The Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine is proud to present Flying Colors: Benefit Art Auction, an in-person and online auction celebrating the incredible talent of local Maine artists while raising funds for CMTM’s Community Fund. Host Committee tickets on sale 2.1.24. General Admission tickets on sale 3.1.24.
DINO Egg Hunt at the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine - three mornings to hunt and seek mama dinos' eggs! Friday, March 29 - Sunday, March 31, 2024 | 9 am to 10 am each morning.
SOLD OUT - DINO Egg Hunt at the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine - three mornings to hunt and seek mama dinos' eggs! Friday, March 29 - Sunday, March 31, 2024 | 9 am to 10 am each morning.
DINO Egg Hunt at the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine - three mornings to hunt and seek mama dinos' eggs! Friday, March 29 - Sunday, March 31, 2024 | 9 am to 10 am each morning.
Celebrate Big Night with CMTM! Every spring in the land we now call Maine, hundreds of thousands of amphibians awaken to leave their underground homes in the pouring rain to make the journey to vernal pools, known as Big Night. Visit CMTM for a special weekend of programming focused on our local ecosystem. Each day highlights a variety of educational, hands-on activities in addition to exploring the exhibits. For a complete list of activities, visit kitetails.org/big-night
Celebrate Big Night with CMTM! Every spring in the land we now call Maine, hundreds of thousands of amphibians awaken to leave their underground homes in the pouring rain to make the journey to vernal pools, known as Big Night. Visit CMTM for a special weekend of programming focused on our local ecosystem. Each day highlights a variety of educational, hands-on activities in addition to exploring the exhibits. For a complete list of activities, visit kitetails.org/big-night
Celebrate Big Night with CMTM! Every spring in the land we now call Maine, hundreds of thousands of amphibians awaken to leave their underground homes in the pouring rain to make the journey to vernal pools, known as Big Night. Visit CMTM for a special weekend of programming focused on our local ecosystem. Each day highlights a variety of educational, hands-on activities in addition to exploring the exhibits. For a complete list of activities, visit kitetails.org/big-night
Celebrate Big Night with CMTM! Every spring in the land we now call Maine, hundreds of thousands of amphibians awaken to leave their underground homes in the pouring rain to make the journey to vernal pools, known as Big Night. Visit CMTM for a special weekend of programming focused on our local ecosystem. Each day highlights a variety of educational, hands-on activities in addition to exploring the exhibits. For a complete list of activities, visit kitetails.org/big-night
Members are invited to celebrate Love Day at the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine on February 12 from 10 am to 1 pm for a play session filled with LOVE-themed activities!
Experience a day filled with L-O-V-E at our community-wide Love Weekend. Join CMTM for a variety of special events happening throughout the building.
Experience a day filled with L-O-V-E at our community-wide Love Weekend. Join CMTM for a variety of special events happening throughout the building.
CMTM has made the difficult decision to cancel Play Your Way: Sensory Trick or Treat.
CMTM has made the heartfelt and difficult decision to cancel After Dark: Halloween.
Join us for a special playtime for anyone who would benefit from a quieter, low-key play session at the Museum & Theatre.
A Mama Dinosaur left her eggs throughout the Museum & Theatre; we need help collecting them! Children are invited to search for colorful dino eggs and try their luck at the golden dino egg challenge. During the event, visitors are invited to stop by the Makerspace to create a dinosaur-themed craft, explore fossils, and have a tasty snack to finish the celebration.
A Mama Dinosaur left her eggs throughout the Museum & Theatre; we need help collecting them! Children are invited to search for colorful dino eggs and try their luck at the golden dino egg challenge. During the event, visitors are invited to stop by the Makerspace to create a dinosaur-themed craft, explore fossils, and have a tasty snack to finish the celebration.
A Mama Dinosaur left her eggs throughout the Museum & Theatre; we need help collecting them! Children are invited to search for colorful dino eggs and try their luck at the golden dino egg challenge. During the event, visitors are invited to stop by the Makerspace to create a dinosaur-themed craft, explore fossils, and have a tasty snack to finish the celebration.
Join CMTM for special events throughout the building to celebrate all things, LOVE!
