There are so many kinds of maps all around us! Maps help us find our way home, discover treasure, and explore new places. Have you ever wanted to create your own world or capture a real place on paper? Whether it’s another planet, a magical Maine island, or an animal’s underground home, maps can help us travel to real & imaginary destinations.
Earth Week activities continue Wednesday, April 24, with featured Artist in Residence Conary Nicholas Howard-Rogers. Together, we will craft mini ecosystems in the MakerSpace and witness our ability to shape the environment firsthand.
The NeverEnding Story (Atreyu and the Great Quest). Adapted by David S. Craig. Based upon the novel by Michael Ende.
The NeverEnding Story (Atreyu and the Great Quest). Adapted by David S. Craig. Based upon the novel by Michael Ende.
There are so many kinds of maps all around us! Maps help us find our way home, discover treasure, and explore new places. Have you ever wanted to create your own world or capture a real place on paper? Whether it’s another planet, a magical Maine island, or an animal’s underground home, maps can help us travel to real & imaginary destinations.
Earth Week activities continue Wednesday, April 24, with featured Artist in Residence Conary Nicholas Howard-Rogers. Together, we will craft mini ecosystems in the MakerSpace and witness our ability to shape the environment firsthand.
The NeverEnding Story (Atreyu and the Great Quest). Adapted by David S. Craig. Based upon the novel by Michael Ende.
There are so many kinds of maps all around us! Maps help us find our way home, discover treasure, and explore new places. Have you ever wanted to create your own world or capture a real place on paper? Whether it’s another planet, a magical Maine island, or an animal’s underground home, maps can help us travel to real & imaginary destinations.
Join the MakerSpace team for a hands-on class focused on a different artist each week. Children ages 2-5 & their caregivers will experiment with the mediums and styles of well-known and emerging artists.
Join us for the Science for Tots series! This is a weekly program designed for children ages 2-5 and their caregivers. Each week, experience a different activity based on the theme of the month. Do you like science and art? This month, we will explore science through big, messy art projects. We will paint with colorful bubbles, mix colors through fizzy baking soda reactions, and explore texture by making our own paintbrushes. We recommend coming in clothes you don’t mind getting messy.
Dive into the world of stories with daily pop-up storytimes, meet real children's book authors during our special guest appearances on Thursday and Sunday, and explore the artistry behind the books with our Art for Tots sessions highlighting illustrators' work. Plus, unleash your creativity in our MakerSpace with a week-long Make-Your-Own-Book takeover. It's a celebration of reading and creativity you won't want to miss!
Celebrate the joy of books in MakerSpace during Children's Book Week at CMTM! We're diving into bookmaking, from accordion and comic books to charming tiny books. Plus, each session offers a selection of free choice materials for your creations. Don't miss this chance to explore, create, and take home your very own book!
Join Theatre for Tots, a special early childhood theatre experience for children ages 2-4 and their caregivers to gain confidence imagining and pretending together. Weekly. Included with Admission.
Celebrate Children's Book Week at CMTM with a special book cover art activity! Have you ever dreamed of creating your own book cover or do you have a new story idea? Visit with CMTM team members in the IDEXX STEM Learning Hub to design your cover and discuss your story concepts. Join this fun activity and bring your book ideas to life!
Celebrate Children's Book Week at CMTM with an engaging storytime suitable for all ages. Listen, move around, and have fun!
Celebrate the joy of books in MakerSpace during Children's Book Week at CMTM! We're diving into bookmaking, from accordion and comic books to charming tiny books. Plus, each session offers a selection of free choice materials for your creations. Don't miss this chance to explore, create, and take home your very own book!
Celebrate the joy of books in MakerSpace during Children's Book Week at CMTM! We're diving into bookmaking, from accordion and comic books to charming tiny books. Plus, each session offers a selection of free choice materials for your creations. Don't miss this chance to explore, create, and take home your very own book!
