Montshire Members are invited to celebrate summer at the Montshire, Friday, July 22, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Bring your Membership Card and your family for a very special night out! All the Museum's galleries, trails, and David Goudy Science Park will be open, plus... 

• See our featured exhibition, the new Tinkering Loft with 4 zones of engineering fun for a variety of age and difficulty levels.

• Bring a picnic or buy dinner from Montshire's Summer Cafe in the Hughes Pavilion with Classic Catering. For dessert, free ice cream from Ben & Jerry's (while it lasts) courtesy of Hanover Co-op!

• Enjoy a live sneak peek of Northern Stage's Summer Musical Theater Intensive production, School of Rock!

This event is exclusively for current Montshire Members and their guests (up to the number indicated on the Membership Card). Please bring your Membership Card and ID.

​​Instructors: Don Lubin and Alice Schori, fern enthusiasts

​​Location: ​Montshire Museum of Science, ​Norwich, VT

Limit: 16 

Fee: Montshire or New England Wild Flower Society Member: $60, non-member: $72

Co-sponsored by NEWFS

November 4: Selfies with Science

Bring a digital camera or use one of our iPads as we explore the Museum on a photographic safari. Learn how to compose a great photograph while taking the craziest selfies you can imagine. We’ll have the whole museum to ourselves, so there’s no reason to be shy!

Let your inner curiosity run wild! The Montshire is open after hours for adults of all ages. Pull up a stool at the Science Discovery Lab for some amazing activities or simply explore the Museum’s visiting and permanent exhibits on your own. Jasper Murdock Ale and wine from the Norwich Inn and delicious food from a local vendor* will be available for purchase.

Come and spend a Friday evening exploring new skills and hanging out with friends!

Design, create, and build something cool—a robot that draws, an electronic blinky bug, tessellating designs. You’ll have a chance to flex your creativity and bring home incredible creations. Sign up for any (or all) of our fall sessions – or just drop in. Pre-registration encouraged. Each month will feature a different activity. For youth in grades 6–9.

September 16: Wire Sculptures and Soldering

Start off the Montshire Maker season by building crazy sculptures with wire in the Tinkering Loft. We’ll learn to bend, cut, balance, and solder wires to form all sorts of shapes and curves. We’ll end the night by making a human form from wire. 

Montshire Museum members are invited to be the first to experience our new exhibition during special extended hours!

Dinosaur Revolution blends learning and play, inviting visitors to investigate all things dinosaur.
Travel through time and get a dinosaur's eye view! Experience what it's like to crush the earth beneath your gigantic feet as you Make Tracks in the Triassic. Learn to fly as you Glide Through the Jurassic. Return to the present day, earn your Jr. Paleontologist credentials, and engage in the most current dino-debates. Testify in T-Rex's defense, save the natural history museum from an expensive fossil hoax, and scale a
 wall of mysteries as you Climb Through Time.

Norwich Public Library Story Hour
Norwich Public Library  will  read some of their favorite dinosaur themed picture books for those who want a quiet, cozy place to relax; perfect for sleepy-heads and cuddle-bugs! Selected titles will be available for purchase in the Museum Store where members receive a discount on all their purchases. 

Tinkering Loft 
The Tinkering Loft, a Montshire-designed exhibition you won't find anywhere else, still remains in our second floor gallery until October 30. Don't miss your chance to Measure, Build, Stack, Invent and Design!

Why eat dinner at home?
Don't rush to eat before coming to the Museum. Food from Boloco will be available for purchase at the event!

Presented by the Youth Ensemble Studio of Northern Stage in collaboration with the Montshire Museum of Science and Vermont Institute of Natural Science.

Written by Marcos Stafne and Heather Leonardi
Music by Robert Houle
Directed by Eric Love

Monday, October 17 – Namibia with Dan Hopkins
Monday, November 14 – Ireland with Aarne Vesilind
Monday, December 12 – Mongolia with Inge Brown

October 21: Mad Hatter for Halloween Hipness
With Halloween approaching fast, gather at the Museum to create a monstrous mask, ridiculous tiara, or awesome headdress. We’ll have a variety of materials, fabrics, electronic bling, and more to fashion a special one-of-a-kind costume accessory for Halloween!

Saturday, October 22
10:30 a.m.–4 p.m.

Free and open to the public.

Co-sponsored by Norwich Keeping Track, Norwich Conservation Commission, and Vermont Center for Ecostudies. 

