EVENT CALENDAR
NIFTY FIFTIES HOLIDAY EVENT
SAT, DEC 7TH
10AM-3PM
Join us for our Nifty Fifties Holiday Event where nostalgia meets festive fun in our mid-century modern home!
Event Highlights:
- Members-Only Science Lab: Kick off your day from 10-11am with a hands-on science activity! Help us get an accurate headcount by RSVP’ing. Light refreshments will be served.
- Cardboard Box Car Drive-In: At noon, enjoy a classic holiday film with a twist! Bring your cardboard box car to create your own drive-in experience while watching It’s a Wonderful Life. Limited to 50 participants—sign up here.
- Creative Crafting: Dive into the holiday spirit with our ornament crafting and graham cracker house building sessions, perfect for all ages.
- Exciting Raffle: Don’t miss your chance to win fabulous prizes in our raffle basket drawing!
This event promises to be a delightful blend of creativity, community, and classic holiday cheer. Bring your family and friends for a day filled with laughter and learning!
Free for members, included with general admission nonmembers.
FREE GUIDED TOURS
ENDING SOON!
Embark with us on a journey into the fascinating world of rocks and minerals.
This well-curated tour is designed to provide a fun and educational introduction to the world of rocks and minerals and the Rice Museum. Walking through our galleries you’ll admire the stunning beauty of nature’s artwork while learning about the geological processes that create them. In addition, you’ll hear about the couple that spent a lifetime collecting these wonders, and then turned their collection and home into a museum. Afterwards enjoy the displays at your own pace, have a picnic outside, or walk one of our nature trails.
It’s the perfect tour for science enthusiasts, rockhounds, or anyone who has driven past us on highway 26 and wondered what that mid-century modern home was in the middle of the farmland!
Advanced registration is required. This is a mixed group (families) tour with up to 20 attendees. Recommended for first grade and older. Please make sure to register all people in your party, including children.
SAVE THE DATE:
2025:
Sun, Jan 19th – Mystery Mineral Day (12-4pm)
Sat, Mar 1st – Beach Day at the Museum
Sun, Mar 23rd – Garage Sale (10am-3pm)
Sat, Apr 19th – Great Thunderegg Hunt
Sat, May 3rd – Chris Kelley Lecture, Deep Sea Mining: The Pursuit of Valuable Minerals on the Seafloor
Sun, May 18th – Volcano Day (12-4pm)
Sat, Jun 21st – Space Day
Sat, July 12th – Mystery Mineral Day