Meet Lisa Wentzell, author of A Dog and His Boy, The Adventures of Spillway and Scotty. Lisa Wentzell will read her children's book about a boy named Scotty and his life-sized stuffed dog named Spillway. This heartwarming story is told from Spillway's point of view and explores themes of acceptance, empathy, inclusion, and friendship.
Celebrate the joy of books in MakerSpace during Children's Book Week at CMTM! We're diving into bookmaking, from accordion and comic books to charming tiny books. Plus, each session offers a selection of free choice materials for your creations. Don't miss this chance to explore, create, and take home your very own book!
Celebrate the joy of books in MakerSpace during Children's Book Week at CMTM! We're diving into bookmaking, from accordion and comic books to charming tiny books. Plus, each session offers a selection of free choice materials for your creations. Don't miss this chance to explore, create, and take home your very own book!
Celebrate the joy of books in MakerSpace during Children's Book Week at CMTM! We're diving into bookmaking, from accordion and comic books to charming tiny books. Plus, each session offers a selection of free choice materials for your creations. Don't miss this chance to explore, create, and take home your very own book!
Celebrate Book Week in CMTM's Maddy’s Theatre through the magic of storytelling. Three beloved local authors will be sharing their latest children's books, featuring heartwarming tales of inclusion and inspiring journeys of self-discovery. Meet the authors and listen as they bring their newly released children's books to life. Don't miss this opportunity to join a welcoming community of readers and dreamers.
Celebrate the joy of books in MakerSpace during Children's Book Week at CMTM! We're diving into bookmaking, from accordion and comic books to charming tiny books. Plus, each session offers a selection of free choice materials for your creations. Don't miss this chance to explore, create, and take home your very own book!
Samara Cole Doyon is presenting the new release Next Level: from the award-winning team behind Magnificent Homespun Brown, Samara Cole Doyon and Coretta Scott King Award Honoree Kaylani Juanita, comes a song of gratitude for those who see the world in a different way. Samara Cole Doyon (Portland, ME) is both a second-generation Haitian American and a proud Mainer, with half of the roots of her family tree reaching generations deep into the soil of the Pine Tree State. She is a freelance writer, teacher, wife, and mother. She has been a regular contributor at Black Girl In Maine Media and has been featured in the “Deep Water” poetry column of the Portland Press Herald.
Minquansis Sapiel is a Passamaquoddy TribaI member, mother of three daughters and has a Masters in Social Work. Her daughter also illustrated the children’s book she wrote Little People of the Dawn. She grew up on the Sipayik Reservation and moved off to go to college at the University of Maine. She also has her Captain’s license and offers whale watching tours.
Lindz Amer (they/them) makes queer stuff for kids and families. They started on this wild and winding career path when they created Queer Kid Stuff—an award-winning original LGBTQ+ educational webseries for all ages—that has reached millions of families. They perform at libraries, schools, and theaters all over the world spreading queer joy and working on numerous projects that bring queer and trans representation into mainstream children's media. In 2019, they gave a viral TED Talk on the importance of talking to kids about gender and sexuality.
Samara Cole Doyon is presenting the new release Next Level: from the award-winning team behind Magnificent Homespun Brown, Samara Cole Doyon and Coretta Scott King Award Honoree Kaylani Juanita, comes a song of gratitude for those who see the world in a different way. Samara Cole Doyon (Portland, ME) is both a second-generation Haitian American and a proud Mainer, with half of the roots of her family tree reaching generations deep into the soil of the Pine Tree State. She is a freelance writer, teacher, wife, and mother. She has been a regular contributor at Black Girl In Maine Media and has been featured in the “Deep Water” poetry column of the Portland Press Herald.
Minquansis Sapiel is a Passamaquoddy TribaI member, mother of three daughters and has a Masters in Social Work. Her daughter also illustrated the children’s book she wrote Little People of the Dawn. She grew up on the Sipayik Reservation and moved off to go to college at the University of Maine. She also has her Captain’s license and offers whale watching tours.
