BEAT CABIN FEVER WITH THE KIDS @ MORRIS MUSEUM

Morris Museum Holiday Week

Family Festival, Model Trains and Children’s Programs

WHEN: Monday, Dec. 27 through Friday, Dec. 31
WHERE: The Morris Museum, 6 Normandy Heights Road (at the corner of Columbia Turnpike) in Morristown

Winter Wonderland Family Festival
Monday, December 27, 11 AM – 4 PM
COST: $10/adult, $7/child
Drop in anytime for holiday craft activities. See two special holiday exhibitions :

• Model Trains: Children and families are sure to be delighted by the Tri-State Railway Historical Society’s 30 foot long model train display, which will be running in the Main Gallery from Dec. 13, 2010 – Jan. 3, 2011. A member of the Society will be on hand every day to answer your questions about trains and railroad history. For additional model train fun, museum visitors can enjoy the Morris Museum’s permanent model railroad exhibition.
• Home for the Holidays, on view from Dec. 18, 2010 – Jan. 3, 2011: a holiday-themed exhibition of dollhouses, nutcrackers, and holiday cards from the Morris Museum collection and private lenders.

Michael DuBois, Acclaimed Circus Performer
Tuesday, December 28, Performances at 12:30 & 2:30 PM
TICKETS: $10
Box Office 973.971.3706 or www.bickfordtheatre.org
Michael DuBois will perform amazing circus stunts, involving the audience in everything from juggling seven balls to mind-reading and unicycling.

Art in Motion with In Motion Dance Company of Chester, NJ.
Wednesday, December 29, 12 & 2 PM
$5/child plus museum admission ($10 adult/$7/child)
Enjoy a performance by In Motion, and then come on stage to move, shake and dance with company dancers. Space is limited. Pre registration is not required. For more information, please call 973.971.3718.

Holiday Craft Activities
Pre-registration is not required. For more information, call 973.971.3718

Make a Dapper Penguin Finger Puppet
Thursday, December 30, 12 – 2 PM
$5/child plus museum admission ($10 adult/$7/child)

Create a Sparkling New Year’s Eve Ball Decoration
Friday, December 31, 12 – 2 PM
$5/child plus museum admission ($10 adult/$7/child)
Admission to the museum is $10 for adults and $7 for children, students and senior citizens. Admission is free for museum members and is free to the public every Thursday between 5 and 8 p.m. The museum will be closed December 24, 25 & 26, 2010 and January 1, 2011. For more information, call 973.971.3700, or visit www.morrismuseum.org.
About the Morris MuseumThe Morris Museum explores and celebrates the arts, sciences and humanities through exhibitions, educational programs, performing arts and special events. Founded in 1913, the museum serves over 200,000 adults and children each year.  These programs are made possible, in part, by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.