Celebrate the New Year with a special indoor seaside celebration! Meet real sea creatures like sea stars and anemones, create a sea star wand in the MakerSpace, show us your best dance moves as we dance to summertime hits, and more.
Then, Countdown to 2023 at 10 am, 11 am, and noon with a special Sea Star Drop in Maddy’s Theatre.
This is a block-out date for CMTM members. Members receive a 10% discount. For more information about block-out dates, visit our membership page.
There are days every year that are particularly popular with our entire community. In order to ensure that all visitors have a chance to visit on these special days and acknowledge that members often have increased flexibility on other dates, we block out these times as ‘member block-out dates. On these special dates, members are welcome to attend but will receive a 10% discount instead of their normal free admission.
Please consider bringing a non-perishable food donation to the celebration. This winter, CMTM is partnering with Wayside Food Programs and HP Hood to bring nutritional food to Maine families.
Scholarship and All Access or Celebration Pass members can contact the Front Desk at 207-828-1234 or boxoffice@kitetails.org in advance of the date to reserve their complimentary tickets, pending availability.
Welcome the darkest time of year and celebrate the return of the light with a special lantern walk.
Create a simple, colorful lantern, then make your way through CMTM's outdoor labyrinth.
This celebration is Free With Admission for visits from 1 pm to 4 pm and 2 pm to 4 pm.
Welcome the darkest time of year and celebrate the return of the light with a special lantern walk.
Create a simple, colorful lantern, then make your way through CMTM's outdoor labyrinth.
This celebration is Free With Admission for visits from 1 pm to 4 pm and 2 pm to 4 pm.
Dinosaur Day
Discover the prehistoric world during this special celebration!
Explore the prehistoric world during this special celebration designed for ages 0-5 and their caregivers.
Explore prehistoric creatures during a fossil exploration time, create a dinosaur craft in the MakerSpace, help tell an interactive dinosaur story, and more.
Dinosaur-themed activities will repeat throughout the morning.
Free for museum members.
Stop by for one or stay for the whole celebration. Not a member? Join today! https://www.kitetails.org/membership
Plan your visit below.
Dinosaur Day
Discover the prehistoric world during this special celebration!
Discover the prehistoric world during this special celebration designed for ages 2-9 and their caregivers. Explore prehistoric creatures during fossil time, create a dinosaur craft in the MakerSpace, help tell an interactive dinosaur story, and more.
Dinosaur-themed activities will be repeated throughout the day.
Free With Admission for museum visit sessions and free for museum members.
Reservations are highly recommended. Plan your visit below.
Reserve your tickets today to join our Halloween celebration.
Visitors can expect festive, hands-on Halloween activities, including Skulls & Bones exploration, Halloween-themed Makerspace projects, and a lighted Labyrinth walk.
You might even find a Jack O’Lantern in an aquarium tank! All activities included in museum visit admission & free for members (excludes Nature’s Night Shift: Nocturnal Animal Show).
Halloween activities are designed for ages 2-9, but you know your child best, and all ages are welcome to attend.
Plan your Museum Visit and Reserve Tickets at:
https://www.kitetails.org/plan-your-visit
Please note: This event does not include trick or treating
In honor of Halloween weekend, The Center for Wildlife will present Nature's Nightshift: Nocturnal Animals. Meet nocturnal animals and learn from Center for Wildlife educators during this fun and educational show. Tickets are $8 per person for anyone aged 18 months and older. Members receive a 10% discount.
Ticket does not include a museum visit. For museum visit reservations, visit: PLAN YOUR VISIT
Reserve your tickets today to join our Halloween celebration.
Visitors can expect festive, hands-on Halloween activities, including Skulls & Bones exploration, Halloween-themed Makerspace projects, and a lighted Labyrinth walk.
You might even find a Jack O’Lantern in an aquarium tank! All activities included in museum visit admission & free for members (excludes Nature’s Night Shift: Nocturnal Animal Show).
Halloween activities are designed for ages 2-9, but you know your child best, and all ages are welcome to attend.
Plan your Museum Visit and Reserve Tickets at:
https://www.kitetails.org/plan-your-visit
Please note: This event does not include trick or treating
