☀ Celebrate the Solar Eclipse with SCM! Visit anytime during the ECLIPSE WEEK (April 8 - 13, 2024) and receive Buy One, Get One free admission for the Museum - including Spies and Space: Toys of the Cold War Era. Our "Adopt-an-Alien" station will even be back for the week, offering a chance to create […]
In this ongoing series, SCM asks community leaders and SCM staff to specially choose one object out of our 30,000 then talk about its history, make contemporary connections, and engage YOU in what you think. Be surprised at the object reveal over coffee and light bites! The Big Drive | Thursday January 25, 9:30–10:30am | […]
May 9 | 5:00-7:00 | SCM “Museum Feelings: How Museums Care for Collections and Carry Stories” with Sarah Anne Carter, Executive Director of UW–Madison's Center for Design and Material Culture Collaboratively explore an SCM object with Dr. Carter followed by a talk extending the function of objects into powerful storytelling about people and culture. What […]
May 23 | 5:00–7:00PM | SCM "Our Attic/Your Basement" Interactive Talk featuring Tamara Lange, SCM Curator of Exhibits and Collections Explore how the practices used with the museum’s collections might be adapted for those you hold at home. Consider the similarities and differences of personal, professional, and museum collecting AND object use. Ponder what it […]
In this ongoing series, SCM asks community leaders and SCM staff to specially choose one object out of our 30,000 then talk about its history, make contemporary connections, and engage YOU in what you think. Be surprised at the object reveal over coffee and light bites! The Big Drive | Thursday January 25, 9:30–10:30am | […]
In this ongoing series, SCM asks community leaders and SCM staff to specially choose one object out of our 30,000 then talk about its history, make contemporary connections, and engage YOU in what you think. Be surprised at the object reveal over coffee and light bites! The Big Drive | Thursday January 25, 9:30–10:30am | […]