Upcoming Programs and Events

All programs are held at Packwood House Museum unless otherwise noted. Events marked with * require fees. Please contact the Museum at 570-524-0323 with questions.

Tue - Jun 25 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM		Summer Kids' Program - The Great Renaldo Come one, come all! Step right up and see the show! The Great Renaldo will wow you with his 1950s-style magic show. Open to all ages, with some audience participation. All of Packwood House Museum's Summer Kids' Programs are free, but space is limited and the museum requests that parents pre-register their children by calling the museum at 570-524-0323. Funding for the programs has been provided by a grant from the Woodcock Foundation for the Appreciation of the Arts. All supplies will be provided.
Tue - Jul 02 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM		Summer Kids' Program - Painting Workshop at Top Floor Studio This workshop will be held at Top Floor Studio, 434 Market Street, Lewisburg During this session for kids ages 6 and up, Jim Reid, local artist and owner of Top Floor Studio, will present a Painting for Kids workshop in his studio. There is a limit of 14 students. All of Packwood House Museum's Summer Kids' Programs are free, but space is limited and the museum requests that parents pre-register their children by calling the museum at 570-524-0323. Funding for the programs has been provided by a grant from the Woodcock Foundation for the Appreciation of the Arts. All supplies will be provided.
Tue - Jul 09 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM		Summer Kids' Program - Pebble Pots (Clay Workshop) Mary Jo Tavares, YMCA Arts Center Director, will lead the children in a pottery workshop. The students will work in clay, producing a hand-built bowl of their own design. Each bowl will be fired and glazed at the Arts Center in Sunbury, then returned to the students at a later date. Ages 8 and up are welcome. Limit 12 students. All of Packwood House Museum's Summer Kids' Programs are free, but space is limited and the museum requests that parents pre-register their children by calling the museum at 570-524-0323. Funding for the programs has been provided by a grant from the Woodcock Foundation for the Appreciation of the Arts. All supplies will be provided.
Tue - Jul 16 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM		Summer Kids' Program - Nature Sketchbooks (Colored Pencil Drawing) Barb Baker, a YMCA Arts Center Instructor and colored pencil artist, will help the children create a sketchbook by observing objects in nature and drawing them using colored pencil techniques…her specialty!  Ages 8-11 are welcome. Limit 10 students. All of Packwood House Museum's Summer Kids' Programs are free, but space is limited and the museum requests that parents pre-register their children by calling the museum at 570-524-0323. Funding for the programs has been provided by a grant from the Woodcock Foundation for the Appreciation of the Arts. All supplies will be provided.
Tue - Jul 23 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM		Summer Kids' Program More details to be announced. All of Packwood House Museum's Summer Kids' Programs are free, but space is limited and the museum requests that parents pre-register their children by calling the museum at 570-524-0323. Funding for the programs has been provided by a grant from the Woodcock Foundation for the Appreciation of the Arts. All supplies will be provided.
Tue - Jul 30 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM		Summer Kids' Program - Painting Workshop at Top Floor Studio This workshop will be held at Top Floor Studio, 434 Market Street, Lewisburg During this session for kids ages 6 and up, Jim Reid, local artist and owner of Top Floor Studio, will present a Painting for Kids workshop in his studio. There is a limit of 14 students. All of Packwood House Museum's Summer Kids' Programs are free, but space is limited and the museum requests that parents pre-register their children by calling the museum at 570-524-0323. Funding for the programs has been provided by a grant from the Woodcock Foundation for the Appreciation of the Arts. All supplies will be provided.
Tue - Aug 06 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM		Summer Kids' Program - Paper People Collage Mary Jo Tavares, YMCA Arts Center Director, will bring oodles of papers and trims, guaranteed to stretch a child’s imagination, as they create paper people of all shapes and sizes, colors and textures. Paper and glue, feathers and markers and jewels abound….oh my! Ages 6-11 are welcome. Limit 12 students. All of Packwood House Museum's Summer Kids' Programs are free, but space is limited and the museum requests that parents pre-register their children by calling the museum at 570-524-0323. Funding for the programs has been provided by a grant from the Woodcock Foundation for the Appreciation of the Arts. All supplies will be provided.
Tue - Aug 13 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM		Summer Kids' Program - Drum Circle Nationally-known drummer Steve Mitchell will teach some basic drumming techniques for kids age 6 and up. Limit of 15 students. All of Packwood House Museum's Summer Kids' Programs are free, but space is limited and the museum requests that parents pre-register their children by calling the museum at 570-524-0323. Funding for the programs has been provided by a grant from the Woodcock Foundation for the Appreciation of the Arts. All supplies will be provided.

Summer Kids' Programs

Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m. to noon
June 18 - August 13

Packwood House Museum is pleased to announce its 2013 Summer Programs for Kids. Each session will be held 10:30 a.m. until noon on Tuesday mornings from June 18th through August 13th at the museum’s Tour Center, located at 15 North Water Street in Lewisburg, unless otherwise noted. All programs are free, but space is limited and the museum requests that parents pre-register their children by calling the museum at 570-524-0323. Funding for the programs has been provided by a grant from the Woodcock Foundation for the Appreciation of the Arts. All supplies will be provided.

June 18, Folktales, with Fiona Powell
Welsh-born Fiona Powell, dressed as a weaver, will delight kids of all ages with folk tales from around the world as she spins at her wheel. Weather permitting, the program will be held in Soldiers Park (across the street from the Tour Center). Open to all ages.

June 25, The Great Renaldo - Magic Show
Come one, come all! Step right up and see the show! The Great Renaldo will wow you with his 1950s-style magic show. Open to all ages, with some audience participation.

July 2, Painting Workshop at Top Floor Studio, 434 Market Street, Lewisburg
During this session for kids ages 6 and up, Jim Reid, local artist and owner of Top Floor Studio, will present a Painting for Kids workshop in his studio. There is a limit of 14 students.

July 9, Pebble Pots, with Mary Jo Tavares
Mary Jo Tavares, YMCA Arts Center Director, will lead the children in a pottery workshop. The students will work in clay, producing a hand-built bowl of their own design. Each bowl will be fired and glazed at the Arts Center in Sunbury, then returned to the students at a later date. Ages 8 and up are welcome. Limit 12 students.

July 16, Nature Sketchbooks, with Barbara Baker
Barb Baker, a YMCA Arts Center Instructor and colored pencil artist, will help the children create a sketchbook by observing objects in nature and drawing them using colored pencil techniques…her specialty! Ages 8-11 are welcome. Limit 10 students.

July 23, To be announced

July 30, Painting Workshop at Top Floor Studio, 434 Market Street, Lewisburg
During this session for kids ages 6 and up, Jim Reid, local artist and owner of Top Floor Studio, will present a Painting for Kids workshop in his studio. There is a limit of 14 students.

August 6, Paper People Collage, with Mary Jo Tavares
Mary Jo Tavares, YMCA Arts Center Director, will bring oodles of papers and trims, guaranteed to stretch a child’s imagination, as they create paper people of all shapes and sizes, colors and textures. Paper and glue, feathers and markers and jewels abound….oh my! Ages 6-11 are welcome. Limit 12 students.

August 13, Drum Circle, with Steve Mitchell
Nationally-known drummer Steve Mitchell will teach some basic drumming techniques for kids age 6 and up. Limit of 15 students.

Packwood House Museum is located at 15 North Water Street in Lewisburg. For more information about the museum and its programs, please call 570-524-0323.

Pictured: top, The Great Renaldo wows the crowd in 2012; middle, Students participate in a recent painting workshop at Top Floor Studio; bottom, Steve Mitchell leads a drum circle on Packwood's patio in 2008.