STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math), Visual Arts and Crafts

A FREE festival of fun math games and puzzles for kids in grades K-8 and their families. We'll have 10+ stations of activities and each activity takes approximately 15 mins. Win prizes for completion!

Join us for a workshop to make a small quilted potholder or trivet. Using the ‘assembly line” quilting method, you will plan, cut, and sew a quilt using our sewing machines.

What might be learned about a work of art by looking at its verso, or reverse side?

Grab your sketchbook and pencil to join an instructor to draw a live model! Advanced-level artists will be more comfortable in this program.

Join curator Lynette Roth to look closely at a recent gift to the Busch-Reisinger Museum by ZERO group co-founder Heinz Mack.

Join us for an in-depth, hour-long tour of our special exhibition, on view from September 12, 2025 through January 18, 2026.

Make your holiday season more festive at the Harvard Art Museums! Join us for an evening of art, fun, food, prizes, and more.

Free event at the Cambridge Public Library.

Free event at the Cambridge Public Library.

In this 90-minute workshop, you'll learn the basics of sewing machine operation and safety.

Learn to 3D print items in our library and create a 3D model to print using our Prusa 3D printers!

Are you an intermediate or advanced sewer?

Stop by the Boudreau Branch after school to create something using 3D pens! This drop-in event is intended for school aged children and their families.

Creative Colorful Creations on Fabric with Phyllis Wadlington.
Discover your creative side, working with different fabrics. Explore the possibilities of what can be painted on fabric.

Join the Watercolor Painting Workshop

Join us for a relaxing afternoon of cozy card making! All supplies included (except stamps) – but feel free to bring materials of your own to add to the fun.

Looking for some basic computer or mobile device guidance?

Join Nature Linc Staff Member Lily Gordon to learn how to design, carve, and print your design onto cards using soft, easy to cut linoleum blocks.

Want to learn how to create custom clothing and other fiber projects with embroidered text?

Are you interested in using The Hive?

Free event at the Cambridge Public Library.

Free event at the Cambridge Public Library.

Designed by teens for teens, Teen Science Cafes bring together scientists and students, grades 8-12 to explore new research and discuss what inspires and influences people to pursue careers in STEM.

Join us at the MIT Museum for a special film series exploring time travel through the lens of science fiction cinema.

Step into a workshop like no other: an imaginative voyage across the cosmos, where physics meets poetry and science becomes a canvas for wonder.

Bring your project and come join other fiber crafters in your community!

An exhibition curator will lead this talk exploring how and why artists choose specific materials to express their ideas.