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SM&NC Sunday Farm Market
SM&NC Sunday Farm Market
The SM&NC Sunday Farm Market is back! The SM&NC Sunday Farm Market is back and better than ever – and as always, admission to come shop is free! 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…
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Nights Out: Cidering & Hard Cider Tasting
Nights Out: Cidering & Hard Cider Tasting
Enjoy an evening celebrating the apple. Come try your hand at making your own fresh cider in our Cidery, and sample local hard ciders from in and around the state of Connecticut. We'll add to your already-ample apple-appreciation adventure with tasty food pairings and classic apple favorites, like apple pie. Adults 21+ only. Members: $40…
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Vacation Drop-Off Day: Fall on the Farm-FULL
Vacation Drop-Off Day: Fall on the Farm-FULL
Vacation Drop-Off Day: Fall on the Farm Thursday, October 3 Ages 5 – 9 9:30 am – noon Limited to 12 children Join us to harvest some veggies in the garden, make a snack for the pigs, visit with the goats, and see what else is happening around Heckscher Farm! Meets at Heckscher Barn. Must…
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Vacation Drop-Off Day: Wildlife Wonders
Vacation Drop-Off Day: Wildlife Wonders
Vacation Drop-Off Day: Wildlife Wonders Friday, October 4 Ages 5 – 9 9:30 am – noon Limited to 12 children Discover what types of wildlife call our forest home! We’ll search for some animal signs, meet some of our native teaching animals, and play some games in the forest. Meets at Heckscher Barn. Must be…
Amazing Apples
Amazing Apples
Join us for an afternoon spent celebrating our local apples! Try some different types of apples to see which you like best, create some apple crafts, and make your own unpasteurized apple cider to take home! Families will rotate through different stations and work together as a group for a chance to try everything! Limited…
Exhibition Opening Reception “Dinosaur Discoveries: Ancient Fossils, New Ideas”
Exhibition Opening Reception “Dinosaur Discoveries: Ancient Fossils, New Ideas”
Please join us for Opening Day of Dinosaur Discoveries: Ancient Fossils, New Ideas on Friday, October 4, 2024 in our Bendel Mansion Museum Galleries. Two free sessions between 3:00 - 7:00 pm, each with 200 guest capacity. Space is limited, secure your RSVP today. Visit our exhibition webpage to learn more and RSVP to attend.…
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Meet the Animals Drop-In
Meet the Animals Drop-In
Drop-in Saturdays this Fall! Join us every Saturday to meet a few of our exotic or farm animals up close and in person! Our animal ambassadors will vary from week to week. Meets at the Bendel Mansion. Saturdays, October 5 – December 21 3:30 – 3:50 pm Members: FREE Non-Members: FREE w/Admission
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SM&NC Sunday Farm Market
SM&NC Sunday Farm Market
The SM&NC Sunday Farm Market is back! The SM&NC Sunday Farm Market is back and better than ever – and as always, admission to come shop is free! 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…
Spring on the Farm Family Fest Sunday
Spring on the Farm Family Fest Sunday
Join us for our annual Fall Family Fest Sundays! 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! Each Sunday we’ll open our site at 10 am with added attractions, enhanced programming, fun seasonal offerings, and free giveaways…
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Animals for All: Caring for Critters
Animals for All: Caring for Critters
Monday, October 7 3:30 — 4:15 pm Ages 5+ This program provides an opportunity for hands-on work with our animals on Heckscher Farm for students with disabilities for whom our Junior Curator program environment may not be as successful. The small group size allows for a great experience at each participant’s pace and comfort level.…
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Animals for All: Dinosaur Discoveries Sensory Friendly Evening
Animals for All: Dinosaur Discoveries Sensory Friendly Evening
On view in Dinosaur Discoveries: Ancient Fossils, New Ideas: Fighting or Flirting?Among the many different species of dinosaurs, we find all sorts of strange body parts. Plates of armor. Exceptionally large or oddly shaped heads. Bony plates sticking out of the back—and bony horns sticking out of the front. Discover what researchers are thinking about…
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Meet the Animals Drop-In
Meet the Animals Drop-In
Drop-in Saturdays this Fall! Join us every Saturday to meet a few of our exotic or farm animals up close and in person! Our animal ambassadors will vary from week to week. Meets at the Bendel Mansion. Saturdays, October 5 – December 21 3:30 – 3:50 pm Members: FREE Non-Members: FREE w/Admission
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SM&NC Sunday Farm Market
SM&NC Sunday Farm Market
The SM&NC Sunday Farm Market is back! The SM&NC Sunday Farm Market is back and better than ever – and as always, admission to come shop is free! 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…
Spring on the Farm Family Fest Sunday
Spring on the Farm Family Fest Sunday
Join us for our annual Fall Family Fest Sundays! 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! Each Sunday we’ll open our site at 10 am with added attractions, enhanced programming, fun seasonal offerings, and free giveaways…
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Vacation Drop-Off Day: Dino Discovery-FULL
Vacation Drop-Off Day: Dino Discovery-FULL
On view in Dinosaur Discoveries: Ancient Fossils, New Ideas: Protoceratops skullThis model shows a skeleton Protoceratops, a dinosaur discovered in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert, which sported a tough beak and a bony frill. © AMNH Vacation Drop-Off Day: Dino Discovery Monday, October 14 Ages 5 – 9 9:30 am – noon Limited to 12 children We’ll…
Vacation Break-Out Day: Modern Day Dinos — The Birds!