Lindz Amer (they/them) makes queer stuff for kids and families. They started on this wild and winding career path when they created Queer Kid Stuff—an award-winning original LGBTQ+ educational webseries for all ages—that has reached millions of families. They perform at libraries, schools, and theaters all over the world spreading queer joy and working on numerous projects that bring queer and trans representation into mainstream children's media. In 2019, they gave a viral TED Talk on the importance of talking to kids about gender and sexuality.
Celebrate the joy of books in MakerSpace during Children's Book Week at CMTM! We're diving into bookmaking, from accordion and comic books to charming tiny books. Plus, each session offers a selection of free choice materials for your creations. Don't miss this chance to explore, create, and take home your very own book!
Celebrate Children's Book Week at CMTM with an engaging storytime suitable for all ages.
Join the MakerSpace team for a hands-on class focused on a different artist each week. Children ages 2-5 & their caregivers will experiment with the mediums and styles of well-known and emerging artists.
Celebrate the joy of books in MakerSpace during Children's Book Week at CMTM! We're diving into bookmaking, from accordion and comic books to charming tiny books. Plus, each session offers a selection of free choice materials for your creations. Don't miss this chance to explore, create, and take home your very own book!
Join us for the Science for Tots series! This is a weekly program designed for children ages 2-5 and their caregivers. Each week, experience a different activity based on the theme of the month. Do you like science and art? This month, we will explore science through big, messy art projects. We will paint with colorful bubbles, mix colors through fizzy baking soda reactions, and explore texture by making our own paintbrushes. We recommend coming in clothes you don’t mind getting messy.
Celebrate Children's Book Week at CMTM with an engaging storytime suitable for all ages. Listen, move around, and have fun!
Celebrate Children's Book Week at CMTM with a special book cover art activity! Have you ever dreamed of creating your own book cover or do you have a new story idea? Visit with CMTM team members in the IDEXX STEM Learning Hub to design your cover and discuss your story concepts. Join this fun activity and bring your book ideas to life!
Celebrate the joy of books in MakerSpace during Children's Book Week at CMTM! We're diving into bookmaking, from accordion and comic books to charming tiny books. Plus, each session offers a selection of free choice materials for your creations. Don't miss this chance to explore, create, and take home your very own book!
Read a Story to a Therapy Dog!
Whether you are meeting a dog for the first time or own a dog yourself, all are welcome to greet our friendly, four-legged therapy dog friends. Come hang out, read a book, sing a song, or explore dog training with a certified therapy dog and its caregiver. Therapy dogs will be visiting with a trained adult in the 3rd floor IDEXX STEM Learning Hub and would love to say "hi" to you if you wish.
Included with Admission.
Location: IDEXX STEM Learning Hub, 3rd Floor
Join Theatre for Tots, a special early childhood theatre experience for children ages 2-4 and their caregivers to gain confidence imagining and pretending together. Weekly. Included with Admission.
The Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine is proud to present Flying Colors: Benefit Art Auction, an in-person and online auction celebrating the incredible talent of local Maine artists while raising funds for CMTM’s Community Fund. Host Committee tickets on sale 2.1.24. General Admission tickets on sale 3.1.24.
Join the MakerSpace team for a hands-on class focused on a different artist each week. Children ages 2-5 & their caregivers will experiment with the mediums and styles of well-known and emerging artists.
Join us for the Science for Tots series! This is a weekly program designed for children ages 2-5 and their caregivers. Each week, experience a different activity based on the theme of the month. Do you like science and art? This month, we will explore science through big, messy art projects. We will paint with colorful bubbles, mix colors through fizzy baking soda reactions, and explore texture by making our own paintbrushes. We recommend coming in clothes you don’t mind getting messy.
Join Theatre for Tots, a special early childhood theatre experience for children ages 2-4 and their caregivers to gain confidence imagining and pretending together. Weekly. Included with Admission.
