A four-week online astronomy course for young learners, 11-14 years old, to explore our universe. Stimulate your child's curious, bright mind with our new, 4-week online astronomy course, led by Strasenburgh Planetarium Director, Steve Fentress. Students will discover the workings of the universe by exploring the foundations of astronomy and the many phenomena occurring outside Earth’s atmosphere.

Join The Strong for special readings of popular stories and do-it-yourself activities.

Visit the museum’s Facebook page every Thursday at 3 p.m. for Stories Behind the Stuff with Chief Curator Chris Bensch.

Join The Strong on our social media channels on Thursday, June 18 at 1 p.m. EST to find out which World Video Game Hall of Fame finalists will be inducted!

Who is ready for some show and tell!? We will be hosting Show & Tell Tuesdays on Zoom each week at 10AM. The virtual program is free and open to anyone! Just register for the zoom event and have your little one bring a sanity saver they've made, their favorite stuffed animal or anything else they might like to share! They will have time to show and tell all about their special item! Our museum facilitator will keep things moving along!

Log in and stay connected with the Stamford Museum & Nature Center! Join us for our Facebook live program at 10 am each day.

Log in and stay connected with the Stamford Museum & Nature Center! Join us for our Facebook live program at 10 am each day.

Log in and stay connected with the Stamford Museum & Nature Center! Join us for our Facebook live program at 10 am each day.

Log in and stay connected with the Stamford Museum & Nature Center! Join us for our Facebook live program at 10 am each day.

Log in and stay connected with the Stamford Museum & Nature Center! Join us for our Facebook live program at 10 am each day.

Drop in for hands-on artmaking with your little ones February 12 - August 12, 2020!

A 30-45 minute program designed for children 2-5 years old including a dinosaur-themed story time and a 15-minute craft or activity.

Connect nature with movement, storytelling and song to bring your puppets to life. Frogs Make Me Hoppy (3-12) Monday morning from 10-11am 3 sessions, June 1st - 15th

Tuesdays from 9am-3pm: In WILD ANIMAL ART (ages 5-8), we’ll draw our inspiration from a different animal group each week. Offered May 19 – June 16. Sign up for one or all 5! Students will need some support from an adult, and this can be fun for the whole family.

Wednesdays from 7:30-9pm: Stoking Your Inner Fire is a weekly mentoring group for adults seeking to reconnect with their passions, dreams, and inner wildness. Runs May 27 – June 24.

Stay connected and feed your curiosity with Franklin@Home, all-new digital science offerings from The Franklin Institute. Take a virtual tour of the Giant Heart, explore NightSkies@Home, and get your daily dose of live science, experiments and recipes—because science never stops. Follow on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, and join our email list.

Join us for an exciting Minecraft Build Challenge virtually from your home! Players will put their creativity, teamwork, and Minecraft skills to the test in this fun 60 minute challenge. With the help of our partners at Microsoft, participants will be given imaginative topics and placed into teams where they must quickly assign roles, plan their project, and race against the clock to build their structure. Teams will also have the opportunity to present, explain, and share their work at the end of this challenge. Free! Registration Required.

Come join us to make beautiful things from items you have at home! Have a joyous time creating, and then spread the joy by sharing with loved ones and friends when social distancing is over! ***REGISTRATION REQUIRED***

Join us for this one-hour webinar hosted by Marcus and Chauntel Simmons, authors, speakers, and marriage experts, as they discuss the keys to building a fun marriage, even in the wake of a global pandemic.

Come join us for our weekly story time every Thursday at 11 A.M. on our page FACEBOOK LIVE. The books will be related to our themed Make and Think Activities. We will be reading 1-2 themed books and engaging in dance and movement activities.

Give your child a fun and creative Saturday morning! During these virtual art lessons, children will explore a variety of age appropriate art techniques learning basic 2D and 3D art skills and create a new art project each week.

This course is for those middle school kids who have some experience in French. This is ideal for those who wish to reinforce what they have learned and to obtain more clarification of the basics of the French Language. This course is especially good for those students on home study.

This course is for those middle school kids who have some experience in Spanish. This is ideal for those who wish to reinforce what they have learned and to obtain more clarification of the basics of the Spanish Language. This course is especially good for those students on home study.

Have a fun and creative family night together during Portside's Virtual Family Art Night! Parents and children will work together on a collaborative art project using simple art materials all while creating in the comfort of their own homes! ​