Mainers party just a little differently than the rest of the world on New Year’s Eve.
Instead of dropping a ball from a big building in a big city, we drop a wild blueberry from a church bell tower in Kennebunk. Instead of making everyone stay up to the stroke of midnight, we hold some New Year’s celebrations in the afternoon or early evening, so kids and early risers can get to bed on time.
Read MoreAssembled on a teal cardboard wall is a wide range of children’s artwork: doodles of multiple orange cats, crayon-drawn self-portraits, Acadia National Park depicted in markers, a drawing of a cup of boba tea. While the works vary in style and content, they come together in the mural to create a portrait of the children of the Portland area.
Read MoreFederal grant of $224,143 will help the Children's Museum and Theatre of Maine develop programs that comply with Maine law calling for African American and Wabanaki studies in public schools.
Read MoreShe was the executive who gave hugs to all her employees. The fierce advocate for family-owned businesses even after she sold her own. The generous benefactor who delighted in introducing children to the arts, especially theater.
Read MoreThere are plenty of events to choose from around Maine on Sunday to ring in 2024, from planetarium shows and family-friendly celebrations to dance parties and cocktail soirees.
The Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine in Portland is hosting a New Year’s Eve Indoor Beach Party from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. There will be beach-themed play experiences for kids and families, including creating ocean-inspired artwork, making sea star wishing wands and finger puppets.
Read MoreLight your own path, with lanterns. The Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine in Portland will host Celebrate the Solstice: Self-Guided Lantern Walk events on Thursday and Friday from 1-4 p.m. Children can create a colorful paper lantern in the museum with a light inside. Then they can walk with it through an outdoor labyrinth path, which will be lit. Admission is $16. For more information, including about discounts, go to kitetails.org/visit.
Read MoreThe city of Portland is recognizing five businesses for their contributions to the local economy.
Read MoreHalloween is almost here, and there are tons of options for getting out there, showing off your clever costume and reveling in all things spooky….Over the course of five days, the Children’s Museum and Theater of Maine is hosting a pumpkin full of Halloween events for kids and even one for the 21-plus crowd.
Read MoreOn Monday, Indigenous Peoples Day, a new exhibit opens at the Children’s Museum and Theatre of Maine to honor and educate visitors about Wabanaki art, song and way of life.
Read MoreIn its fourth year, the festival named for a book by Ashley Bryan will include events Friday though Sunday in Lewiston, Portland and Rockland.
Read MoreMariah Healy has joined the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine as director of development.
Read MoreFifteen short plays, written by children and adults, will be performed May 20 and 21 at the Thompson's Point theater – the longest-running institution of its kind in the country.
Read MoreTraditionally celebrated with adult beverages on a grown-up timeline, New Year’s Eve isn’t the calendar’s most family-friendly holiday.
So to accommodate area tots who won’t make it to midnight, the Children’s Museum and Theater of Maine on Saturday threw its annual New Year’s Eve party for young kids and their families.
Read MoreThe Children’s Museum and Theatre of Maine will not reopen at its longtime home at 142 Free St. and will focus on a spring 2021 grand opening at its new building currently under construction at Thompson’s Point in Portland. The museum and theater closed on March 13 because of the pandemic.
In partnership with the Portland Public Schools and with money from the CARES Act, the Free Street building is hosting two pods of children who alternate days with educators. This program will continue through early December. Construction of the new museum and theater at Thompson’s Point is on schedule with an opening projected for spring 2021, according to a museum press release.
Read MoreThe Portland Museum of Art’s purchase last week of the longtime home of the Children’s Museum and Theatre of Maine adds another chapter to the building’s storied history.
Read more about the history of our building at the Portland Press Herald website!
Read MoreOn Tuesday, October 15th, we sold our building to the Portland Museum of Art, allowing us to make progress on our upcoming move to Thompson’s Point, and giving the PMA room to expand! We will stay where we are (with the PMA as our new landlords) for up to 20 months while we build our new home.
Read more about the sale and the opportunities it affords both of our organizations at the Portland Press Herald!
Read MoreOur new Executive Director, Julie Butcher Pezzino, is joining us at an exciting time, as we fundraise and plan for our brand new space at Thompson’s Point! Read more at the Portland Press Herald!
Read MoreAfter a nation-wide search, the Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine welcomes Julie Butcher Pezzino as our new executive director! Read on for more details at the Portland Press Herald.
Read MoreMembers of Maine’s congressional delegation announced Wednesday that the Children's Museum has been awarded a $500,000 Brownfields Grant to clean up our new space at Thompson's Point in Portland.
Read MoreWe recently held our very first Winter Gala fundraiser, where we honored our longtime friends Pamela Plumb and Michael Bourque. It was a great night, particularly for our scholarship fund, which helps families in need to visit the museum & theatre!
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