The Nature Museum’s Annual Earth Day Celebration & Open house will feature special programs throughout the day and day-long opportunities for nature-themed exploration, play, and creativity for everyone to enjoy.
Many hands make light work! Join us as spring emerges to continue important work in the Chapman Meadow and the Magic Forest Playscape.
Celebrate the wonder of wildlife at the Herricks Cove Wildlife Festival through live animal programs, exhibits, and activities for children. Find us there as an exhibitor!
Who Uses A Tree program and playgroup runs May 9th
Open House Weekend is May 23rd and 24th. Step under the waves and see migrating shad, eel, and lamprey.
Join local artist Stephanie Sullivan for an afternoon of creative expression through leaf collection and art making.
Sessions for ages 4- 11 for summer 2025
Spend a day outside exploring the Vermont springtime
Who’s Hiding There program and playgroup runs April 11th
Fisher, American marten, long-tailed weasel, short-tailed weasel, mink, and river otter - learn about our six native mustelids!
Join us for the first installment of our NEW Nature at Night Series!
Living Earth Action Group is bringing Vermont forester and bestselling author Ethan Tapper to Westminster West Church to talk about his book How to Love a Forest: The Bittersweet Work of Tending a Changing World.
Three days of classic winter fun and learning during the February school break
Celebrate the holidays in the perfect Vermont village of Grafton. We will offer traditional Christmas activities, shopping, a visit from Santa for the little ones, and our Dogs of Grafton parade – a holiday favorite. In addition, there will be opportunities to explore nature and experience life in the slow lane.
The Fall schedule for Mighty Acorns is open for registration
From volcanoes to land collisions, ice ages to tundra, and even dinosaur footprints in nearby counties. This presentation welcomes all who are curious.
Ten short films from four continents that give expression to what we're feeling at the Bellows Falls Opera House.
Join Certified Forest Therapy Guide, Amanda Kenyon, on this mindfulness-based nature immersion
A series of three hikes in May, June and August to deepen your knowledge and awareness of native plants.
RESCHEDULED FOR SUNDAY the 11th DUE TO WEATHER.
Learn how to use the powerful iNaturalist to help us count the diversity of life in our meadow.
Free programing for kids at local libraries and the Bellows Falls Fish Ladder
Learn about our local frogs, toads, turtles, snakes, and salamanders with the coordinator of the VT Reptile and Amphibian Atlas
Free programing for kids at local libraries and the Bellows Falls Fish Ladder
Free programing for kids at local libraries and the Bellows Falls Fish Ladder
Reflections on nature through poetry
Join us for an evening with one of North America’s leading voices for invertebrate conservation and founder of the Xerces Society
Free programing for kids at local libraries and the Bellows Falls Fish Ladder
Free programing for kids at local libraries and the Bellows Falls Fish Ladder
Free programing for kids at local libraries and the Bellows Falls Fish Ladder
Free programing for kids at local libraries and the Bellows Falls Fish Ladder
Sessions for ages 4- 11 from June 24th to August 2nd
June sessions are on the 7th and the 14th
Learn to identify and safely remove the most common invasive plants
Step under the waves and see migrating shad, eel, and lamprey. Free nature-based programs for kids on Fridays with Summer Unplugged
Lend a hand to plant the new meadow landscape with natives.
Live animal programs, exhibits, and activities for children.