Join us for the Science for Tots series! This is a weekly program designed for children ages 2-5 and their caregivers. Each week, experience a different activity based on the theme of the month. Do you like science and art? This month, we will explore science through big, messy art projects. We will paint with colorful bubbles, mix colors through fizzy baking soda reactions, and explore texture by making our own paintbrushes. We recommend coming in clothes you don’t mind getting messy.
Join Theatre for Tots, a special early childhood theatre experience for children ages 2-4 and their caregivers to gain confidence imagining and pretending together. Weekly. Included with Admission.
Join us for a special playtime for anyone who would benefit from a quieter, low-key play session at the Museum & Theatre. This is the perfect time for families affected by Autism, Sensory Processing Disorder, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, or other challenges to explore the Museum & Theatre, meet other families with similar experiences, and see if the Museum & Theatre is the right fit for you and your family.
Join us for the Science for Tots series! This is a weekly program designed for children ages 2-5 and their caregivers. Each week, experience a different activity based on the theme of the month. Do you like science and art? This month, we will explore science through big, messy art projects. We will paint with colorful bubbles, mix colors through fizzy baking soda reactions, and explore texture by making our own paintbrushes. We recommend coming in clothes you don’t mind getting messy.
Celebrate PRIDE and all the colors of the rainbow in MakerSpace this June. Everyone is welcome to explore and engage in rainbow-inspired projects specially designed for young Makers.
Celebrate the beginning of the 2024-2025 theatre season with ten short plays written by individuals under the age of 17 and performed by members of the CMTM acting company. Join us for an inspiring showcase of emerging voices and imaginative storytelling and an announcement of the 2024-2025 theatre season!
Celebrate PRIDE and all the colors of the rainbow in MakerSpace this June. Everyone is welcome to explore and engage in rainbow-inspired projects specially designed for young Makers.
Come celebrate World Ocean Day! The ocean is home to over a million species of plants and animals. It houses some of the smallest living things, like phytoplankton and algae, which produce much of the world’s oxygen. It is also home to the biggest animal, the blue whale!
Join our friends from the City of Portland Water Resources to celebrate World Ocean Day and Clean Water Week by using a hands-on watershed model to see how water from your street connects the ocean where fishes eat.
Join environmental and aquaculture scientist Gretchen Grebe for a sensory exploration of seaweed. Discover what seaweed lives in Casco Bay, why it is important to animals and humans, and how we can keep it growing!
Come celebrate World Ocean Day! The ocean is home to over a million species of plants and animals. It houses some of the smallest living things, like phytoplankton and algae, which produce much of the world’s oxygen. It is also home to the biggest animal, the blue whale!
"Classroom: The Musical" offers a heartfelt portrayal of a day in the lives of four middle school students as they tackle various challenges in the classroom, with the principal serving as their guiding light. This captivating 30-minute musical features a talented cast of twelve students aged between eight and thirteen, delivering captivating performances that bring the story to life with authenticity and charm. This weekend only!
"Classroom: The Musical" offers a heartfelt portrayal of a day in the lives of four middle school students as they tackle various challenges in the classroom, with the principal serving as their guiding light. This captivating 30-minute musical features a talented cast of twelve students aged between eight and thirteen, delivering captivating performances that bring the story to life with authenticity and charm. This weekend only!
"Classroom: The Musical" offers a heartfelt portrayal of a day in the lives of four middle school students as they tackle various challenges in the classroom, with the principal serving as their guiding light. This captivating 30-minute musical features a talented cast of twelve students aged between eight and thirteen, delivering captivating performances that bring the story to life with authenticity and charm. This weekend only!
"Classroom: The Musical" offers a heartfelt portrayal of a day in the lives of four middle school students as they tackle various challenges in the classroom, with the principal serving as their guiding light. This captivating 30-minute musical features a talented cast of twelve students aged between eight and thirteen, delivering captivating performances that bring the story to life with authenticity and charm. This weekend only!
