Summer Events at the Pequot Museum
Date and Time
Wednesday Aug 22, 2012
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT
Location
Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center
110 Pequot Trail
Mashantucket, CT 06338
Website
Contact Information
800-411-9671
Description
Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center
Announces Daily Summer Events on the Farmstead
Award-Winning Museum Offers Warm-Weather Inspired Events All Summer Long
As the weather heats up, the Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center has a variety of indoor and outdoor activities for the whole family to enjoy every Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday in June, July, and August. Museum-goers can enjoy a myriad of educational programs, activities, and more as they learn about Native life in the great outdoors.
Wednesdays, 1 – 4 p.m.
Net-Making, Weirs, and More
For thousands of years, Native people in southern New England have been reaping bountiful gifts from the ocean. Learn how different types of fish and shellfish were caught, eaten and used for various purposes, and learn how to make cordage, fishnets, and even a weir — a large fish trap. Free with Museum admission, free to Museum members.
Printed courtesy of www.oceanchamber.org/ – Contact the Ocean Community Chamber of Commerce for more information.
1 Chamber Way, Westerly, RI 02891 – (401) 596-7761 – info@oceanchamber.org