New Year, New Look

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Bruce museum seaside center located in the floren family environmental center at innis arden cottage, greenwich point park, old greenwich, Ct

We are thrilled to share some wonderful news! Thanks to the incredible generosity of The Greenwich Point Conservancy, the Bruce Museum Seaside Center was given a vibrant makeover and now our interior walls and tank casings gleam with fresh coats of paint. The renovation is symbolic of our shared commitment to preserving and improving our community spaces and reflects the values of sustainability and heritage that we hold dear. 

The Bruce Museum Seaside Center extends a very heartfelt “thank you” to the Greenwich Point Conservancy for their dedication to community development and for investing in our mission. Their generosity inspires us to continue serving and improving our cherished location for everyone to enjoy. You too can help the Bruce Museum Seaside Center by donating here https://1072.blackbaudhosting.com/1072/Seaside-Center. With your support the Bruce can continue providing stimulating, science-based programming for the local community.

And speaking of programming…come visit us for Fred Elser First Sunday Science and see the transformation for yourself! Fred Elser First Sunday Science is held the first Sunday of every month from 2:00–3:00pm at the Bruce Museum Seaside Center, located in the Innis Arden Cottage at Greenwich Point Park. This Sunday (Jan 5, 2025) we’ll have Leo Smith, Chair of the Connecticut Chapter of DarkSky International, discussing Ecological Consequences of Light Pollution-Birds, Bugs, Bats, People and Climate Change.

Thanks again to the Greenwich Point Conservancy from all of us at the Bruce Museum for helping us bring our mission to life!

K. McQuade, Manager of Seaside Center and Living Collections

For the Bruce Museum Seaside Center, Going Virtual This Summer Was Only Natural

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For the Bruce Museum Seaside Center, Going Virtual This Summer Was Only Natural

As the spring of 2020 progressed, it became increasingly clear that the Seaside Center would not be able to open as usual this summer. Ultimately, Kate Dzikiewicz, the Bruce Museum Science Curatorial Associate who manages the Seaside Center, made the difficult decision to keep the doors closed for the summer. However, just because the Seaside Center was physically closed, didn’t mean that it had to be completely absent this summer. That’s where Seaside Center naturalist Brendan Murtha came in.

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Renovating the Permanent Science Galleries at the Bruce

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Renovating the Permanent Science Galleries at the Bruce

Changes are coming to Changes in Our Land at the Bruce Museum. On February 2, we closed the our permanent science galleries for a complete renovation and reinstallation. In the time since then, science specimens have been carefully packed away, and most of the existing display cases have been dismantled. This major update has been years in the making, the work of people from every department of the museum. Now, we couldn’t be more excited to see it finally underway.

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Science Gallery Renovations on Display at Town Hall

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Science Gallery Renovations on Display at Town Hall

We are in the final days of our current permanent science gallery, Changes in Our Land.

On February 3, we’ll start dismantling Changes, and preparing to construct an exciting new exhibit, themed around how natural cycles shape our world. This completely re-imagined gallery will showcase the museum’s finest science specimens, many of which haven’t been displayed in years. It will be expanded in size from the previous gallery, more interactive, and with more themed learning goals for adults and children to explore.

With a planned grand reopening in spring of 2021, the new gallery will be here before we know it, and we are hard at work making sure everything is ready.

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