STRATHAM -
Make it a special day on May 5 or May 6 by visiting the Great Bay Discovery Center and at the same time stop by the annual art show. The Center is celebrating its 2012 opening season by welcoming thirty artists who will be exhibiting and selling re-imaged art and fine crafts. An exhibit of children’s art will be held in the Exhibit Room of the Discovery Center. Both the art show and the Center are free and there will also be a chance to visit the Special Collections room that opened last June.
The Center has a touch tank where you can pick up live horseshoe crabs and learn about the flounder, lobster and shellfish and other fish in the tank. There are hands-on exhibits for children and adults as well as outdoor features such as play boats, waterfront and boardwalk. It is the educational facility for the Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve and is funded by NOAA and administered by NH Fish and Game. The Center is open from May through September; Wednesdays – Sundays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and in October weekends only. The grounds are open year round from dawn to dusk.
The art show is co-hosted by the Reserve and its friends group, the Great Bay Stewards. There will be sculpture, mobiles, jewelry, wooden items, decorative pieces and much more as well as a lot of raffle items. Thirty percent of all sales will be donated to the educational programs at the Center which serve over 5000 children a year. The artists’ reception is Friday evening from 6 to 8:30 p.m. and is open to the public. The show will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
The Center is located right off Route 33 in Stratham at 89 Depot Road. For more information about the Center and its programs, art show or friends group, please check our website at www.greatbay.org or www.greatbaystewards.org or call us at 603-778-0015.
Make it a special day on May 5 or May 6 by visiting the Great Bay Discovery Center and at the same time stop by the annual art show. The Center is celebrating its 2012 opening season by welcoming thirty artists who will be exhibiting and selling re-imaged art and fine crafts. An exhibit of children’s art will be held in the Exhibit Room of the Discovery Center. Both the art show and the Center are free and there will also be a chance to visit the Special Collections room that opened last June.
The Center has a touch tank where you can pick up live horseshoe crabs and learn about the flounder, lobster and shellfish and other fish in the tank. There are hands-on exhibits for children and adults as well as outdoor features such as play boats, waterfront and boardwalk. It is the educational facility for the Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve and is funded by NOAA and administered by NH Fish and Game. The Center is open from May through September; Wednesdays – Sundays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and in October weekends only. The grounds are open year round from dawn to dusk.
The art show is co-hosted by the Reserve and its friends group, the Great Bay Stewards. There will be sculpture, mobiles, jewelry, wooden items, decorative pieces and much more as well as a lot of raffle items. Thirty percent of all sales will be donated to the educational programs at the Center which serve over 5000 children a year. The artists’ reception is Friday evening from 6 to 8:30 p.m. and is open to the public. The show will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
The Center is located right off Route 33 in Stratham at 89 Depot Road. For more information about the Center and its programs, art show or friends group, please check our website at www.greatbay.org or www.greatbaystewards.org or call us at 603-778-0015.