Vacation Break-Out Day: Modern Day Dinos — The Birds!
Photo by Belinda Sheets, SM&NC Member Drop in for a fun day celebrating our modern-day dinosaurs — the birds! Meet our chickens and ducks, create bird-themed crafts, go on a bird scavenger hunt, and visit our hawkwatch station on the meadow. At 2:30 pm, taste one of our most beloved Farm Market products, Arethusa ice…
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Fall Birding at Scofieldtown Park
Fall Birding at Scofieldtown Park
Join our Visitors Services Manager and expert birder Brian O’Toole on a fall walk to explore this great local birding area. Quality meadow habitats are declining in our area, so the Park's great meadows attract species that can be harder to find elsewhere in Stamford. We’ll hopefully catch some migrating raptors overhead, look for fall…
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Trick or Treat on Heckscher Farm
Trick or Treat on Heckscher Farm
A Members Only Event Registration opens: 10/1 at 9 am online for Director’s Circle, Family Premium & Family Plus Members 10/3 at 9 am online for Family Level Members $22/child 10 Sessions between October 18-30 Ages 2-10 Join us on the Farm for a Members-Only Fall Favorite! Take a Halloween trip around Heckscher Farm! Check…
Trick or Treat on Heckscher Farm
Trick or Treat on Heckscher Farm
A Members Only Event Registration opens: 10/1 at 9 am online for Director’s Circle, Family Premium & Family Plus Members 10/3 at 9 am online for Family Level Members $22/child 10 Sessions between October 18-30 Ages 2-10 Join us on the Farm for a Members-Only Fall Favorite! Take a Halloween trip around Heckscher Farm! Check…
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Trick or Treat on Heckscher Farm
Trick or Treat on Heckscher Farm
A Members Only Event Registration opens: 10/1 at 9 am online for Director’s Circle, Family Premium & Family Plus Members 10/3 at 9 am online for Family Level Members $22/child 10 Sessions between October 18-30 Ages 2-10 Join us on the Farm for a Members-Only Fall Favorite! Take a Halloween trip around Heckscher Farm! Check…
Trick or Treat on Heckscher Farm
Trick or Treat on Heckscher Farm
A Members Only Event Registration opens: 10/1 at 9 am online for Director’s Circle, Family Premium & Family Plus Members 10/3 at 9 am online for Family Level Members $22/child 10 Sessions between October 18-30 Ages 2-10 Join us on the Farm for a Members-Only Fall Favorite! Take a Halloween trip around Heckscher Farm! Check…
Meet the Animals Drop-In
Meet the Animals Drop-In
Drop-in Saturdays this Fall! Join us every Saturday to meet a few of our exotic or farm animals up close and in person! Our animal ambassadors will vary from week to week. Meets at the Bendel Mansion. Saturdays, October 5 – December 21 3:30 – 3:50 pm Members: FREE Non-Members: FREE w/Admission
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SM&NC Sunday Farm Market
SM&NC Sunday Farm Market
The SM&NC Sunday Farm Market is back! The SM&NC Sunday Farm Market is back and better than ever – and as always, admission to come shop is free! 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…
Spring on the Farm Family Fest Sunday
Spring on the Farm Family Fest Sunday
Join us for our annual Fall Family Fest Sundays! 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! Each Sunday we’ll open our site at 10 am with added attractions, enhanced programming, fun seasonal offerings, and free giveaways…
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“Henri Bendel and the Worlds He Fashioned”
Book Launch & Author Talk with Tim Allis
“Henri Bendel and the Worlds He Fashioned”
Book Launch & Author Talk with Tim Allis
Henri Bendel and the Worlds He Fashioned Author Talk and book launch with Tim Allis, including conversation with CT State Historian Andy Horowitz Come hear the story of the man behind the vision and design of our beloved Bendel Mansion as author Tim Allis discusses his brand-new book, Henri Bendel and the Worlds He Fashioned.…
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Trick or Treat on Heckscher Farm
Trick or Treat on Heckscher Farm
A Members Only Event Registration opens: 10/1 at 9 am online for Director’s Circle, Family Premium & Family Plus Members 10/3 at 9 am online for Family Level Members $22/child 10 Sessions between October 18-30 Ages 2-10 Join us on the Farm for a Members-Only Fall Favorite! Take a Halloween trip around Heckscher Farm! Check…
Trick or Treat on Heckscher Farm
Trick or Treat on Heckscher Farm
A Members Only Event Registration opens: 10/1 at 9 am online for Director’s Circle, Family Premium & Family Plus Members 10/3 at 9 am online for Family Level Members $22/child 10 Sessions between October 18-30 Ages 2-10 Join us on the Farm for a Members-Only Fall Favorite! Take a Halloween trip around Heckscher Farm! Check…
