By Kristen Swanberg Senior Director of Education, Audubon Society of Rhode Island From Glocester to Block Island, raptors can be spotted soaring across our state. These amazing birds eat meat and use their feet, instead of their beak, to capture prey. In fact, the word “raptor” comes from Latin meaning to “seize and carry away”. [...]
Providence Children’s Museum will be closed to install a new exhibit, Play Power and complete renovations to its historic building, including the replacement of all exterior windows. The museum, a frequent hangout for many parents and their young children, will be missed. Although nothing can replace the fun play spaces and fabulous programming at the [...]
By Maggie Ewing, AmeriCorps Museum Educator “Can an adult sit on this?” I’m walking through Bone Zone when a visitor catches my attention and gestures to his granddaughter, who’s riding a bicycle alongside a skeleton. He laughs, pointing out the skeleton’s pedaling leg bones. “Oh, yeah,” I tell him, “it’s strong enough.” His question expresses [...]