After three decades of international explorations, the volunteers of our Magic Carpet series have crafted their final three travelogues. Join us for this farewell season as we celebrate the world around us and enjoy regionally inspired food. Programs begin at 11 a.m. Lunch is served at noon. All proceeds benefit Montshire’s educational mission.

Monday, October 17 – Namibia with Dan Hopkins
Monday, November 14 – Ireland with Aarne Vesilind
Monday, December 12 – Mongolia with Inge Brown

December 2: Light Up the Upper Valley
Help construct a large map of the Upper Valley and then create your own favorite landmarks, lit up with LEDs. Learn about circuits and lighting as you build miniature architectural models with cardboard, foam core, and a variety of tools and materials. Your creations will be used over the holiday break to inspire the Museum’s visitors to create their own unique village!

After three decades of international explorations, the volunteers of our Magic Carpet series have crafted their final three travelogues. Join us for this farewell season as we celebrate the world around us and enjoy regionally inspired food. Programs begin at 11 a.m. Lunch is served at noon. All proceeds benefit Montshire’s educational mission.

Monday, October 17 – Namibia with Dan Hopkins
Monday, November 14 – Ireland with Aarne Vesilind
Monday, December 12 – Mongolia with Inge Brown

Music inspires creativity, evoking emotion and communicating, on a level that words cannot. Musical instruments are expressions of human design, engineering, and innovation driven by the desires of musical expression. Visitors to Making Music: The Science of Musical Instruments can explore how musical instruments are created and how they are played, investigating the relationship between key design variations, the sounds produced, and stories of the people who make and play musical instruments. 

The exhibits in this exhibition include sections on string instruments, percussion, air instruments, and electronic instruments. Each section includes stories of the people who make and play these instruments, as well as opportunities for visitors to experiment with the ideas and science behind the instruments themselves. Real examples of instruments from each family are on display, with video of musicians playing each.

In addition, a separate exhibit area allows visitors to play in a band together, where they can choose to play either a guitar, a drum set, or a keyboard, to experience how these instruments allow a group of musicians to create music together.

Throughout this new 2,500 square foot exhibition, visitors become a part of the process of both making instruments and playing them.  They discover that all instruments, from a simple flute to a synthesizer, are tools that use science, technology, engineering, and mathematics to make the music that affects us deeply.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Neil Simon’s charming comedy follows long-married Barney Cashman, a forty-seven-year-old seafood restaurant owner, as he tries to have one passionate tryst before opportunity passes him by. His attempts to become God’s gift to women offer a hilarious look at a fine fellow who just can’t seem to succeed in sinning.

Running time:  2 hours 15 minutes with one 15 minute intermission.
Advisory:  Ages 12 and up for subject matter.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Neil Simon’s charming comedy follows long-married Barney Cashman, a forty-seven-year-old seafood restaurant owner, as he tries to have one passionate tryst before opportunity passes him by. His attempts to become God’s gift to women offer a hilarious look at a fine fellow who just can’t seem to succeed in sinning.

Running time:  2 hours 15 minutes with one 15 minute intermission.
Advisory:  Ages 12 and up for subject matter.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Neil Simon’s charming comedy follows long-married Barney Cashman, a forty-seven-year-old seafood restaurant owner, as he tries to have one passionate tryst before opportunity passes him by. His attempts to become God’s gift to women offer a hilarious look at a fine fellow who just can’t seem to succeed in sinning.

Running time:  2 hours 15 minutes with one 15 minute intermission.
Advisory:  Ages 12 and up for subject matter.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Neil Simon’s charming comedy follows long-married Barney Cashman, a forty-seven-year-old seafood restaurant owner, as he tries to have one passionate tryst before opportunity passes him by. His attempts to become God’s gift to women offer a hilarious look at a fine fellow who just can’t seem to succeed in sinning.

Running time:  2 hours 15 minutes with one 15 minute intermission.
Advisory:  Ages 12 and up for subject matter.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Neil Simon’s charming comedy follows long-married Barney Cashman, a forty-seven-year-old seafood restaurant owner, as he tries to have one passionate tryst before opportunity passes him by. His attempts to become God’s gift to women offer a hilarious look at a fine fellow who just can’t seem to succeed in sinning.

Running time:  2 hours 15 minutes with one 15 minute intermission.
Advisory:  Ages 12 and up for subject matter.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Neil Simon’s charming comedy follows long-married Barney Cashman, a forty-seven-year-old seafood restaurant owner, as he tries to have one passionate tryst before opportunity passes him by. His attempts to become God’s gift to women offer a hilarious look at a fine fellow who just can’t seem to succeed in sinning.

