Saturdays, Mar. 3, Apr. 7, & May 5, 9 am – 5 pm
Free Admission for Kids!
The first Saturday of the month is free for children ages 15 and younger. Explore the exhibits, buy lunch in the cafeteria, and browse in the gift shop. Cannot be combined with any other offer.

Saturday, Mar. 3, 12-1 pm
First Saturday Storybooks & Stamps
Hear the children’s librarian read about maple sugaring by Native authors and then make a leaf collage to take home. Limited to 25, ages 4-10, with an adult. $3 activity fee per child. Register: (800) 411-9671 or email seleazer@mptn-nsn.gov. Walk-ins welcome, if space permits.

Saturday, Mar. 10, 2 pm
Apache 8
Apache 8 is a documentary that focuses on four extraordinary women in an all-women firefighting crew from the White Mountain Apache Tribe. Free with Museum admission, free to Museum members. (57 min.)

Saturday, Mar. 17, 1 pm-3 pm
Voices of Africa and Penny Gamble-Williams
Voices of Africa is an internationally acclaimed cultural music group that performs traditional West African percussion rhythms, dance, songs, and storytelling. Following the performance, artist and storyteller Penny Gamble-Williams (Chappaquiddick/Wampanoag) talks about the early links of Native American and African people. $5 with Museum admission.

Friday & Saturday, Mar. 23 & 24, 11 am-2 pm
Spring Thanksgiving: Live Reptiles & Music
Learn about wildlife from Marla Isaacs, owner and operator of New England Reptile and Raptor Exhibits, at 11 am. Make fish prints and snake mobiles with Museum educators after her presentation and enjoy the musical talents of flute player Hawk Henries (Nipmuc) at 1 pm. Free with Museum admission, free to Museum members.

Saturday, Mar. 24, 11 am-12:30 pm
Drum-Making Workshop
Museum Members Only. Learn about drums and make an 18-inch hand drum in a workshop led by Jim “Sings with the Black Wolf” Adams (Cherokee/Penobscot/Lakota). All materials are provided. $80 per person. Space is limited. RSVP by Mar. 3 to Sarah Eleazer at (860) 396-6890 or seleazer@mptn-nsn.gov.

Saturday, Mar. 31, 11 am-noon
Meet the Author: Joan Tavares Avant (Granny Squannit)
Mashpee Wampanoag elder and storyteller Joan Tavares Avant (Granny Squannit) talks about her book, People of the First Light: Wisdoms of a Mashpee Wampanoag Elder, pointing out that Wampanoag people were here before the “First Thanksgiving” in 1621, and they are still here. Buy a copy from her and get it autographed. Free.