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Valentine’s Vacation Fun: STEAM Hearts
Valentine’s Vacation Fun: STEAM Hearts Children and caregivers will learn about the principles of absorption and saturation through creative play in this STEAM-based activity. Conduct your own science experiment with heart shaped cut outs and colorful water to see which material absorbs the most water. School is out and love is in! On February 14, […]
Valentine’s Vacation Fun: Foil Print Cards
Valentine’s Vacation Fun: Foil Print Cards Museum visitors and participants will make cards using aluminum foil, markers, and water. Valentine’s Day-themed prints and cards are highly encouraged! School is out and love is in! On February 14, 15, and 16 come to the Bruce for fun-filled, drop-in Valentine’s Day-themed vacation activities for children and their […]
We Love Cattle!-FULL!
Meet our beloved cattle — Milking Shorthorns Prim & Nessie, Scottish Highland Petunia, and Randall Ox Moose — up close and personal! Help to give them some treats and see how our farmers have trained them to follow commands through enrichment. Each ticket includes one adult and one child. Limited to 6 pairs. Members: $15/adult+child […]
We Love Cattle!-FULL!
Meet our beloved cattle — Milking Shorthorns Prim & Nessie, Scottish Highland Petunia, and Randall Ox Moose — up close and personal! Help to give them some treats and see how our farmers have trained them to follow commands through enrichment. Each ticket includes one adult and one child. Limited to 6 pairs. Members: $15/adult+child […]
Littles & Giants Drop-In
Drop-in to explore our latest exhibition, SM&NC GIANTS, which features the largest artworks of our museum’s permanent collection. Then, create some mini-masterpiece artist trading cards inspired by the works in our galleries. Meets in the Museum. No registration needed. All Ages Friday, February 14 2:30 – 3:30 pm Members: FREE Non-Members: FREE w/Admission NO […]
Littles & Giants Drop-In
Drop-in to explore our latest exhibition, SM&NC GIANTS, which features the largest artworks of our museum’s permanent collection. Then, create some mini-masterpiece artist trading cards inspired by the works in our galleries. Meets in the Museum. No registration needed. All Ages Friday, February 14 2:30 – 3:30 pm Members: FREE Non-Members: FREE w/Admission NO […]
American Mural Project Extends Its Family-Day Programming To Weekends throughout September
The American Mural Project (AMP) has extended its Family Day programming to weekends through September 29. Families can now participate in art activities any time during open hours. All art activities are included with admission. This month’s activities include Making Art with Fire: Fire Tiles and making Fire Prevention posters. Fourth and fifth graders can […]
Kenji Nakahashi: Strange Beauty
Best known for his conceptual and street photography, Kenji Nakahashi (Japanese, 1947–2017) produced a highly experimental body of work grounded in the everyday. Image: Kenji Nakahashi (Japanese, 1947–2017) Time–B, 1980 (printed 1985) Gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 in. Bruce Museum, Anonymous gift in memory of Kenji Nakahashi, 2022.01.33 © Center for Creative Photography, Arizona […]
Blanche Lazzell: Becoming an American Modernist
The first monographic exhibition of her work in nearly two decades, Blanche Lazzell: Becoming an American Modernist traces the artist’s pioneering approaches to abstraction in the United States. Image: Blanche Lazzell (American, 1878–1956) Church Around the Corner, 1949 Oil on canvas, 28 x 36 3/16 in. Art Museum of West Virginia University Collection, acquired through […]