The Monmouth Museum to Host Family New Year Celebration with Noise Makers and More

The Monmouth Museum is holding a New Year Celebration for children of all ages on Saturday, December 31st starting at 10am.

The MMKIDS will create noise makers, hats and masks in the Green Arts Studio of the Becker Children's Wing. Then everyone will celebrate with a Happy New Year Parade through the Museum before gathering for a New Year's Count Down at 12 Noon to welcome in 2017 complete with a ginger ale toast! Meet for Toast at 11:55am.

The whole week prior during the winter holidays and school vacation breaks, the WonderWing and the Becker Children's Wing at the Monmouth Museum will offer special activities. For the Van Gogh or Picasso in your family, the MMKIDS Creation Station in the Green Arts Studio is where kids of all ages can access their creative side using recyclable materials. The schedule includes: Monday December 26th, creating Bird Seed Ornaments; Tuesday, December 27th, Crayon Resist Art-Winter landscapes; Thursday, December 29th, Whirligigs; Friday, December 30th, Paper Cup Penguins! (Please note that the Museum is closed on Wednesday, December 28th due to campus wide repairs) The Museum's Discovery and Exploration Series 11:30 am on Monday will present Winter Habitats & Hibernation and on Thursday the presentation will be on Fossils! This is a Docent-led interactive 20-minute program held in the Media Center that is perfect for the young scientist in your family! Preschool Story and Craft times are offered all week starting at 11:00 am in the WonderWing. The StarLab Planetarium Program will be offered all week and family friendly films are shown on the big screen in the Becker Wing Media Center where there is also an exchange library of children's books.

The Monmouth Museum, founded in 1963 as a Museum of Ideas, presents changing art, history and science exhibitions to educate and entertain while providing a destination for creative expression and life-long learning to the diverse community it serves. Imaginative and informative changing exhibitions in the Main Gallery and Nilson Gallery present a wide variety of art in all media. Admission is $8.00 for visitors age 2 and over.

For more information about the Monmouth Museum exhibitions and programs their website is www.monmouthmuseum.org or call 732-747-2266. You can also find them on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and Pinterest. The private, nonprofit Monmouth Museum is located on the Brookdale Community College campus, 765 Newman Springs Road, Lincroft, NJ 07738. Follow signs to Museum Drive and parking lot #1.

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