Events

The Pequot Museum, located in an ancient cedar forest minutes, is the largest Native American museum of its kind in the world. This museum brings to life the history and culture of the Northeastern Woodland tribes in general and the Pequots in particular with exquisite detail. Highlights include views of an 18,000-year-old glacial crevasse, a caribou hunt from 11,000 years ago, and a 17th-century fort. Perhaps most remarkable is a sprawling "immersion environment": a 16th-century village with more than 50 life-size figures and real smells and sounds. This museum is tribally owned and operated.

We will be doing a self-guided tour. Free audio narration is available.

Feel free to bring a lunch, or order from their restaurant (allow ample time for food to be prepared).

Optional Workshop: Life Without A Supermarket *workshop is full*
1pm - 2pm
Designed for grades 3-6.
In this enrichment program in the Pequot Daily Life gallery, students discover how Pequots lived without malls and shopping centers. They learn how Native people constructed dug-out canoes, built housing, enhanced personal appearance, and prepared food. This hands-on experience gives students a better understanding of how Native people transformed the natural resources into useful common items.

Audience: All ages

Cost:
$15 per adult
$10 per student over age 5
Free for ages 5 and under
Add 'Life Without A Supermarket' Workshop for $5 per person
Register by March 23.

Please submit hanging items matted or framed. Neither need to be expensive, simply using a larger piece of paper as a frame is fine.
Table items must be able to sit flat on table and not roll around.
ALL ART SHOULD BE MARKED on back or bottom with artist's full name and age. You will put uniform tags with first name and age only when you bring your items to the library.
Having full name on back helps us get artwork back to it's rightful owner at the end of the art show.

All members are allowed to bring up to 4 pieces of art.

Cost is free. And Art will be on display all through April.

Drop off will be coordinated closer to April 1. Please keep an eye out on facebook for more information or email Julia.arnold@enrichri.org with questions.