Running time:  2 hours 15 minutes with one 15 minute intermission.
Advisory:  Ages 12 and up for subject matter.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Neil Simon’s charming comedy follows long-married Barney Cashman, a forty-seven-year-old seafood restaurant owner, as he tries to have one passionate tryst before opportunity passes him by. His attempts to become God’s gift to women offer a hilarious look at a fine fellow who just can’t seem to succeed in sinning.

Running time:  2 hours 15 minutes with one 15 minute intermission.
Advisory:  Ages 12 and up for subject matter.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Neil Simon’s charming comedy follows long-married Barney Cashman, a forty-seven-year-old seafood restaurant owner, as he tries to have one passionate tryst before opportunity passes him by. His attempts to become God’s gift to women offer a hilarious look at a fine fellow who just can’t seem to succeed in sinning.

Running time:  2 hours 15 minutes with one 15 minute intermission.
Advisory:  Ages 12 and up for subject matter.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Neil Simon’s charming comedy follows long-married Barney Cashman, a forty-seven-year-old seafood restaurant owner, as he tries to have one passionate tryst before opportunity passes him by. His attempts to become God’s gift to women offer a hilarious look at a fine fellow who just can’t seem to succeed in sinning.

Running time:  2 hours 15 minutes with one 15 minute intermission.
Advisory:  Ages 12 and up for subject matter.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Neil Simon’s charming comedy follows long-married Barney Cashman, a forty-seven-year-old seafood restaurant owner, as he tries to have one passionate tryst before opportunity passes him by. His attempts to become God’s gift to women offer a hilarious look at a fine fellow who just can’t seem to succeed in sinning.

Running time:  2 hours 15 minutes with one 15 minute intermission.
Advisory:  Ages 12 and up for subject matter.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Neil Simon’s charming comedy follows long-married Barney Cashman, a forty-seven-year-old seafood restaurant owner, as he tries to have one passionate tryst before opportunity passes him by. His attempts to become God’s gift to women offer a hilarious look at a fine fellow who just can’t seem to succeed in sinning.

Running time:  2 hours 15 minutes with one 15 minute intermission.
Advisory:  Ages 12 and up for subject matter.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Neil Simon’s charming comedy follows long-married Barney Cashman, a forty-seven-year-old seafood restaurant owner, as he tries to have one passionate tryst before opportunity passes him by. His attempts to become God’s gift to women offer a hilarious look at a fine fellow who just can’t seem to succeed in sinning.

Running time:  2 hours 15 minutes with one 15 minute intermission.
Advisory:  Ages 12 and up for subject matter.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Neil Simon’s charming comedy follows long-married Barney Cashman, a forty-seven-year-old seafood restaurant owner, as he tries to have one passionate tryst before opportunity passes him by. His attempts to become God’s gift to women offer a hilarious look at a fine fellow who just can’t seem to succeed in sinning.

Running time:  2 hours 15 minutes with one 15 minute intermission.
Advisory:  Ages 12 and up for subject matter.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Neil Simon’s charming comedy follows long-married Barney Cashman, a forty-seven-year-old seafood restaurant owner, as he tries to have one passionate tryst before opportunity passes him by. His attempts to become God’s gift to women offer a hilarious look at a fine fellow who just can’t seem to succeed in sinning.

Running time:  2 hours 15 minutes with one 15 minute intermission.
Advisory:  Ages 12 and up for subject matter.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Neil Simon’s charming comedy follows long-married Barney Cashman, a forty-seven-year-old seafood restaurant owner, as he tries to have one passionate tryst before opportunity passes him by. His attempts to become God’s gift to women offer a hilarious look at a fine fellow who just can’t seem to succeed in sinning.

Running time:  2 hours 15 minutes with one 15 minute intermission.
Advisory:  Ages 12 and up for subject matter.

Celebrate Spring with a special Easter Event Sunday 

Celebrate Spring with Simon Pearce

Sunday, April 23, 12 - 2pm

Enjoy a three-course lunch from our New Spring Menu. Between courses view a floral arranging demonstration by Tedd Kapinos, owner of Jasper & Prudence Floral and Events, and cocktail demonstration by Celebrity Entertaining Expert and Author of Cocktail Chameleon, Mark Addison, in partnership with SILO Distillery.

Space is limited. Reservations Required.

Call 802-295-3655  or visit the restaurant host today to make your reservation.

Cost of the event is $55 per person plus tax, gratuity and additional beverages.

• The audience continues to change! 
• How do you make your brand stand out?
• How do you utilize what is around you to promote your brand and business?
• How do you blend multi-channel marketing and still stay on budget?

