The Toy and Miniature Museum is seeking candidates for the 2012 Docent Training Course. Docents are volunteers who give tours of the Museum's collections, greet visitors and assist in educational programming. The course will be Thursdays from 12:30 - 1:45 pm from January 12th through April 5th and topics will include marbles, dollhouses, dolls, fine-scale miniatures and much more!
If you have a passion for art and history and enjoy working with people please contact Amanda Clark for more information: clarkan@umkc.edu / 816-235-8005.
Thursdays, January 12th through April 5th. 12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
Free Classes / No cost of admission.
In a joint partnership, the Toy and Miniature Museum and the Alexander Majors House will present Frozen Charlotte, a fun and interactive family program held at the Majors House Barn!
Learn about the history of the doll, hear a dramatic interpretation of the ballad that made the doll famous and make your own Victorian scrap paper collage art with a Frozen Charlotte doll!
Saturday, February 11. 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
$6 fee includes a tour of the Alexander Majors House.
(Members of Wornall/Majors House and the Toy and Miniature Museum are free)
8201 State Line Rd Kansas City, MO 64114
In conjunction with the Nettie Wells Dollhouse exhibit the Toy and Miniature Museum will bring Nettie's story to life through first-person interpretation, interactive tours and a hands-on cigar box dollhouse workshop. Young actor Maycee Steele will perform the part of Nettie Wells, a real girl who lived in Kansas City in the 1880s.
Saturday, April 7. 12 pm - 4 pm
Performances: 12:00 pm, 1:30 pm, 2:45 pm (10-15 minutes long)
Workshops: 12:30 pm, 2:00 pm, 3:15 pm (45 minutes long)
Pricing:
- $8 for girl scout troops (1 adult for every 5 girls required - Free admission for these adults)
- $10 for all other individuals interested in workshop
- Regular admission for those only interested in the performance
Reservations are required to participate in the workshop (At least 1 week in advance)
To RSVP contact Amanda Clark: 816-235-8005 or clarkan@umkc.edu
*We will run credit cards when RSVP's are taken so please be prepared to pay in advance
Tour the Museum's silver collection and learn the basics of casting!
Wednesday, June 6. 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Regular cost of admission. Museum members are FREE
Visit a fine-scale miniature replica of Abraham Lincoln's boyhood home and learn to make a miniature split log bench!
Wednesday, June 13. 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Regular cost of admission. Museum members are FREE
Explore the Cathy and Larry Svacina Marble Collection on a guided tour and then make your own marble run!
Wednesday, June 20. 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Regular cost of admission. Museum members are FREE
The Museum's first artist-in-residence is Lee-Ann Chellis Wessel, who specializes in porcelain, pottery, and egg tempera paintings from the Italian Renaissance. During her week in residence Lee-Ann will create a studio in the fine-scale miniature gallery so that Toy and Miniature Museum visitors can watch her work. She will also give gallery talks and teach a course at the Kansas City Art Institute. The week will culminate with a public lecture about her work and an exhibit of student's work from the Art Institute.
Sunday, June 24 - Saturday, June 30.
More information to follow.
Meet miniature artist Lee-Ann Chellis Wessel and create your own miniature Italian Renaissance painting!
Wednesday, June 27. 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Regular cost of admission. Museum members are FREE
Visit the Palace of Versailles and discover how French design influence the world. Make your own Rococo desk out of card stock!
Wednesday, July 11. 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Regular cost of admission. Museum members are FREE
Meet Nettie Wells, a girl from the 1880s who made miniature books for her dollhouse (which is on display at the Museum!) and learn how to make your own miniature books.
Wednesday, July 18. 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Regular cost of admission. Museum members are FREE
Learn the history of Barbie and the fashion dolls that came before her. Create your own fashion paper dolls!
Wednesday, July 25. 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Regular cost of admission. Museum members are FREE
Germany was the center of toy making for hundreds of years. Take a tour through the toy collection and sew your own soft toy elephant, inspired by Steiff stuffed animals!
Wednesday, August 1. 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Regular cost of admission. Museum members are FREE
Each year the Toy and Miniature Museum education department hosts three interns who hope to make museum education their vocation. Working as a team these interns will create their own fun and funky surprise program. Stop by and see what they came up with!
Wednesday, August 8. 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Regular cost of admission. Museum members are FREE
Make your own personalized periscope and use it to take a scavenger hunt through the Museum!
Wednesday, August 15. 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Regular cost of admission. Museum members are FREE
