Events Calendar

Collectors from our My Collections exhibition series are back! This family-friendly, fair-style event encourages self-exploration throughout all galleries and celebrates collecting through community, storytelling, and appreciation. Guests get to interact with collectors/collections, participate in special activities, observe special demonstrations, and gather stamps and prizes along the way.

Start in Iowa Hall (where Rusty the Giant Sloth lives...) to locate the Museum Welcome and Wayfinding Table. Staff will fill you in on all you need to know and give you your own guide to find the collector tables scattered throughout the museum. Explore, interact, collect stamps, and return to where you started for a prize!

Full list of participating collectors:

• Kendall Family PEZ Collection by Bryan and Erin Kendall
• Adventure Rocks! by Laura, Elliot, and Grant Sievert (don't miss the special geode cracking demonstrations outside at 1 & 2 p.m.!)
• A Serving of Butter Pats by Elizabeth Riordan
• A "Clucktion" of Vintage Chickens by Sara Pinkham
• British Royal Memorabilia: A Focus on the Reign of Queen Elizabeth the II Memorabilia by Kevin Bebout
• 3-D Toys and Technologies by Cory K. Creekmur
• If You Build It... by Jesse and Rachel Wallace (Look for the interactive Lego building table!)
• Salt and Pepper: Looking at Love & Familial History by Kyle Agnew
• Let It Snow by Emily Martin
• STAMPS! (but the fun kind) by Micah Casey and Blake Stephenson (done miss the special stamp demonstrations!)
• Bobblemania: Baseball & Beyond by Don McLeese