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Featured Events & Programs

THROUGH NOVEMBER 2!

SM&NC Sunday
Farm Market

Sundays
10 am – 2 pm

The SM&NC Sunday Farm Market is back and better than ever! Join us each and every Sunday through November 2 to support local agriculture. Come pick up great products and produce, and shop small!

Admission to the market is free – no tickets or Membership required, come shop local!

FIY: FARM IT YOURSELF

Cow-abunga
Scavenger Hunt

Tuesday, July 15
6:30 – 7:30 pm

Celebrate National Cattle Day with us! We’ve hidden over 200 mini figurines of Petunia the Highland Cow all over Heckscher farm!

Head out onto the farm to see what you can find. Then join us for a taste of local Arethusa ice cream and chocolate milk!

NIGHTS OUT FOR ADULTS

Woodshop:
Charcuterie Board

Thursday, July 17
6 – 8 pm

Inspired by our current exhibition, Tools as Art: Work and Play, learn to use woodworking tools to craft your own charcuterie board. Using walnut planks from some of our very own trees felled by recent storms, guest instructor Mark Andreas of Studio Andreas of Stamford will guide you from start to finish.

NOW ON VIEW

Tools as Art: Work and Play

On view June 13  – Sept 8, 2025

in our Bendel Mansion Museum Galleries

Organized from the Hechinger Collection and toured by International Arts & Artists, Washington, DC, this exhibition celebrates the transformation of common industrial objects into extraordinary works of art. It explores tools as icons of labor, labor as a component of creativity, and creativity as a form of play. 

CAMPAIGN FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS

Phase II: Planetarium & Astronomy Center Underway

On the morning of May 23, 2023, the Stamford Museum & Nature Center officially broke ground on the Phase II Planetarium & Astronomy Center. 

The 11,000-square-foot facility will reinvigorate a core pillar of the SM&NC’s Mission and bring our organization’s Planetarium and Observatory programs under the same roof for the first time in our 90-year history. Astronomy programming has long been a Mission signature ever since our first astronomy classes were held in 1941. They continue to this day, and will abound in the years to come.

Upcoming Programs & Events

Jul 20

Daily Otter Feeding

July 20 @ 1:00 pm

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Jul 21

Daily Otter Feeding

July 21 @ 1:00 pm

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Jul 22

Daily Otter Feeding

July 22 @ 1:00 pm

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Jul 23

Daily Otter Feeding

July 23 @ 1:00 pm

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Support the Stamford Museum & Nature Center

We are a not-for-profit organization and our programs are only possible with your support.