Junior Docent Academy

Are you looking for something fun to do this summer that involves history and interacting with others? We have the perfect opportunity for you!  Our two day Junior Docent Academy will enhance your communication skills while you share our rich history and exquisite site with visitors.  Upon successful completion, you will become a Junior Docent…

2019 Speaker Series: The Common Cause

THE COMMON CAUSE: Creating Race and Nation in the American Revolution Robert Parkinson - Historian, Author, Associate Professor Parkinson’s book reflects on how the patriots generated and managed colonial outrage toward the British inorder to mobilize support for war by appealing to colonial racial prejudices. Using rhetoric like "domestic insur-rectionists" and "merciless savages," the founding…

Family Friendly Friday

Family friendly educational activities . Check in at the Visitor Center. All activities are rain or shine. Bring a picnic lunch! Special activity: Make Your Own Clay Daily: $5 per adult and ages 6 and up.  Buy a Family Friday Pass for $45.  Or Purchase a $65 Family Membership and bring your family to Sotterley all…

Family Friendly Friday

Family friendly educational activities . Check in at the Visitor Center. All activities are rain or shine. Bring a picnic lunch! Special activity: What Makes It Go?  Make paper airplanes and rubber band cars Daily: $5 per adult and ages 6 and up.  Buy a Family Friday Pass for $45.  Or Purchase a $65 Family…

Family Friendly Friday

Family friendly educational activities . Check in at the Visitor Center. All activities are rain or shine. Bring a picnic lunch! Special activity: What Makes It Bounce?  Make a ball. Daily: $5 per adult and ages 6 and up.  Buy a Family Friday Pass for $45.  Or Purchase a $65 Family Membership and bring your…

Teachers & Museum Professionals Workshop

"Incorporating History that Leads to Equity".  Students are never too young or too old to learn perspective, compassion, and empathy.  Discover through true stories how to help your students learn the art of seeing through another's eyes.  Resources provided and create your own. $30.00 Pre-K thru 12th grade public and private school teachers $40.00 All…

Teachers & Museum Professionals Workshop

"Incorporating History that Leads to Equity".  Students are never too young or too old to learn perspective, compassion, and empathy.  Discover through true stories how to help your students learn the art of seeing through another's eyes.  Resources provided and create your own. $30.00 Pre-K thru 12th grade public and private school teachers $40.00 All…

Family Friendly Friday

Family friendly educational activities . Check in at the Visitor Center. All activities are rain or shine. Bring a picnic lunch! Special activity: What Makes It Float?  Build a boat. Daily: $5 per adult and ages 6 and up.  Buy a Family Friday Pass for $45.  Or Purchase a $65 Family Membership and bring your…

Butterfly Week

Family friendly educational activities all week, changing daily. Check in at the Visitor Center. All activities are rain or shine. Bring a picnic lunch! Become a Citizen Scientist during Butterfly Week! Count Sotterley's caterpillars and butterflies.  Read stories about amazing and resilient caterpillars, moths and other insects; see and observe caterpillars and butterflies up close. …

Butterfly Week

Family friendly educational activities all week, changing daily. Check in at the Visitor Center. All activities are rain or shine. Bring a picnic lunch! Become a Citizen Scientist during Butterfly Week! Count Sotterley's caterpillars and butterflies.  Read stories about amazing and resilient caterpillars, moths and other insects; see and observe caterpillars and butterflies up close. …

Butterfly Week

Family friendly educational activities all week, changing daily. Check in at the Visitor Center. All activities are rain or shine. Bring a picnic lunch! Become a Citizen Scientist during Butterfly Week! Count Sotterley's caterpillars and butterflies.  Read stories about amazing and resilient caterpillars, moths and other insects; see and observe caterpillars and butterflies up close. …

Butterfly Week

Family friendly educational activities all week, changing daily. Check in at the Visitor Center. All activities are rain or shine. Bring a picnic lunch! Become a Citizen Scientist during Butterfly Week! Count Sotterley's caterpillars and butterflies.  Read stories about amazing and resilient caterpillars, moths and other insects; see and observe caterpillars and butterflies up close. …