Museum of Arts and Sciences

Thrilling Science Thursday
2023-06-29 09:00 - 12:00, 2023-06-22 09:00 - 12:00, 2023-06-15 09:00 - 12:00, 2023-06-08 09:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Museum of Arts and Sciences, 4182 Forsyth Road, Macon, GA, 31210, United States
Join the MAS on Thursdays and create and complete an activity involving Earth and Space Science! Earth & Space Science Thursdays are included in MAS admission. Members are FREE!

Wild Craft Wednesdays
2023-06-28 09:00 - 12:00, 2023-06-21 09:00 - 12:00, 2023-06-14 09:00 - 12:00, 2023-06-07 09:00 - 12:00
Join us on Wednesday afternoons for a fun, animal-themed activity! Summer activities are included with regular admission. For members, it’s FREE!

Tech Art Tuesday
2023-06-27 09:00 - 12:00, 2023-06-20 09:00 - 12:00, 2023-06-13 09:00 - 12:00, 2023-06-06 09:00 - 12:00
Join the Museum every Tuesday this summer for a fun, technology-themed craft activity. This event is included with regular museum admission. If you are a member, it’s FREE!

Make a Mask Friday
2023-06-23 09:00 - 12:00, 2023-06-16 09:00 - 12:00, 2023-06-09 09:00 - 12:00
Create a mask collage that you can wear. Inspired by modern and contemporary artists, you can use your creativity to create an expressive fun portrait. No experience is required, just a desire to express yourself!

Bird Day
2023-06-10 06:00 - 12:00
Experience feathered-frenzy fun during the Museum’s annual Bird Day!
See the Museum’s birds plus many other special guests to learn a multitude of “feathered” facts about all types of birds. Special Guests include members from the Georgia Falconry Association, Dennis Mock, and Mr. & Mrs. Paul Davis that will be onsite with their birds!
Bird Day activities are included with regular museum admission and members get in for FREE!

World Ocean's Day
2023-06-08 06:00 - 10:00
Join the MAS in celebration of World Oceans Day on June 8, 2023 from 10am-2pm! Learn about all about oceans with the MAS and our special guests, Keep Macon Bibb Beautiful, the Georgia Department of Health, and Pet Supplies Plus!
Book readings will take place a 10am and 12:15pm. World Oceans Day is included with regular MAS admission. MAS Members are FREE!

Polar Bear Den 2.0
2023-06-06 06:30 - 07:15, 2023-05-02 06:30 - 07:15
Welcome to Polar Bear Den 2.0! We are taking a familiar event and making it even better.
Reservations for members and non-members are required for this event. $5 per child(ages 4-6) plus one free adult per child attending. The child must be participating in Polar Bear Den. Only one adult per child.
WARNING: Under Georgia law, there is no liability for an injury or death of an individual entering these premises if such injury or death results from the inherent risks of contracting COVID-19. You are assuming this risk by entering these premises.

Work of Heart Mini-Camp
2023-05-31 09:00 - 11:00
Learn all about hearts during this mini-camp; you’ll visit the mini-zoo and learn how reptile hearts work, dissect a heart, connect hearts to objects and exhibits around the MAS, and take home a heart craft of your very own! Register Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/work-of-heart-mini-camp-registration-628604512017
$20/child (rising 2nd-5th graders). S﻿pace is limited for each session. Drop-off is at 1pm and pick-up is at 3pm. Emergency contact forms must be filled out during drop-off. Questions? Email Kimberly Novak at knovak@masmacon.com or call the Museum at (478) 477-3232.

Pollinator Passion Mini-Camp
2023-05-31 06:00 - 08:00
Learn all about pollinators and why they are so important during this mini-camp; you’ll visit and learn about some of the MAS’ very own pollinators (our lemurs and bats), see pollen up-close under a microscope, do an experiment with honey, and create a craft to take home! Sign-up via Eventbrite at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pollinator-passion-mini-camp-tickets-628535535707
$20/child (rising 2nd-5th graders). S﻿pace is limited for each session. Drop-off is at 10am and pick-up is at 12pm. Emergency contact forms must be filled out during drop-off. Questions? Email Kimberly Novak at knovak@masmacon.com or call the Museum at (478) 477-3232.

Homeschool Day at the Museum
2023-05-16 06:00 - 08:00
Learn about different types of animals in a live animal program, explore the universe in our planetarium, and participate in a STE+AM activity on these Tuesdays reserved especially for homeschoolers!
This program runs from 10am-12pm and is $9 per student; 1 free adult for up to a group of 6.** Reservations are required via Eventbrite*. Recommended for 1st-8th graders; max 25 students per session.
*Please only sign up participating children on Eventbrite; all non-participating children may pay regular Museum admission at the door.
Questions? Email MAS Education Curator, Kimberly Novak, at knovak@masmacon.com.
**Memberships do not apply to homeschool days, which are considered field trips.

Train Day
2023-05-13 06:00 - 12:00
All aboard to the Museum of Arts and Sciences! Tour the MAS’ Historic Seaboard Caboose and learn all about trains from local experts including Ralph Hawkins (hawkinsrails.net), Operation Lifesavers (oli.org), and the Middle Georgia Model Rail Road Club (mgmrc.org).
A presentation by Ralph Hawkins will be held in the auditorium from 10:30-11:15am.

Dino Day by Jurassic Jungle
2023-05-06 10:30 - 11:00, 2023-05-06 08:15 - 08:45
Join the MAS and our partners at Jurassic Jungle to learn about dinosaurs during this edu-taining program! This program is included with regular Museum admission with a program at 12:15pm and 2:30pm in the Museum’s auditorium.
Meet the Sensational Erika the Raptor Hybrid, her endearing Baby Natasha, and a cast of charming baby dinosaurs from Jurassic Jungle!

Spring Grotto Tours
2023-05-06 06:30 - 07:30, 2023-05-06 05:00 - 06:00, 2023-04-29 06:30 - 07:30, 2023-04-29 05:00 - 06:00
In 1901, the Jesuits (La Societe Catholique Religieuse) purchased approximately 90 plus acres off Forest Hill Road to provide students of the St. Stanislaus College with both a place for recreation and a retreat. The new resort offered a villa, a reflecting/swimming pool, a path on which to pray the stations of the cross, statues of saints mounted on brick platforms, and a replica of the Grotto of Saint Bernadette of Lourdes.
In its modern history, the Grotto of Macon, GA, has fallen victim to vandalism and disrepair. The Reichert family has since purchased and restored the property to its former beauty. The family has partnered with the Museum of Arts and Sciences to offer fall and spring guided tours of this historical and religious site. Walking shoes/tennis shoes are recommended for this tour. Tickets may be purchased here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spring-grotto-tours-tickets-577597137587
Due to limited capacity, reservations are REQUIRED through Eventbrite and no money will be taken at the door. Tours will begin in front of the Museum, and then transition off property to the Grotto.
Reminder: The Grotto is located on private property and tours can only be made through the Museum of Arts and Sciences.

Wild Words
2023-04-21 14:30 - 16:00
Bring a picnic and lawn chairs to the Edenfield Amphitheater for an evening of prose, live music, and Earth Day celebration! This year’s Wild Words features Gordon Johnston (Seven Islands of the Ocmulgee), Kevin Cantwell (One Thousand Sheets of Rice Paper) and Musician, Matt McMillan. Additional guests are the Georgia Wilderness Society, Water Trails, Rails to Trails, and Ocmulgee Outdoor Expeditions.

About the featured guests:

Gordon Johnston is the author of the poetry collection Scaring the Bears, the short story collection Seven Islands of the Ocmulgee (both from Mercer University Press), and two poetry chapbooks, Durable Goods (2021) and Gravity’s Light Grip (2007) and is co-author of a guide to Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park. An avid kayaker and canoe camper, he has paddled all of the Ocmulgee, Oconee, Altamaha, and Flint Rivers. He also collaborates with potter Roger Jamison to fire his poems onto stoneware pages.

Kevin Cantwell has been writing poetry since the 1970s. He studied with the late David Bottoms and former poet laureate of Georgia at Georgia State University, where he received his B.A. in Philosophy. He has a Ph.D. in British and American literature from the University of Utah. There he edited Quarterly West and studies with Mark Strand, Richard Howard, and Larry Levis. His first book of poems was published by New Issues Press in 2002, Something Black in the Green Part of Your Eye, and his second by What Books Press in 2009, One of Those Russian Novels. He has also edited a book entitled Writing on Napkins at the Sunshine Club: An Anthology of Poets Writing in Macon (2011). His newest book is One Thousand Sheets of Rice Paper, published by Mercer University Press. His poems have been published in The Paris Review, The New Republic, Western Humanities Review, Irish Pages, The Irish Times, Commonweal, America, Shenandoah, Poetry, Salmagundi, Barrow Street, and Five Points, for which he was awarded the James Dickey Prize for Poetry. He has won the Academy of American Poets Prize and has been nominated for numerous Pushcart Prizes. Currently, he is editing a selection of letters by the American poet William Dickey.

Matt McMillan is a singer-songwriter and poet from the small town Rochelle, GA. His songs provide a young man’s view of the ,at times strange, landscape of growing up in the rural south. McMillan’s music takes heavy influences from the twang and humorous truth telling of Texas country and folk, while maintaining a heavy dose of old-time flavor courtesy of the clawhammer banjo. McMillan has played on stages all through out the South East. He currently resides in Macon,GA where he continues writing music and poetry.
