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Pre-registration is not required unless noted. Adults must accompany children.
For more information, please call 973.971.3718
Thursdays 4:00 – 7:00 p.m.
All ages - adults must accompany children
$4/child for members; $5/child for non-members
Join museum educators to create your own art project. Drop-in anytime during the session to participate.
March 4 Create a mini-Blarney Stone
March 18 Create a name magnet
Saturday, Noon - 2:00 p.m.
Ages 5+
Free for members; non-members: $3/child plus museum admission
Families are invited to drop-in and participate in science workshops. Children will be introduced to the scientific method as they do experiments and observe the results.
March 6 Solid Milk?
March 20 Glitter Galaxy
Fridays, 10:00 a.m.
Free with museum admission
Tot Tours take place on the third Friday of every month at 10 a.m. This program is for very young children and their caregivers. Activities include: mini gallery tours, story reading in the galleries and arts and crafts.
March 19 American Indians
Wednesdays, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Grades 3 - 7
Registration: $10/members; $12/non-members
Join museum educators each month to experiment with a variety of art-making techniques and materials. Create artworks based on what you see and learn in the galleries. Artistic ability is not required, but imagination and creativity are!
March 25 Snoopy Soars with NASA
Explore the exhibition and learn how the Peanuts comic strip was connected to the Apollo space missions. Then create your own cartoon.
Space is limited; pre-registration is required. Please call 973.971.3718.
Wednesday, March 31
2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Celebrate the creepy crawlers of spring! Create a bouncing bug using mixed media.
Members: $4/child; non-members: $5/child
Wednesday, April 7
2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Spring is in the air. Craft a spring breeze windsock to catch the blustery wind.
Friday, March 5, 7 p.m.
Free
Join collector John M. Walsh for a private tour of Art Quilts: Contemporary Expressions from the Collection of John M. Walsh III. Tour limited to 25. Reservations required. Please call 973.971.3705.
Thursday, March 11, 6:30 p.m.
Tickets: $20/person
Join collector John Walsh for an introduction to the art quilt movement with a special focus on new commissions and recent acquisitions to his collection.Light refreshments will be served. For tickets, please call 973.971.3713.
Saturdays, March 13, 20, 27 (3-part workshop); 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Fee: $120 member; $135 non-member
Nancy Ori, professional photographer, will provide a review of camera functions, along with an in-depth exploration of camera features, beyond the basic beginner course. Improve your understanding of lighting, use of flash, and custom camera operations. There will be an opportunity to photograph select subjects at the museum. For the first session, bring a camera and its instruction book, a notebook, and photo project ideas.
Friday, March 19, 7 p.m.
Free
Princeton-based quilt artist Carol Schepps will discuss her work and how she uses textiles and thread as the medium to merge her love of fabric, color and graphic design. Schepps’ work Color Squares is currently on view at the museum’s exhibition Art Quilts: Contemporary Expressions from the Collection of John M. Walsh III.
1 p.m.
Free with museum admission
Visit the Morris Museum for an early afternoon of art and conversatio with the museum's curators and special guest speakers. Eachprogram will include a highlights tour through a featured exhibition, engaging discussion in the galleries, and light refreshments. Pre-registration is not required.
Mar 19 To The Moon: Snoopy Soars with NASA
Apr 16 Art Quilts: Contemporary Expressions from the Collection of John M. Walsh III.
Saturday, April 10; 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Fee: $50 member; $60 non-member
Make your own picture frame with Morristown-based Glassworks Studio. In this workshop students will produce an art glass picture frame using glass strings to create grids which create bubbles to form a pattern.
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