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Featured Events & Programs

FAMILY FEST SUNDAYS

Fall Family Fest Sundays

Sundays, October 6, 13 & 20
10 am – 2 pm

We’re celebrating New England's most colorful season by bundling all the fun and games of a festival with a special dinosaur twist, three Sundays this Fall!

We'll have extra attractions, enhanced programming, and fun seasonal offerings for the whole family at an all-inclusive rate, including traditional favorites and exciting new additions!

ADMISSION IS ALWAYS FREE!

SM&NC Sunday Farm Market

Every Sunday through November 3
10 am — 2 pm

Join us each and every Sunday this summer, and pick up some great products and produce to support local agriculture. Our favorite vendors have returned along with some new friends.

SM&NC Members receive 10% off all purchases from our Heckscher Farm tent, which carries our made-on-site maple syrup and wool products, in addition to a  selection of goods from local farms and businesses.

NIGHTS OUT

Whiskey & Woodfire

Friday, November 8
6:30 pm

Join us for an evening of “spirited” whiskey exploration paired with freshly made New Haven Style pies by the one-and-only Sally’s Apizza. Sample the robust flavors of exceptional whiskies from around the world with Brand Ambassadors.

Our event partner, BevMax will be on hand to place orders of any whiskies you may sample and wish to purchase. Adults 21+ only

COMING SOON

Dinosaur Discoveries:Ancient Fossils, New Ideas

On view Oct 5, 2024 – Jan 5, 2025

in our Bendel Mansion Museum Galleries

Opening Day
Friday, October 4, 3:00 – 7:00 pm

This groundbreaking exhibition highlights ongoing, cutting-edge dinosaur research by American Museum of Natural History paleontologists and other leading scientists from around the world. It explores how paleontologists today are using an incredible array of new technologies — from bioengineering computer software to CT scans — along with new discoveries and new ideas to investigate and reinterpret many of the most persistent and puzzling mysteries of dinosaurs, such as what they really looked like and how they actually moved and behaved, as well as the complex and hotly debated theories of why — or even whether — they became extinct.

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 87-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

Oct 5

Meet the Animals Drop-In

October 5 @ 3:30 pm

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Oct 12

Meet the Animals Drop-In

October 12 @ 3:30 pm

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Oct 19

Meet the Animals Drop-In

October 19 @ 3:30 pm

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Oct 26

Meet the Animals Drop-In

October 26 @ 3:30 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.