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MWM Closed for Exhibition Installation

Museum of the White Mountains 34 Highland Street, Plymouth, NH

The Museum of the White Mountains will be closed from September 15 through October 4 for exhibition installation. We will reopen with our new exhibition, In the Path of Totality, on Friday, October 4 from 3:00-5:00pm for our opening reception.

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Interwoven Ecologies: Movement and Regeneration in a More-than-Human World

Museum of the White Mountains 34 Highland Street, Plymouth, NH

From New Hampshire’s Notches to the moors of England, the Arctic tundra, and beyond, this talk will root us in soil, moor, and stone as an invitation to inhabit and explore the alive-spaces at the intersection of ecological thinking, movement practice, and human and more-than-human worlds. Grounded in this place-based and practice-led methodology, the talk [...]

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Opening Reception for Echoes of Resilience: Unveiling Stories of Devastation, Survival, and Hope

Silver Center for the Arts 114 Main St., Plymouth, NH

We hope you can join us in celebrating the opening reception for our new exhibition in the Silver Center for the Arts, Echoes of Resilience: Unveiling Stories of Devastation, Survival, and Hope. There will be remarks from MWM staff and light refreshments will be provided. After the devastating earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria in [...]

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Cultivating Resilience: A broad perspective on trauma, resilience, and early childhood mental health

Silver Center for the Arts 114 Main St., Plymouth, NH

Wednesday, September 18, 7:00-8:00pm Silver Center for the Arts, Smith Recital Hall This lecture will explore various perspectives on resilience, trauma, and trauma prevention. Dr. Bayrak will approach these topics through a comprehensive lens, incorporating neurobiology, child development, physical and mental health, culture, and community. Her talk will emphasize the importance of early childhood and [...]

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In the Path of Totality Exhibition Opening Reception

Museum of the White Mountains 34 Highland Street, Plymouth, NH

Please join us in celebrating the opening of our new exhibition, In the Path of Totality! The reception is from 3:00-5:00pm on Friday, October 4. There will be brief remarks and light refreshments will be provided. Plymouth State University students and faculty joined teams from 75 participating institutions as part of the NASA Nationwide Eclipse [...]

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Science from the Edge of Space

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For the recent annular and total solar eclipses, the Nationwide Eclipse Ballooning Project (NEBP) immersed student teams in an innovative NASA-mission-like adventure in data acquisition and analysis through scientific ballooning. NEBP is unique in that it is an education project that has significant science objectives. First and foremost, NEBP focused on providing a career-changing hands-on [...]

Getting to the Heart of the Matter with Christine Destrempes

Hybrid: Virtually and In Person at MWM

What makes people care about sustainability? How can art be a motivational force for non-artists? Those were the questions I asked myself when the weight of the environmental crisis became so heavy I could no longer justify staying in the comfort zone of my studio. This talk is about the steps I took to figure [...]

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Mountain Voices | Winter in a Warming World

Museum of the White Mountains 34 Highland Street, Plymouth, NH

Photo credit: Joe Klementovich Winter in the White Mountains and across the northeastern United States have warmed substantially over our lifetime. Our memories of winters past may include unfathomably deep, persistent snow, chilly days and nights, and abundant ice on our rivers, lakes, and ponds. The winter of 2023/2024 recently notched records for warmest on [...]

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Trash to Art

Museum of the White Mountains 34 Highland Street, Plymouth, NH

Join artist Kim Bernard for a show and tell about how she creates sculpture that is recycled, kinetic, interactive, involves the community and is public.  Working with materials such as ocean debris, bicycle inner tubes, bowling balls, reusable nylon bags and plastic, she aims to inspire and raise awareness about environmental issues, overconsumption and preserving [...]

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Success Stories from Community Building

Museum of the White Mountains 34 Highland Street, Plymouth, NH

Please join us for the follow-up to our Know Your Neighbors Summit event in June! Schedule of events: 2:00-2:15—Introductions 2:15-3:00— Success Story from the Opening of the Bartlett Historical Museum with Phil Franklin, President, Bartlett Historical Society 3:00-3:45—Community Engagement through Citizen Transcription Project with Brian Burford, Retired State Archivist 3:45-4:00—Wrap up and next steps This [...]