The Visiting Artist Series, which began in February 2022 and continues through May 2023, allows visitors to meet and create alongside artists who were chosen through a rigorous application and selection process. Over the course of several weeks, each Visiting Artist hosts “pop-up studios” in MakerSpace. Each artist works in a different medium, supplies base materials, and leads art-making activities where visitors help to produce communal works of art. This March/April, CMTM welcomes fiber artist Juliet Karelsen to the MakerSpace.

Mighty Women Makers: A Celebration of Women in the Arts!

The Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine is celebrating Women’s History Month with a series of MakerSpace programs highlighting Mighty Women Makers. Join us each Wednesday in March to learn about innovative women in the arts, test new materials, and create amazing artwork of your own!

Black is Beautiful: A Celebration of Artists and Makers

Celebrate Black History Month and follow in the footsteps of the most revolutionary masters of art!

ProgramsShultzie WillowsFebruary 1, 2023Black Is Beautiful, free with admission

Halloween at Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine a Not-So-Scary Affair

Thanks to generous support from the Northeast Delta Dental Foundation, the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine (CMTM) will present a Not-So-Scary Halloween celebration on Monday, October 31, 2022, from 10 am to 1 pm designed for toddlers and their caregivers. The event is part of a calendar of family-friendly events and a new 21+ After Dark series intended to provide a broad range of programming and access to the Museum & Theatre.

Holiday, ProgramsShultzie WillowsOctober 19, 2022Halloween

Visiting Artist Series: Marissa Glover

As the final artist in the Visiting Artist Series at the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine, Marissa Glover will facilitate a collaborative art project. During Marissa’s “pop-up studios”, visitors will work together to create an interactive textile installation celebrating the natural world. The recycled, thrifted, and salvaged materials will be used to form flowers, plants and trees that celebrate the diversity of ecosystems from the mountains to the sea. As we repurpose items through creating beautiful art, we become part of a greater conversation about our role in nature and how we can help maintain its beauty and health.

ProgramsGuest UserApril 27, 2022

Kids News Program Launches at Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine

The Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine has premiered a kids news program that is by kids and for kids in Maine. Published on the Museum & Theatre’s youtube channel, WCTM Newscast: By Kids For Kids features 8-15 year-olds as the news anchors, reporters, and often as the protagonists of news stories. The premiere episode covers news about Animal Refuge League adoptions, a Girl Scout troop’s research on the history of women’s suffrage, and a mysterious poll that encourages neighbors to vote on the street with rocks.

Online, ProgramsArielle WalrathJune 1, 2020

Istar the Humpback Whale to Appear at Governor John Fairfield School Family Night

The Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine will bring its Istar the Humpback Whale traveling exhibit to Family Night at the Governor John Fairfield School, 75 Beach Street, Saco on Thursday, October 10, 2019 from 5-7 PM. The museum & theatre will bring the popular 45-foot replica of a real humpback by the same name as part of its Museum-On-the-Go programming.

Environment, ProgramsArielle WalrathOctober 1, 2019Governor John Fairfield School

Touch Tank Exhibit Offers Hands-On Exposure to Casco Bay and Climate Change

You can visit the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine daily to check out a Casco Bay Touch Tank program. Catch a crab, test for salinity, and search for microscopic creatures hiding in plain sight, all while discovering the interconnected nature of life on earth.

Programs, Live AnimalsArielle WalrathSeptember 19, 2019STEM, Science, Climate Change, Touch Tank

Museum Day to Celebrate Music at the Children's Museum & Theatre

The Children’s Museum & Theatre will open its doors free of charge to all Museum Day ticket holders on Saturday September 21, 2019 as part of Smithsonian magazine’s 15th annual Museum Day, a national celebration of boundless curiosity in which participating museums emulate the free admission policy at the Smithsonian Institution’s Washington D.C.-based museums.

ProgramsArielle WalrathSeptember 19, 2019Museum Day

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