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Trick or Treat on Heckscher Farm
Trick or Treat on Heckscher Farm
A Members Only Event Registration opens: 10/1 at 9 am online for Director’s Circle, Family Premium & Family Plus Members 10/3 at 9 am online for Family Level Members $22/child 10 Sessions between October 18-30 Ages 2-10 Join us on the Farm for a Members-Only Fall Favorite! Take a Halloween trip around Heckscher Farm! Check…
Trick or Treat on Heckscher Farm
Trick or Treat on Heckscher Farm
A Members Only Event Registration opens: 10/1 at 9 am online for Director’s Circle, Family Premium & Family Plus Members 10/3 at 9 am online for Family Level Members $22/child 10 Sessions between October 18-30 Ages 2-10 Join us on the Farm for a Members-Only Fall Favorite! Take a Halloween trip around Heckscher Farm! Check…
Meet the Animals Drop-In
Meet the Animals Drop-In
Drop-in Saturdays this Fall! Join us every Saturday to meet a few of our exotic or farm animals up close and in person! Our animal ambassadors will vary from week to week. Meets at the Bendel Mansion. Saturdays, October 5 – December 21 3:30 – 3:50 pm Members: FREE Non-Members: FREE w/Admission
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SM&NC Sunday Farm Market
SM&NC Sunday Farm Market
The SM&NC Sunday Farm Market is back! The SM&NC Sunday Farm Market is back and better than ever – and as always, admission to come shop is free! 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…
Trick-or-Treat at the Market
Trick-or-Treat at the Market
Come Trick or Treat at the Market! Visit our vendors for treats, while supplies last. At the Sunday Farm Market in our North Parking Lot. No ticket needed. Sunday, October 27 11 am – 2 pm FREE Market Admission for Everyone! No registration necessary. MORE ABOUT OUR SUNDAY FARM MARKET
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Nights Out: Fieldwork & New Findings in Dinosaur Science
Nights Out: Fieldwork & New Findings in Dinosaur Science
Paleobiologist Dr. Aki Watanabe of the American Museum of Natural History and New York Institute of Technology will bring you inside "a day in the life" of a 21st century paleontologist. While Dr. Watanabe's work focuses on how the “intelligent” brains of modern birds evolved from their dinosaur ancestors, his talk will highlight many types…
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Trick or Treat on Heckscher Farm
Trick or Treat on Heckscher Farm
A Members Only Event Registration opens: 10/1 at 9 am online for Director’s Circle, Family Premium & Family Plus Members 10/3 at 9 am online for Family Level Members $22/child 10 Sessions between October 18-30 Ages 2-10 Join us on the Farm for a Members-Only Fall Favorite! Take a Halloween trip around Heckscher Farm! Check…
Wonder Art Fall II
Wonder Art Fall II
Ages 18 month – 2+ (with caregiver) Wednesdays, October 30 – November 13 or Thursdays, October 31 – November 14 9:30 – 10:15 am or 10:30 – 11:15 am As we move into fall and towards winter, let’s see what’s going on in the natural world! We’ll explore fall pumpkins and squash and see how…
Wonder Art Fall II
Wonder Art Fall II
Ages 18 month – 2+ (with caregiver) Wednesdays, October 30 – November 13 or Thursdays, October 31 – November 14 9:30 – 10:15 am or 10:30 – 11:15 am As we move into fall and towards winter, let’s see what’s going on in the natural world! We’ll explore fall pumpkins and squash and see how…
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Wonder Art Fall II
Wonder Art Fall II
Ages 18 month – 2+ (with caregiver) Wednesdays, October 30 – November 13 or Thursdays, October 31 – November 14 9:30 – 10:15 am or 10:30 – 11:15 am As we move into fall and towards winter, let’s see what’s going on in the natural world! We’ll explore fall pumpkins and squash and see how…
Wonder Art Fall II
Wonder Art Fall II
Ages 18 month – 2+ (with caregiver) Wednesdays, October 30 – November 13 or Thursdays, October 31 – November 14 9:30 – 10:15 am or 10:30 – 11:15 am As we move into fall and towards winter, let’s see what’s going on in the natural world! We’ll explore fall pumpkins and squash and see how…
1 event,
Meet the Animals Drop-In
Meet the Animals Drop-In
Drop-in Saturdays this Fall! Join us every Saturday to meet a few of our exotic or farm animals up close and in person! Our animal ambassadors will vary from week to week. Meets at the Bendel Mansion. Saturdays, October 5 – December 21 3:30 – 3:50 pm Members: FREE Non-Members: FREE w/Admission
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