Let’s use discarded and damaged books to tell a new story! Choose a page and find the words or phrases that are meaningful to you. Decorate your page with markers to cover or "block out" the remaining text, revealing your poem. Come explore this fun form of found poetry.
Join Lindz and their best-stuffed friend Teddy from Queer Kid Stuff and celebrate the LGBTQ+ community with songs and stories! We’re going back in time to talk about the roots of pride with our kid-friendly historical retelling of Stonewall and the creation of our beloved Rainbow Flag. We’ll sing LGBTQ+-themed original songs and covers along the way as we learn about LGBTQ+ history!
Join Lindz and their best-stuffed friend Teddy from Queer Kid Stuff and celebrate the LGBTQ+ community with songs and stories! We’re going back in time to talk about the roots of pride with our kid-friendly historical retelling of Stonewall and the creation of our beloved Rainbow Flag. We’ll sing LGBTQ+-themed original songs and covers along the way as we learn about LGBTQ+ history!
Let’s use discarded and damaged books to tell a new story! Choose a page and find the words or phrases that are meaningful to you. Decorate your page with markers to cover or "block out" the remaining text, revealing your poem. Come explore this fun form of found poetry.
The NeverEnding Story (Atreyu and the Great Quest). Adapted by David S. Craig. Based upon the novel by Michael Ende.
Earth Week activities continue Wednesday, April 24, with featured Artist in Residence Conary Nicholas Howard-Rogers. Together, we will craft mini ecosystems in the MakerSpace and witness our ability to shape the environment firsthand.
The NeverEnding Story (Atreyu and the Great Quest). Adapted by David S. Craig. Based upon the novel by Michael Ende.
The NeverEnding Story (Atreyu and the Great Quest). Adapted by David S. Craig. Based upon the novel by Michael Ende.
Create a play that takes place entirely underwater! Become an underwater sea creature, a mermaid, or someone who is snorkeling! Explore the depths of the sea with your imagination, and imagine our show is below the surface of the ocean. With a touch of magic and a sprinkle of imagination, we will create a shared story through interactive games and prompts.
This drop-off workshop series meets weekly on Wednesdays from 3:45 pm - 5:15 pm for 5 weeks from April 24 to May 22: 4/24, 5/1, 5/8, 5/15, 5/22.
Get a new perspective on earth, from moss to mushrooms, as we create natural graffiti, make fungi fairy houses, naturally dye cloth, and more! We will draw our materials and our inspiration from the earth’s renewable resources and make beautiful art to take home and treasure.
This drop-off workshop series meets weekly on Wednesdays from 3:45 pm - 5:15 pm for 5 weeks from April 24 to May 22: 4/24, 5/1, 5/8, 5/15, 5/22.
Earth Week activities continue Wednesday, April 24, with featured Artist in Residence Conary Nicholas Howard-Rogers. Together, we will craft mini ecosystems in the MakerSpace and witness our ability to shape the environment firsthand.
There are so many kinds of maps all around us! Maps help us find our way home, discover treasure, and explore new places. Have you ever wanted to create your own world or capture a real place on paper? Whether it’s another planet, a magical Maine island, or an animal’s underground home, maps can help us travel to real & imaginary destinations.
The NeverEnding Story (Atreyu and the Great Quest). Adapted by David S. Craig. Based upon the novel by Michael Ende.
Join us for the Science for Tots series! This is a weekly program designed for children ages 2-5 and their caregivers. Each week, experience a different activity based on the theme of the month. This month, we turn our eyes to the skies. Join us for hands-on space-themed activities, including exploring craters with rocks and playdough, painting new planets, and creating star constellation art. Registration Required.
Join the MakerSpace team for a hands-on class focused on a different artist each week. Children ages 2-5 & their caregivers will experiment with the mediums and styles of well-known and emerging artists.
On the first day of this theatre class, you and the squad of theatre makers will create a map of a fantasy world. You will decide what kind of beasts, monsters and creatures live in this fantasy world, and these beings will inspire your character. Over the course of the class, you will bring this world to life and develop the story of how it came to be and what will happen next.
