Calendar | Museum of the Rockies

May 2018

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29	30	1 Continuing our efforts to introduce preschoolers to the wonders of museum learning, this special series of tours examines different areas of MOR with an early education focus. Each program offers a chance to ask questions and explore with a hands-on... Tours for Tots - Fun with Flight!	2 Babies are natural scientists, exploring their world and experimenting with their surroundings. This program for the youngest learners encourages natural curiosity and sensory awareness with carefully crafted art projects, engineering explorations, sensory science experiences, songs, stories and, of course, bubbles! ... Sensational Babies (Birth – 3 years) Continuing our efforts to introduce preschoolers to the wonders of museum learning, this special series of tours examines different areas of MOR with an early education focus. Each program offers a chance to ask questions and explore with a hands-on... Tours for Tots - Fun with Flight!	3 Continuing our efforts to introduce preschoolers to the wonders of museum learning, this special series of tours examines different areas of MOR with an early education focus. Each program offers a chance to ask questions and explore with a hands-on... Tours for Tots - Fun with Flight! Help raise $1,000,000 for local non-profits during the Bozeman Area Community Foundation’s 24-hour event! Follow MOR’s mascot, Rocky Rex, around town as we build support for MOR’s Opening Doors for Montana Schoolchildren Fund, which made... Give Big Gallatin Valley	4 Help raise $1,000,000 for local non-profits during the Bozeman Area Community Foundation’s 24-hour event! Follow MOR’s mascot, Rocky Rex, around town as we build support for MOR’s Opening Doors for Montana Schoolchildren Fund, which made... Give Big Gallatin Valley	5 All K-12 public, private, and tribal school teachers are invited to visit MOR for free on Saturday, May 5, in honor of National Teacher Appreciation week. Teachers will also receive 20% off in the Museum Store. (Discount excludes gift cards & sale... Teacher Appreciation Day
6	7 Have you considered how to leave a legacy for your family, friends, and community...forever? If you have a will, and especially if you do not, you will learn from Marsha A. Goetting, Ph.D., CFP, CFCS, and... Estate Planning for Everyone	8	9 Babies are natural scientists, exploring their world and experimenting with their surroundings. This program for the youngest learners encourages natural curiosity and sensory awareness with carefully crafted art projects, engineering explorations, sensory science experiences, songs, stories and, of course, bubbles! ... Sensational Babies (Birth – 3 years) Join MOR and the Gallatin History Museum for monthly lectures focused on the dynamic and lively history of the Gallatin Valley. Terri Wolfgram & Eileen Skinner-Hale will speak on East Gallatin/Hamilton Cemetery: Locating the Unmarked Component. Gallatin History Museum Lecture - East Gallatin/Hamilton Cemetery - Locating the Unmarked Component	10	11	12 Celebrate our global understanding of paleontology, geology, and astronomy with MOR, Carter County Museum, and our four Japanese museum partners, the Mifune Dinosaur Museum, Kumamoto City Museum, Aso Volcano Museum, and the Goshoura Cretaceous Museum. Participate in hands-on activities with... Kumamoto Montana Sister State Family Day
13	14	15 Continuing our efforts to introduce preschoolers to the wonders of museum learning, this special series of tours examines different areas of MOR with an early education focus. Each program offers a chance to ask questions and explore with a hands-on... Tours for Tots - Giant Dinosaurs! Join MOR and the Gallatin Valley Friends of the Sciences as we explore innovative science topics, their latest developments, and their relevance to society through speaker presentations followed by an engaging question and answer session. How do you revolutionize astronomy... Science Inquiry Lecture: A Revolution in Astronomy	16 Babies are natural scientists, exploring their world and experimenting with their surroundings. This program for the youngest learners encourages natural curiosity and sensory awareness with carefully crafted art projects, engineering explorations, sensory science experiences, songs, stories and, of course, bubbles! ... Sensational Babies (Birth – 3 years) Continuing our efforts to introduce preschoolers to the wonders of museum learning, this special series of tours examines different areas of MOR with an early education focus. Each program offers a chance to ask questions and explore with a hands-on... Tours for Tots - Giant Dinosaurs!	17 Continuing our efforts to introduce preschoolers to the wonders of museum learning, this special series of tours examines different areas of MOR with an early education focus. Each program offers a chance to ask questions and explore with a hands-on... Tours for Tots - Giant Dinosaurs! MOR is pleased to host the Extreme History Project lecture series that encourages public understanding of the way our history has shaped our present. Speakers take a fresh look at interesting historical topics. Visit museumoftherockies.org for full lecture descriptions. ... Extreme History Project Lecture: The Story Cattle Drive	18	19
