Calendar/Programs

  • Mid-week Bird Walk: Conference House Park (FREE)

    Wednesday, April 4, 2012 10:00am – 12:00pm
    Location: Conference House Park, Staten Island, NY
    FREE
    Join us at NYC’s southernmost park as we search for migrants like: pine & palm warblers, east-ern phoebe, & blue-gray gnatcatchers. Meet in the parking lot across from the park Visitor’s Center at the western end of Hylan Blvd.
    Supported in part by HSBC, USA, N.A.

     

  • Spring Break for Kids - Looking Closely at Butterflies

    Saturday, April 7, 2012 2:00pm - 4:00pm
    Location: Staten Island Museum, 75 Stuyvesant Place, SI, NY 10301
    $2/Free for Museum Members
    Put down the video games and join the fun–at the Museum in St. George & outdoors! Kids 8-13 welcome. 2 part program, come for either or both!

     

  • Spread the Chips Party - Purple Martin Prep (FREE)

    Saturday, April 7, 2012 12:00pm - 3:00pm
    Location: Lemon Creek Park, Staten Island
    FREE
    The Museum will be hosting a “Spread the Chips” party where participants will help spread woodchip around the base of the spruced up Purple Martin houses to help prevent weed growth and repaint four of poles on which the housing sits.

     

  • Spring Break for Kids - Looking Closely at Flowers

    Monday, April 9, 2012 2:00pm - 4:00pm
    Location: Staten Island Museum, 75 Stuyvesant Place, SI, NY 10301
    $2/Free for Museum Members
    Put down the video games and join the fun–at the Museum in St. George & outdoors! Kids 8-13 welcome. 2 part program, come for either or both!

     

  • Spring Break for Kids - Looking Closely at Turtles

    Tuesday, April 10, 2012 2:00pm - 4:00pm
    Location: Staten Island Museum, 75 Stuyvesant Place, SI, NY 10301
    $2/Free for Museum Members
    Put down the video games and join the fun–at the Museum in St. George & outdoors! Kids 8-13 welcome. 2 part program, come for either or both!

     

  • Lunch & Learn: National Poetry Month Special

    Tuesday, April 10, 12:00pm - 2:00pm
    Location: Schaffer’s Tavern, 2055 Victory Blvd., Staten Island, NY 10314
    $27/$24 Museum Members
    Dorinda Wegener, President of Trio House Press, specializes in American contemporary poetry will discuss rising from hobbyist to professional

     

  • Spring Break for Kids - Looking Closely at Trees

    Thursday, April 11, 2012 2:00pm - 4:00pm
    Location: Staten Island Museum, 75 Stuyvesant Place, SI, NY 10301
    $2/Free for Museum Members
    Put down the video games and join the fun–at the Museum in St. George & outdoors! Kids 8-13 welcome. 2 part program, come for either or both!

     

  • Spring Break for Kids - African Mask Workshop

    Thursday, April 12, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
    Location: Staten Island Museum, 75 Stuyvesant Place, SI, NY 10301
    $2/Free for Museum Members
    Put down the video games and join the fun–at the Museum in St. George & outdoors! Kids 8-13 welcome.

     

  • Spring Break for Kids - Outdoor Adventure!

    Thursday, April 12, 2012 10:00am - 12:00pm
    Location: Wolfe's Pond Park
    $2/Free for Museum Members
    Put down the video games and join the fun – outdoors! Kids 8-13 welcome.

     

  • Spring Break for Kids - Outdoor Adventure!

    Friday, April 13, 10:00am - 12:00pm
    Location: Page Avenue Beach
    $2/Free for Members
    Put down the video games and join the fun!

     

  • Spring Break for Kids - Looking Closely at Shells and Beach Life

    Friday, April 13, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
    Location: Staten Island Museum, 75 Stuyvesant Place, SI, NY 10301
    $2/Free for Members
    Put down the video games and join the fun at the Museum in St. George. Come for the science, stay for the art!

     

  • Spring Break for Kids - Looking Closely at Birds

    Saturday, April 14, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
    Location: Staten Island Museum, 75 Stuyvesant Place, SI, NY 10301
    $2/Free for Museum Members
    Put down the video games and join the fun at the Museum in St. George. Come for the science, stay for the art!

     

  • Teen Environmental Club Beach Clean Up (FREE)

    Sunday, April 15, 12:00pm - 2:00pm
    Location: Crescent Beach, Staten Island
    Free
    Help tidy up Crescent Beach before the horseshoe crabs arrive! Teens 13-18 welcome.
    Supported in part by Verizon Foundation and Con Ed

     

  • Ecology Walk (FREE)

    Sunday, April 15, 9:00am - 11:00am
    Location: Mount Loretto Unique Area
    Free
    Spring is here at Mount Loretto!
    Supported in part by HSBC, USA, N.A. Supported in part by
      

     

  • Mid-Week Bird Walk (FREE)

    Wednesday, April 18, 10:00am - 12:00pm
    Location: High Rock Park, Staten Island, NY
    Free
    Join us in High Rock Park, one of the better locals in which to search for neo-tropical migrant birds in spring. Meet in the parking lot at the top of Nevada Ave.

     

  • Tell No One: Book Release

    Saturday, April 21, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
    Location: Staten Island Museum, 75 Stuyvesant Place
    Free with Museum Admission
    Poems of Witness, Chimbarazu Press 2012

     

  • Junior Science Club: Volcanoes and Earthquakes

    Saturday, April 21, 10:00am - 12:00pm
    Location: Staten Island Museum, 75 Stuyvesant Place
    $8/$5 Museum Members
    For children ages 8 - 13, parents may observe.

     

  • Repairing the World: A Tikkun Olam Concept (FREE)

    Sunday, April 22, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
    Location: Staten Island Museum, 75 Stuyvesant Place
    Free
    Bonita Nathan Sussman, community leader, will lead a discussion.

     

  • A Painted History

    Monday, April 30, 7:00pm
    Location: Staten Island History Center & Archives, Snug Harbor, Building H
    1000 Richmond Terrace, SI, NY 10301
    $7/$5 Museum Members
    An Historical Look at the Staten Island Paintings of Fred Sklenar