Sing, pretend, and play! In this creative drama experience designed for our youngest audiences, we will sing songs, meet puppet friends, and pretend. This is a special early childhood theatre experience for children ages 1-3 and their caregivers to gain confidence imagining and pretending together. Included with Admission.

In the spirit of giving, our annual Make a Card / Give a Card campaign invites visitors to make a winter-inspired card for their loved ones, and one to be distributed to others who may not receive one otherwise. CMTM will be partnering with the Center for Grieving Children to distribute this year’s handmade cards to their clients and volunteers. The Center for Grieving Children provides a safe space, loving peer support, outreach, and education to grieving children, teens, young adults, families and the community. To learn more about this featured nonprofit, please visit cgcmaine.org.

The Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine will host an annual Youth Playwriting Festival in Spring 2025! Attend our Playwriting Orientation to get a jump start on writing your play. We will answer questions about the festival, help brainstorm ideas for your play, and teach you some tips and tricks for getting started. Monday, December 9, 2024. 3:45 pm - 5:15 pm.

In the spirit of giving, our annual Make a Card / Give a Card campaign invites visitors to make a winter-inspired card for their loved ones, and one to be distributed to others who may not receive one otherwise. CMTM will be partnering with the Center for Grieving Children to distribute this year’s handmade cards to their clients and volunteers. The Center for Grieving Children provides a safe space, loving peer support, outreach, and education to grieving children, teens, young adults, families and the community. To learn more about this featured nonprofit, please visit cgcmaine.org.

Explore, create, and collaborate during this drop-in class for children 2-5 and their caregivers. Each week, experiment with the mediums and styles of both well-known and emerging artists. This Wednesday, we will focus on teacher and abstract artist Alma Woodsey Thomas and her mosaic-style paintings. We will paint with bright colors and rhythmic patterns. Please plan for a messy but fun morning; aprons will be provided. Thank you to Hancock Lumber for their support of this program and CMTM's MakerSpace.

Christopher Robin just moved to London from his house in the country, and misses his former home. Despite a new friend knocking on the door and asking him to play, Christopher Robin prefers to shut himself in and not play with anyone. His father A.A. Milne has another plan, and tells him the story of a bear named Winnie-the-Pooh living in the hundred acre woods. These stories of friendship and adventure inspire a change in perspective, an opportunity for play and a new friendship to bloom in the city. 

Whether you are meeting a dog for the first time or own a dog yourself, all are welcome to greet our friendly, four-legged therapy dog friends. Come hang out, read a book, sing a song, or explore dog training with a certified therapy dog and its caregiver. Therapy dogs will be visiting with a trained adult in the 3rd floor IDEXX STEM Learning Hub and would love to say "hi" to you if you wish. Included with Admission.