This drop-off workshop series meets weekly on Tuesdays from 3:45 pm - 5:15 pm for 5 weeks from April 23 to May 21: 4/23, 4/30, 5/7, 5/14, 5/21.
Science takes on a magical form as we make color-changing cookies, use dry ice to transform states of matter, and create fanciful treats like caldron cakes! For future magical making, we will compile our spellbinding snacks in a potions notebook.
This drop-off workshop series meets weekly on Tuesdays from 3:45 pm - 5:15 pm for 5 weeks from April 23 to May 21: 4/23, 4/30, 5/7, 5/14, 5/21.
Get ready to experiment! Ask questions and test out your hypotheses as we make eruptions, write with invisible ink, explore states of matter with dry ice, and more as we discover the wondrous world of interacting molecules.
This drop-off workshop series meets weekly on Mondays from 3:45 pm - 5:15 pm for 5 weeks from April 22 to May 20: 4/22, 4/29, 5/6, 513, 5/20.
Earth Day is a time to celebrate everything we love at the museum: the earth and all the creatures who depend on us to protect it. Join us to learn about our local watershed, meet our aquarium animals, create something amazing with recycled materials in MakerSpace, and join us for an Earth Day-inspired storytime in the theatre. Check out our daily specials on the chalkboard when you arrive!
The NeverEnding Story (Atreyu and the Great Quest). Adapted by David S. Craig. Based upon the novel by Michael Ende.
The NeverEnding Story (Atreyu and the Great Quest). Adapted by David S. Craig. Based upon the novel by Michael Ende.
This weekend, we are celebrating the lands and waters we call home. Earth Weekend is about raising awareness about the importance of protecting & preserving our environment. Programs and activities are dedicated to exploring Maine's important ecosystems as we near Earth Day on April 22. Join us in Makerspace to learn about our local watershed, meet our aquarium animals, or create something amazing with recycled materials. Included with Admission.
The NeverEnding Story (Atreyu and the Great Quest). Adapted by David S. Craig. Based upon the novel by Michael Ende.
The NeverEnding Story (Atreyu and the Great Quest). Adapted by David S. Craig. Based upon the novel by Michael Ende.
This weekend, we are celebrating the lands and waters we call home. Earth Weekend is about raising awareness about the importance of protecting & preserving our environment. Programs and activities are dedicated to exploring Maine's important ecosystems as we near Earth Day on April 22. Join us in Makerspace to learn about our local watershed, meet our aquarium animals, or create something amazing with recycled materials. Included with Admission.
The NeverEnding Story (Atreyu and the Great Quest). Adapted by David S. Craig. Based upon the novel by Michael Ende.
The NeverEnding Story (Atreyu and the Great Quest). Adapted by David S. Craig. Based upon the novel by Michael Ende.
The NeverEnding Story (Atreyu and the Great Quest). Adapted by David S. Craig. Based upon the novel by Michael Ende.
There are so many kinds of maps all around us! Maps help us find our way home, discover treasure, and explore new places. Have you ever wanted to create your own world or capture a real place on paper? Whether it’s another planet, a magical Maine island, or an animal’s underground home, maps can help us travel to real & imaginary destinations.
The NeverEnding Story (Atreyu and the Great Quest). Adapted by David S. Craig. Based upon the novel by Michael Ende.
The NeverEnding Story (Atreyu and the Great Quest). Adapted by David S. Craig. Based upon the novel by Michael Ende.
There are so many kinds of maps all around us! Maps help us find our way home, discover treasure, and explore new places. Have you ever wanted to create your own world or capture a real place on paper? Whether it’s another planet, a magical Maine island, or an animal’s underground home, maps can help us travel to real & imaginary destinations.
The NeverEnding Story (Atreyu and the Great Quest). Adapted by David S. Craig. Based upon the novel by Michael Ende.