20	21	22 Hops & History: Trivia Brew Party	23 Babies are natural scientists, exploring their world and experimenting with their surroundings. This program for the youngest learners encourages natural curiosity and sensory awareness with carefully crafted art projects, engineering explorations, sensory science experiences, songs, stories and, of course, bubbles! ... Sensational Babies (Birth – 3 years)	24	25 As a MOR member, you can be the first to check out our newest exhibit before it opens to the public. Also, be sure to catch our one-night-only music segments in the Taylor Planetarium with showtimes at 5:30, 6, & 6:30 p.m. GUITAR: Members Only Exhibit Preview	26 GUITAR: The Instrument that Rocked the World opens to the public. See you at MOR! GUITAR: The Instrument that Rocked the World Opens
27	28	29 Continuing our efforts to introduce preschoolers (ages 3 – 5) to the wonders of museum learning, this series of preschool programs examines different areas of MOR with an early education focus. Each program offers a chance to ask questions as we explore... Tours for Tots: Spring in Yellowstone Sold Out - Hops & History: Early Brews with Madison River Brewing	30 NEW! LIVE STREAM EVENTS Museum of the Rockies wants all Montana schoolchildren to be able to engage with our paleontologists, so we are bringing the museum to you! In partnership with Streamable Learning, MOR will connect with classrooms around the... 9:10 a.m.: Discovering Dinosaurs Live Stream Event for Grades 1 - 5 Babies are natural scientists, exploring their world and experimenting with their surroundings. This program for the youngest learners encourages natural curiosity and sensory awareness with carefully crafted art projects, engineering explorations, sensory science experiences, songs, stories and, of course, bubbles! ... Sensational Babies (Birth – 3 years) NEW! LIVE STREAM EVENTS Museum of the Rockies wants all Montana schoolchildren to be able to engage with our paleontologists, so we are bringing the museum to you! In partnership with Streamable Learning, MOR will connect with classrooms around the... 11:10 a.m.: Discovering Dinosaurs Live Stream Event for Grades 1 - 5 Continuing our efforts to introduce preschoolers (ages 3 – 5) to the wonders of museum learning, this series of preschool programs examines different areas of MOR with an early education focus. Each program offers a chance to ask questions as we explore... Tours for Tots: Spring in Yellowstone	31 Continuing our efforts to introduce preschoolers (ages 3 – 5) to the wonders of museum learning, this series of preschool programs examines different areas of MOR with an early education focus. Each program offers a chance to ask questions as we explore... Tours for Tots: Spring in Yellowstone Please join fellow museum members for highlights from the past year, followed by a gallery talk from luthier Daniel Roberts exploring Gallatin Valley’s music and creative business scene. RSVP and purchase tickets in advance. Sponsored by: Annual Members Meeting	1 This amazing piece of art will be displayed in the museum's lobby during normal business hours. For more information on... View A Signed Pablo Picasso Etching MOR is delighted to welcome MSU’s Fork in the Road Food Truck daily throughout the summer. Created five years ago, Fork in the Road supports local, sustainable foods and regional cuisine from around the world. The truck offers... Fork in the Road Food Truck	2 This amazing piece of art will be displayed in the museum's lobby during normal business hours. For more information on... View A Signed Pablo Picasso Etching Explore this summer's changing exhibition during an amusing family-friendly morning of experiments, demonstrations, and hands-on activities! Gibson Guitars will bring along a Lego guitar and Music Kate will bring instruments as we get noisy in the museum. Explore the... GUITAR Family Day MOR is delighted to welcome MSU’s Fork in the Road Food Truck daily throughout the summer. Created five years ago, Fork in the Road supports local, sustainable foods and regional cuisine from around the world. The truck offers... Fork in the Road Food Truck