 12 and up for butterfly monitoring. All ages…
Meet the Museum’s live education raptors in person! Learn all about the amazing world of birds of prey from Naturalist Haley Selen in the Museum’s classroom. 2-3 p.m. Please come early to find a seat. Donations welcome.
Meet the Cable Natural History Museum’s live education raptors in person! Learn all about the amazing world of birds of prey from Naturalist Haley Selen in the Museum’s classroom. 2-3 p.m. Please come early to find a seat. Donations welcome.
