Watching the Seasons Change Opening Reception

Registration is not required for this event. 

Join us for the Opening Reception of our new exhibition, Watching the Seasons Change. Light refreshments will be served. Free and Open to All.

When we think of the seasons changing, we often think of spring to summer, summer to autumn and so on, but this pattern becomes more complicated as the markers of change disappear. The cycles we anticipate shift.

As the seasons change in the Northeast, we all expect certain signs: the bright red of the sugar maple, the crackle of frozen puddles under foot, the sweet smell of fresh growth as the snow melts, the burble of the brook under a thick canopy of leaves. What will our autumns look like when conditions are no longer favorable for the sugar maples? What will it sound like as our maples are replaced by oaks that hold their leaves much later? What will winter be without frozen ponds? How are we adapting to these changes?

Our changing seasons are examined and interpreted by Abenaki basketmakers who are collaborating with foresters to protect the brown ash tree; artists who are immersing themselves in experimental environmental research; scientists at Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, the Mount Washington Observatory, and the Appalachian Mountain Club who have come together to build a robust understanding of how our climate is changing; painters who traveled to these mountains to record their beauty; beadworkers who are preserving and reviving traditional patterns and skills among others. This exhibition brings together a plurality of voices that span 300 years of appreciating and adapting to the seasons in the White Mountains.

Parking instructions:

There is limited parking at the Museum. Please plan to park in Lot 104. Click here for parking map.