Adult Programs

Workshop: Keeping A Nature Journal
Sunday, June 8, from noon to 4 p.m.

Join Nancy Lowe, an experienced nature illustrator, naturalist and teacher, to learn drawing and journaling techniques, and about the local flora and fauna of the forest surrounding Fernbank Museum. A portion of the workshop will be held outside (weather permitting). A list of suggested materials to bring to class will be provided upon registration.

Cost: Members: $25; non-members: $35. Registration and payment deadline is January 4. Space is limited. To register, call 404.929.6379 or e-mail programs@fernbank.edu.


Headdress
Wedding Headdress; Minangkabau people; Sumatra, Indonesia; Mid-20th Century. © Dan Schultz.

Reflections of Culture: Cultural Diversity
and Object-Based Learning

JUST FOR EDUCATORS

June 10-11, 2008, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. - FULL
Learn More and Earn PLUs this Summer!

Discover a new approach to engaging your students in the study of culture in Fernbank's Reflections of Culture: Cultural Diversity and Object-Based Learning educator course. Learn about the many ways objects, including items of personal adornment, can communicate cultural information. You'll leave this two-day course with resources and activities for your classroom and PLU credit.

Information: This program is currently full. To be placed on a waiting list, please contact us at programs@fernbank.edu.


Lost Oasis 2008: Tango on the Tundra
Saturday, June 14 from 8 p.m. to midnight

Enjoy live music by Limelight, cuisine from Proof of the Pudding, an open bar featuring Tango-tinis and Cha-Cha Chills, and a festive silent auction and prize drawing. All proceeds benefit BONES for Kids (Building on Experiences in Science).

Learn more.


Martinis & IMAX®
Photograph by Michelle Lapid/Lapid Photography

Martinis & IMAX®
presented by Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.

Fridays, 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. (January–November)

Start your weekend in style! Enjoy cool cocktails, stunning films, live music and creative cuisine beneath the world’s largest dinosaurs Fridays from 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. This one-of-a-kind Friday night experience is available exclusively at Fernbank Museum’s Martinis & IMAX®. Learn more!

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Public Archaeology Program

Discover Georgia’s hidden history and help explore the impact of Spanish colonization in this special hands-on program. Don’t miss this extraordinary opportunity to gain experience in the methods of archaeology, while helping professional archaeologists in a search for new evidence of Spanish exploration and a lost mission. Learn more!