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Explore Ola Rondiak’s Motanka Installation currently on view in Women to the Fore. The motanka is a Ukrainian folk doll made with fabric, ribbon, and thread—and sometimes even tree bark and twigs—that is given to protect a loved one or share well wishes. Create and decorate your own motanka! A template for your doll and

Do your kids love the Planetarium? We do, too—and since we can’t get together under the dome yet, we will bring the Planetarium to you! In the Southern sky this time of the year is a bright star called Fomalhaut, which marks the mouth of Piscis Austrinus, the constellation of the Southern Fish. It might

Do your kids love the Planetarium? We do, too—and since we can’t get together under the dome yet, we will bring the Planetarium to you! If you were going to fix a cozy meal far from Earth, what would you need to do? Could you find enough water to grow cranberries? Why would raising turkeys

Do your kids love the Planetarium? We do, too—and since we can’t get together under the dome yet, we will bring the Planetarium to you! Today is widely observed as the Festival of Lights across Southeast Asia, from parts of Indonesia, across India, and up into the Himalayas, and by people all over the world

Celebrate Native American heritage and culture this holiday season and learn about a traditional food of indigenous peoples through a reading of Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story, written by Kevin Noble Maillard and illustrated by Juana Martínez Neal. The author, a member of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, provides his own recipe for

Join us for a reading of the book Equality’s Call, about the story of voting rights in America, written by Deborah Diesen and illustrated by Magdalena Mora. Recommended for ages 5+.

We’ve created an outdoor astronomy experience for Saturday afternoons in November, in the HRM Courtyard. Follow along on our projection screen as a science educator gives you a tour of the cosmos and answers your questions—out under the real sky. Since we’ll be outside, the program will include outdoor-only demos you can’t do in the

Do your kids love the Planetarium? We do, too—and since we can’t get together under the dome yet, we will bring the Planetarium to you! All of a sudden there’s more morning! And less evening! But not really. This week we started Daylight Savings time again, which can be strange because all of a sudden

The themes and reflections of Women to the Fore range from the representation of still life, nature, and life cycles, to portraiture and the ways that female-identifying artists have depicted their experiences and their bodies. Join Laura Vookles, Chair of the HRM’s Curatorial Department, and Victoria McKenna-Ratjen, Curatorial Assistant, for the second part of this

Join Victoria McKenna-Ratjen, Curatorial Assistant, in an exclusive virtual tour for HRM Members of Women to the Fore, an exhibition that gives voice and space to more than 40 female-identifying artists, spanning 150 years, including iconic artists such as Judy Chicago and Louise Nevelson, as well as local artists Shanequa Benitez and Vinnie Bagwell. Not