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Converse openly with HRM Junior Docents about environmental awareness, stewardship, and sustainability, inspired by A River Is a Drawing.

Explore environmental activism and make art with Mary McFerran. Learn what you can do to help the natural world and endangered species. Tickets include museum admission and refreshments. Participants will have the chance to visit the current exhibition Maya Lin: A River Is a Drawing on a Teen Tour led by a Junior Docent at 2pm.

Update: This event is sold out. Jeffrey Sachs, world-renowned professor of economics, Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, and Director of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, and Maya Lin, acclaimed artist and deeply committed environmentalist, discuss their shared objectives and unique perspectives. Followed by Q&A and reception. RSVP required. Space

Look closely at works on view in Art and Identity, and share what you see and what you don’t. Join HRM’s Kress Foundation Interpretive Fellow, Christian Stegall, for Artful Impact. Not your typical talk or tour, participants are invited to join our family as we talk, listen, discuss, and meet new people in an inviting setting. Over

Maya Lin Artist Tour and Book Signing is cancelled this Sunday, Dec 2. Unfortunately, Maya Lin is ill and unable to conduct the tour. We are hoping to reschedule and will send updated information as soon as it’s available. There will be a special Director’s Tour with Masha Turchinsky at 2pm, and the exhibition catalog

Jason Muller, Educator and Outreach Coordinator at the Center for the Urban River at Beczak (CURB), leads a workshop with live fish and turtles to exemplify the biodiversity of the Hudson River and how it can be impacted by climate change. Participate in demonstrations on ocean acidification and global warming, and tie everything together with a

Laura Vookles, Chair of the Curatorial Department, discusses the Hudson River School and compares works in the HRM’s collection with those on view in Wave Hill’s 21st Annual International exhibition. This talk will take place at Wave Hill, 675 W 252nd St., Bronx. Admission is free for HRM Members. The Hudson River Museum and Wave

Celebrate the planet with a day of fun, family-friendly, and environmentally-conscious activities! From 12–5pm, make a large-scale, mixed-media river out of natural and art materials in Street Art with artist Antony Zito. At 1:30pm, watch Youth Theatre Interactions perform a Riverdance. From 2–4pm, create recycled fashion with artist Lana Yu. At 3pm, move to music by the Caribbean group Praise in

Offered every Saturday and Sunday from 1–4pm, Family Studio: Scienceextends the impact of our planetarium shows and the Hudson Riverama environmental teaching gallery through hands-on science projects. Projects, which change monthly, are designed by Teaching Scientists-in-Resident and led by HRM Junior Docents.

Offered every Saturday and Sunday from 1–4pm, Family Studio: Art gives our youngest visitors the chance to roll up their sleeves and make art. Projects, which change monthly, are designed by Teaching Artists-in-Resident and led by HRM Junior Docents.