9:15 am - Derek Archambault FoodScience Corporation The Role of Geography in Branding	11:15 am - John Deming @Website Publicity B2B White Paper Marketing Strategies
10:15 am - Christine Halvorson Halvorson New Media Social Media + Traditional Marketing: A Match Made for B2B	1:15 am -  Don Oakes CEO of Sea Bags Maine Growing & Nurturing a Multi-Channel Brand
	2:15 pm - Shari LaPierre Dahle North America Rethinking Your Limitations - Marketing on a Budget

VMEC will supply all materials for this training including a laptop.

Manufacturers and most non-manufacturing organizations need an effective way to learn and introduce proven Lean tools and concepts in office and administrative environments. Lean organizations produce greater value with higher quality in less time. In the beginning, Lean tools and concepts were only applied on the factory floor. Today, organizations of all sizes are applying the power of Lean to their office and administrative processes because front end inefficiencies and errors directly impact a customer’s experience – which can affect quality, customer service levels, and ultimately, company profitability and company growth.

At VMEC, we have a great solution. Our Fundamentals of Lean Office 101 workshop focuses on the unique application of Lean to an office where processes are not always visible. Using an interactive approach, students will use several tools to learn the best way to see a process, identify waste and determine the Lean tools to use to create a more effective administrative organization.

To develop this workshop, VMEC worked with Carlos Venegas, author of Flow in the Office: Implementing and Sustaining Lean Improvement in the summer of 2011. Building on the deep 16+ year experience of the VMEC team in teaching and implementing Lean, the Center incorporated concepts from Carlos’ training and developed a totally NEW 8-hour workshop that leads participants through a fun, hands-on application of Lean techniques in a simulated office setting. Attendees use powerful Lean tools and learn the best ways to ‘see’ a process, identify waste in many forms, and use Lean tools to create a more efficient and cost effective administrative function or organization.

This class uses a variety of exercises – including a simulated office situation using laptop computers – to demonstrate Lean concepts and illustrate the quantifiable benefits that can be achieved when applying Lean in an office or administrative setting. The tools taught in this session increase operational effectiveness, provide better clarity to job roles and functions, increase process ‘flow’ and improve productivity and profitability. A combination of lecture, video and in-class activities are used where you will learn the importance of focusing your activities on how they provide value to the customer, how to map processes to make waste visible (which can then be minimized or eliminated) and to determine where to make Lean changes.

The Vermont Small Business Development Center (VtSBDC) would like to announce an upcoming workshop for those thinking about starting their own business. This workshop, titled ‘Starting Your Own Business,’ is aimed at helping future entrepreneurs turn their passions into a full-fledged business venture. The workshop will be held Thursday, October 19^th at Springfield Regional Development Corporation office on Clinton Street in Springfield from 9 am to 1 pm.

Starting a business can be challenging. The workshop, conducted by an experienced business advisor, is designed as a guide for the first-time business owner. Participants receive a comprehensive start-up workbook, handouts and resources in marketing, financing, management and operations. By the end the workshop they will be well-informed about the tools and resources available to them and the ‘next steps involved in launching a successful business. The price of the workshop is $129 to attend and you can register online at www.vtsbdc.org(link is external) under the training tab.

A few workshop highlights include how to:

• Use the “Business Model Canvas” to evaluate whether there is a viable business in their good idea
• Identify target customers and “unique selling proposition(s)”
• Register their business and apply for tax numbers
• Consider start-up costs, sales, expenses and financing options
• Pitch their idea and develop a business plan
• Plus much more! 

 Vermont Small Business Development Center is a non-profit partnership of government, education and business, organized to help Vermont small businesses succeed. No-cost, confidential advice is provided to existing business owners and new entrepreneurs throughout the state. The local VTSBDC office is located at Springfield Regional Development Corporation.  For more information visit www.vtsbdc.org(link is external) or contact Debra Boudrieau at (802) 885-2071 or dboudrieau@vtsbdc.org(link sends e-mail). 

Vermont Small Business Development Center is a partnership program with the U.S. Small Business Administration.The support given by the U.S. Small Business Administration through its funding does not constitute an expressed or implied endorsement of any of the co-sponsors’ or participants’ opinions, products or services.

Who is attending:

• Developers
• Engineers
• Architects
• Attorneys
• Contractors
• Business owners & Property Owners
• Lenders
• Brokers
• Environmental Scientists
• Anyone with a vested interest in commercial development and real estate in Vermont