In case you didn’t know, you can enjoy the Museum from home this week with #NMOAatHome! Activities lineup include:

Science Pill Live: Fantastic Fossils

Tuesday, May 26, Noon


Learn how fossils form, then create your own fossil imprint with just a few kitchen staples.

Click here to register for the Zoom session. Will also stream on Facebook Live.

Museum Crawl: Fashion and Design with Peabody Essex Museum

Wednesday, May 27, Noon

Discover how design is all around us by exploring PEM’s fashion and design gallery with Petra Slinkard, The Nancy B. Putnam Curator of Fashion and Textiles at the Peabody Essex Museum.

Click here to register fro the Zoom session. Will also stream on Facebook Live.

Storytime Live with Outragehisss Pets

Wednesday, May 27, 3pm

Slowly, Slowly, Slowly…that’s the way the sloth moves. Slowly it eats and then slowly, it falls asleep. Join our museum educator for this Eric Carle favorite with a visit from a real sloth from Outragehisss Pets!

This week’s animal is the python and the story is “Slowly, Slowly, Slowly,” said the Sloth, by Eric Carle

Click here to register for the Zoom session. Will also stream on Facebook Live.

Lunch & Learn: Courtney Leonard

Thursday, May 28, Noon

Ceramicist and multimedia artist Courtney Leonard discusses her work in this presentation and Q&A session. Leonard’s current work embodies the multiple definitions of “breach,” an exploration and documentation of historical ties to water, whale and material sustainability.

Click here to register for the Zoom session. Will also stream on Facebook Live.

Colorful Language: A Virtual Poetry Pop Up

Friday, May 29, 7pm


Local poets recite their rhymes and rhythms inspired by the works in the Norman Bluhm: Metamorphosisexhibition. Afterwards, engage with the poets in a round of improv poetry. This program is made in partnership with Gallery Aferro.

Click here to register here for the Zoom session. Will also stream on Facebook Live.