Museum of Arts and Sciences

Wild Craft Wednesdays
2023-06-07 09:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Museum of Arts and Sciences, 4182 Forsyth Road, Macon, GA, 31210, United States
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
2023-06-06 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!

Polar Bear Den 2.0
2023-06-06 06:30 - 07:15, 2023-05-02 06:30 - 07:15, 2023-04-04 06:30 - 07:15, 2023-03-07 05:30 - 06:15, 2023-02-07 05:30 - 06:15, 2023-01-03 05:30 - 06:15, 2022-12-06 05:30 - 06:15
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, 2023-01-17 05:00 - 07:00
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.

2 FRONTS: An Evening with Alfred Conteh
2023-04-05 14:00 - 15:30
Join us for a lecture and gallery talk with artist, Alfred Conteh, which complements the exhibit on view, 2 FRONTS. This event is FREE and is sponsored by the MAS Bowen Award Fund.

About the Artist: Alfred Conteh

Georgia-based Artist Alfred Conteh explores how African diasporal societies in the South are fighting social, economic, educational, and psychological wars from within and without to survive. Through the stunning realism of his large-scale paintings, Conteh presents both the honest and false narratives of history personified in colossal patina-covered figures that commemorate the people, cultures, and battles that these populations have fought and continue to fight. “We are at war on two fronts,” he explained.
A significant goal of the artist is for his work to be a vehicle for thought and change. Conteh grew up in Fort Valley, Georgia, and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Hampton University in 1997 and a Master of Fine Arts from Georgia Southern University in 2004. He lives and works in Atlanta, has exhibited extensively across the state, and is represented in numerous private and institutional collections.
Learn more about Alfred Conteh and his work here: www.alfredconteh.com/

It's a Hoot! Mini-Camp
2023-03-21 09:00 - 11:00
Meet an owl, dissect an owl pellet, and create an owl craft to take home during this single-session mini-camp at the Museum of Arts and Sciences! Register through Eventbrite here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/its-a-hoot-mini-camp-tickets-568379728067?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
$20/child (Ages 7-11). 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.

Rainbows and Starlight Mini-Camp
2023-03-21 06:00 - 08:00
Learn how light refracts, objects magically disappear, how rainbows form, and investigate the twinkling of stars during this single-session mini-camp! Register through Eventbrite here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rainbows-and-starlight-mini-camp-tickets-568390941607?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
$20/child (Ages 7-11). 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.

Night With the Artists
2023-03-02 14:00 - 17:00
The Museum of Arts and Sciences presents its 11th Annual Emerging National exhibition featuring four professional artists influencing the direction of American contemporary visual art. We invite you to meet them on March 2, 2023!
Enjoy bar and hors d’oeuvres, plus an opportunity to purchase work at this cocktail reception honoring our 2023 featured artists: Namwon Choi, Sandra Trujillo, Esteban Patino, and Keaton Wynn.

26th Annual Father & Daughter Dance
2023-02-10 14:00 - 16:00
The Museum Guild is proud to present the 26th Annual Father and Daughter Dance!
Celebrate Valentine’s Day and dance the night away to music curated by DJ Laura Starling of the WDEN Early Morning Crew. Light refreshments will be served throughout the night. With raffle and door prizes, crafts, and a photobooth, there’s an endless amount of fun to be had.
Reservations are required for this event. Please call the Museum at 478-477-3232 for more information. Tickets can also be found on Eventbrite here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/507717214857
Tickets:
Members – $30 Father & 1st Daughter
Non-Members – $40 Father & 1st Daughter
$5 Each Additional Daughter
The event will feature:
Dancing to music spun by Laura Starling of the WDEN Morning Show
Photos in our photo booth by TakeMyPictureDon
Light hors d’oeuvres & drinks
Door prizes
Craft to take home
Call 478-477-3232 or visit Eventbrite to make your reservations.

Mad Scientist Holiday STEAM Mini-Camp
2022-12-22 05:00 - 07:00
Mix up colorful potions and use chemistry to create artwork!
$20/child (Ages 9-13). Space is limited for each session. Drop-off is at 10am and pick-up is at 12pm. Register through Eventbrite here: Mad Scientist Holiday STEAM Mini-Camp
Questions? Contact Kimberly Novak by email at knovak@masmacon.com or by calling the Museum at (478) 477-3232.

Robot Fun Holiday STEAM Mini-Camp
2022-12-21 05:00 - 07:00
What is a robot’s favorite snack? Microchips!
Learn to code a robot and then build a tiny one to take home!
$20/child (Ages 9-13). Space is limited for each session. Drop-off is at 10am and pick-up is at 12pm. Register through Eventbrite here: Robot Fun Holiday STEAM Mini-Camp
Questions? Contact Kimberly Novak by email at knovak@masmacon.com or by calling the Museum at (478) 477-3232.

It's a Hoot! Holiday STEAM Mini-Camp
2022-12-20 05:00 - 07:00
Knock-knock. Who’s there? Owl. Owl, who? Owl be seeing you later!
Meet an owl, dissect an owl pellet, and create an owl craft to take home during this single-day mini-camp at the Museum of Arts and Sciences!
$20/child (Ages 9-13). 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. Register through Eventbrite here: It’s a Hoot! Holiday STEAM Mini-Camp
Questions? Contact Kimberly Novak by email at knovak@masmacon.com or by calling the Museum at (478) 477-3232.

A Day Out with Santa
2022-12-17 06:00 - 08:00
Santa is making a stop at the Museum of Arts and Sciences on December 17th!

Visit and take a picture with Santa, enjoy some hot chocolate and holiday treats, see the holiday tree exhibition, shop in Santa’s Secret Shop, and make a holiday ornament to take home!

Tickets are $20 for 1 adult and 1 child (age 1 and up) and $5 for each additional person.
