Carve and paint a small Bobolink during this one-day carving class! Wood blank and paint provided.
David Tuttle of the Green Mountain Woodcarvers leads the workshop.
All levels welcome. Great for adults and teens. Younger kids need parental permission. Great skill-building for Scouts and 4-H.
Bring mask, tools, gloves, and lunch. (Contact us if you will need tools or gloves; Dave often brings some to sell.)
Register and pay in advance: $35 for Museum and GMWC members • $45 for everyone else.
Class size limited to 10. (Minimum 6 students needed to hold a session.) If class fills, please join the waitlist. If enough people are on the waitlist, we try to arrange additional sessions.
Masks required when indoors.
Contact us if you would like to hear of additional upcoming classes.
Carve and paint a remarkable (yet small) Northern Shoveler during this one-day carving class! Wood blank and paint provided.
David Tuttle of the Green Mountain Woodcarvers leads the workshop.
All levels welcome. Great for adults and teens. Younger kids need parental permission. Great skill-building for Scouts and 4-H.
Bring mask, tools, gloves, and lunch. (Contact us if you will need tools or gloves; Dave often brings some to sell.)
Must register and pay in advance: $35 for Museum and GMWC members • $45 for everyone else. Museum and GMWC members may receive their member discount as a refund at the door.
Class size limited to 10. (Minimum 6 students needed to hold a session.) If class fills, please join the waitlist. If enough people are on the waitlist, we try to arrange additional sessions.
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Masks required when indoors.
Contact us if you would like to hear of additional upcoming classes.
August 17 – 19, the Birds of Vermont Museum is hosting the Green Mountain Woodcarvers’ annual three-day seminar. This year, they will carve a scaled-down Swan (based on the Trumpeter Swan).
The Swan can be carved in several styles, from “Antique” to fully detailed depending, on each carver’s abilities and choice. If you are interested in taking the class, visit http://greenmountainwoodcarvers.org/class/class.html and follow the instructions there for more details and to register.
Carve and paint a remarkable (yet small) Northern Shoveler during this one-day carving class! Wood blank and paint provided.
David Tuttle of the Green Mountain Woodcarvers leads the workshop.
All levels welcome. Great for adults and teens. Younger kids need parental permission. Great skill-building for Scouts and 4-H.
Bring mask, tools, gloves, and lunch. (Contact us if you will need tools or gloves; Dave often brings some to sell.)
Must register and pay in advance: $35 for Museum and GMWC members • $45 for everyone else. Museum and GMWC members may receive their member discount as a refund at the door.
Class size limited to 10. (Minimum 6 students needed to hold a session.) If class fills, please join the waitlist.
Masks required when indoors.
Contact us if you would like to hear of additional upcoming classes.
Carve and paint a remarkable (yet small) Northern Shoveler during this one-day carving class! Wood blank and paint provided.
David Tuttle of the Green Mountain Woodcarvers leads the workshop.
All levels welcome. Great for adults and teens. Younger kids need parental permission. Great skill-building for Scouts and 4-H.
Bring mask, tools, gloves, and lunch. (Contact us if you will need tools or gloves; Dave often brings some to sell.)
Must register and pay in advance: $35 for Museum and GMWC members • $45 for everyone else. Museum and GMWC members may receive their member discount as a refund at the door.
Class size limited to 10. (Minimum 6 students needed to hold a session.) If class fills, please join the waitlist. If enough people are on the waitlist, we try to arrange additional sessions.
Masks required when indoors.
Contact us if you would like to hear of additional upcoming classes.
You don’t have to be an expert to be part of scientific research. Learn to observe and report on animals and plants you see, hear, or photograph. From eBird to the Zooniverse, discover research projects that fit your interests, and see how your data can be used to benefit ongoing scientific research, including the effects of climate change.
Citizen science or community science is real scientific research conducted by amateur (or nonprofessional) scientists. There are a huge number of ways to get involved: tracking migratory birds, participating in a bioblitz, studying animal behavior, counting pollinators or plant species, etc.
This program is best suited for adults and teens. It is offered through the Thetford Libraries.
Presented by Erin Talmage, Executive Director of the Birds of Vermont Museum. Erin earned her MS in Wildlife Biology from UVM with a focus on ornithology. She serves on two Vermont Scientific Advisory Groups, Birds and Reptiles-and-Amphibians. When not at the Museum, she can often be found looking for salamanders for the Vermont Reptile and Amphibian Atlas, collecting data for iNaturalist and eBird, or volunteering with the Four Winds Nature Institute and Vermont Master Naturalists.
Note: this class was originally scheduled for March 6th but has been moved to March 20.
Carve and paint a delightful cedar waxwing during this one-day carving class! Wood blank and paint provided.
David Tuttle of the Green Mountain Woodcarvers leads the workshop. Saturday sold out, so we thank him for responding to people’s interest by offering this second option!
All levels welcome. Great for adults and teens. Younger kids need parental permission. Great skill-building for Scouts and 4-H.
Bring mask, tools, gloves, and lunch. (Contact us if you will need tools or gloves; Dave often brings some to sell.)
Must register and pay in advance: $35 for Museum and GMWC members • $45 for everyone else. Museum and GMWC members may receive their member discount as a refund at the door.
Class size limited to 10. If class fills, please join the waitlist. If enough people are on the waitlist, we can try to arrange additional sessions.
Woodcarving of cedar waxing by David Tuttle
Masks required when indoors.
Contact us if you would like to hear of additional upcoming classes.
Stop by and try your hand at soap carving! Super easy to get started!
Instructions, tools and materials provided. Suitable for any age.
Masks recommended (keeps soap out of your nose, too).
All ages • Great for kids on their early dismissal days
Do you know how many different kinds of mosquitoes we have in Vermont? And that some don’t bother humans at all? How about ticks, and when to worry about which diseases? Have you seen “Blackflies: defenders of Vermont” on a T-shirt, and wondered what roles blackflies play in our ecosystems? Join this session and find out more!
While we can talk generally amongst ourselves about what is exciting outside during our long winters, this program will work best if you bring a question or two (tuning in to listen is also ok)! Questions about owl senses, feathers, adaptations, habitat, prey and more are all welcome.
We love hosting free programs, and are able to do so thanks to generous donors like you! Please consider a donation to one of our organizations:
