Come create with us!
Thursdays from 5 to 8 p.m. we offer awesome activities in Fulton's Workshop. Each will have a focus or theme, but you can also come and explore the workshop if that week's activity isn't up your alley. Alternate activities include micro:bit hands-on, our new Lego Wall, cardboard construction, magnet wall challenge, wind tunnel and many more. Come on in and we'll show you around!
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Come explore hands-on STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics) projects for all ages!
We want to:
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Create a fun interactive learning environment
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Emphasizes imagination and creativity
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Make curious and thoughtful learners
Come at any point to participate.
Free for museum members | Regular admission rate for non-members
* Additional costs will always be noted
Make It! Schedule
​November 21: Marionette Puppets Marionettes are puppets with jointed limbs that are moved from above by manipulation of attached strings or wires. We’ll create simple-to-make marionettes out of paper cutouts and learn to control their movements.
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November 28: No Make It! Thursday activity tonight. Enjoy your Thanksgiving holiday!
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December 5: No Make It! Thursday activity tonight. This is a staging night for our annual Wakanda Wonderland event.
December 12: No Make It! Thursday activity tonight. Join us downtown for Menomonie's annual Winter Daze parade.
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December 19: Zipline Action Explore the science and engineering of ziplines. You'll design and test how angles, weight and friction impact speed, and observe forces of gravity while solving a problem — transporting an object from one place to another in a fast, efficient manner. Try different materials and see what zooms down a zipline the fastest!
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December 26: Dino-Rama Build a dinosaur (Triceratops, Pterosaur and/or Allosaurus) using cardboard, scissors and some engineering ingenuity. Add some color, then create a realistic setting to display your creation(s).
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January 2: Colorful Chromatograms Discover how scientists use color to study materials, and make your own colorful artwork! Chemists use paper chromatography to separate and analyze the different parts of a mixture. Explore chemistry through hands-on interaction and observation of phenomena.
January 9: Pinball Wizardry Explore machine mechanics, forces and motion and apply what you learn into a fun arcade game. Transform easy-to find materials (we have plenty to pick from) to construct a pinball machine of your own design.
January 16: Cipher Wheels Sharing secret messages with friends and family can be fun. Create a cipher wheel to write messages that only someone with a decoder can read. Make two matching wheels so you and a friend can swap messages and quickly decode them.
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January 23: Phenakistoscope Fun Make a phenakistoscope (easier to make than pronounce) that displays a continuously looping animation. These were one of the first forms of moving media entertainment that paved the way for today's motion picture industry. Similar to a GIF animation, it can only show a short continuous loop.
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January 30: Movie Magic Hollywood movies use green screen techniques to create all sorts of amazing special effects. But you don't need to be a big shot director to get the same effects yourself. With just a few simple pieces of equipment and a green screen app, we'll bring movie-style special effects into Fulton's Workshop.
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