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April 2019

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31	1 Enjoy an evening out and a delicious pint as they will donate $1 of every pint sold to MOR. Thank you! {Pints with a Purpose} at Bridger Brewing	2 Continuing our efforts to introduce preschoolers (ages 3 - 5) to the wonders of museum learning, this series of tours examines different areas of MOR with an early education focus. Each program offers a chance to ask questions as we explore each... Tour for Tots: Satellites	3 Read, talk, sing, and play with your baby through sensory awareness activities and explorations explicitly designed for newborns to age 3½. On the first Wednesday of every month, learn a new set of signs to enhance your baby’s... Sensational Babies Continuing our efforts to introduce preschoolers (ages 3 - 5) to the wonders of museum learning, this series of tours examines different areas of MOR with an early education focus. Each program offers a chance to ask questions as we explore each... Tour for Tots: Satellites Please join the Gallatin History Museum in the Hager Auditorium at MOR for a presentation by Dr. Jeffrey Stickler, Whispers of the Past and Reflections on Nature: Names in Bozeman’s Backyard, The Madison, Gallatin and Bridger Ranges. Dr.... Gallatin History Lecture: Whispers of the Past & Reflections on Nature: Names in Bozeman’s Backyard	4 Continuing our efforts to introduce preschoolers (ages 3 - 5) to the wonders of museum learning, this series of tours examines different areas of MOR with an early education focus. Each program offers a chance to ask questions as we explore each... Tour for Tots: Satellites Due to unforeseen circumstances, this event has been canceled. We appreciate your interest in this event. Thank you. Canceled: Pachycephalosaurs: The Down-low on Dome-Headed Dinosaurs	5	6 Celebrate Montana Archaeology Month with MOR, Project Archaeology, and other program partners. Elementary and middle school explorers are invited to earn an official National Park Service Junior Archaeologist badge by completing activities throughout the museum. Help unlock secrets of the... Junior Archaeology Family Day
7	8 MSU International Youth Silent Film Festival (IYSFF) Yellowstone Regional	9 MSU Provost Distinguished Lecturer Series: Blake Wiedenheft	10 Read, talk, sing, and play with your baby through sensory awareness activities and explorations explicitly designed for newborns to age 3½. On the first Wednesday of every month, learn a new set of signs to enhance your baby’s... Sensational Babies Whittier Elementary School Parent Advisory Committee Hosts: “In Conversation with Steven Rinella”	11 Get the dirt on dirt! The soil is alive beneath our feet and crawling with critters. Dive into the amazing world of soil science as you test soil samples and get up close and personal with decomposers like worms and... School’s Out Days with MOR and MOSS: Super Soil Science	12 Get the dirt on dirt! The soil is alive beneath our feet and crawling with critters. Dive into the amazing world of soil science as you test soil samples and get up close and personal with decomposers like worms and... School’s Out Days with MOR and MOSS: Super Soil Science	13 MontanaPBS Indie Lens Pop-Up Screening: Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
14 All science lovers are welcome to spend a fun-filled day learning about what is going on in space and how it relates to us on the ground. With demonstrations from Montana Space Grant Consortium and activities for kids, you will... Astronomy & Aerospace Day	15	16 Continuing our efforts to introduce preschoolers (ages 3 - 5) to the wonders of museum learning, this series of tours examines different areas of MOR with an early education focus. Each program offers a chance to ask questions as we explore each... Tours for Tots: Wagons and Wheels	17 Read, talk, sing, and play with your baby through sensory awareness activities and explorations explicitly designed for newborns to age 3½. On the first Wednesday of every month, learn a new set of signs to enhance your baby’s... Sensational Babies Continuing our efforts to introduce preschoolers (ages 3 - 5) to the wonders of museum learning, this series of tours examines different areas of MOR with an early education focus. Each program offers a chance to ask questions as we explore each... Tours for Tots: Wagons and Wheels Join MOR and the Gallatin Valley Friends of the Sciences as we explore innovative science topics, their latest developments, and their relevance to society through speaker presentations followed by an engaging question and answer session. How can the microscopic... Science Inquiry: Dinosaurs on the Cutting-Edge: Understanding Extinct Animals thru Paleohistology	18 Continuing our efforts to introduce preschoolers (ages 3 - 5) to the wonders of museum learning, this series of tours examines different areas of MOR with an early education focus. Each program offers a chance to ask questions as we explore each... Tours for Tots: Wagons and Wheels Museum of the Rockies, Extreme History Project, and Yellowstone Writing Project have partnered to offer educators a unique opportunity to earn 3 OPI renewal units. Participants will be encouraged to attend an optional self-guided tour of the museum before registration. Our... Extreme Learning for Teachers (3 OPI credits) Since 2012, MOR has supported the Extreme History Project lecture series by hosting speakers who present a fresh look at interesting historical topics. This year, MOR and the Extreme History Project further commit to making history relevant by connecting our lectures... Extreme History Project Lecture - Cry to Heaven: Golden Eagles and Thunderbirds in the Bighorn Basin	19	20
21	22	23	24 Read, talk, sing, and play with your baby through sensory awareness activities and explorations explicitly designed for newborns to age 3½. On the first Wednesday of every month, learn a new set of signs to enhance your baby’s... Sensational Babies Mingle with the MOR TwoFly Benefit Guides and learn from regional experts about the unique waterways in our area. Northwest Energy Senior Hydro Engineer BJ Cope will discuss hydroelectric development on the Madison River, USGS Emeritus... MOR TwoFly Community & Guide Night	25 25 Free art lecture by Jake Gaedtke at Museum of the Rockies 7:00pm “Appreciating Art: Where do you Start?” Bozeman Art Museum Lecture: Appreciating Art: Where do you Start?	26	27
28 Last day for Childhood Classics & Mindbender Mansion MOR has teamed up with the Bozeman Public Library to celebrate our seasonal exhibit Childhood Classics. Families are welcome to join us for an engaging time within the exhibit featuring a select number of these iconic classics. After the... Childhood Classics Storytime with the Bozeman Public Library	29	30 Continuing our efforts to introduce preschoolers (ages 3 - 5) to the wonders of museum learning, this series of tours examines different areas of MOR with an early education focus. Each program offers a chance to ask questions as we explore each... Tours for Tots: Fishing Frenzy! Brews & the Big Sky: Crow Fair	1 Read, talk, sing, and play with your baby through sensory awareness activities and explorations explicitly designed for newborns to age 3½. On the first Wednesday of every month, learn a new set of signs to enhance your baby’s... Sensational Babies Continuing our efforts to introduce preschoolers (ages 3 - 5) to the wonders of museum learning, this series of tours examines different areas of MOR with an early education focus. Each program offers a chance to ask questions as we explore each... Tours for Tots: Fishing Frenzy! One hundred years ago, on April 6, 1917, the United States went into a war, a conflict that would have a profound effect at home and abroad. For Montana, this was a war of opportunity for many, trouble for some, and change... Gallatin History Museum Monthly Speaker \| World War I Montana: The Treasure State Prepares	2 Continuing our efforts to introduce preschoolers (ages 3 - 5) to the wonders of museum learning, this series of tours examines different areas of MOR with an early education focus. Each program offers a chance to ask questions as we explore each... Tours for Tots: Fishing Frenzy! Support MOR through this 24-hour community giving event! Give Big Gallatin Valley Online Donations to Support MOR	3 Support MOR through this 24-hour community giving event! Give Big Gallatin Valley Online Donations to Support MOR	4