Monterey Museum of Art to host Family Day

Admission is free during Family Day at the Monterey Museum of Art, when families are invited to explore, create and play in the galleries.

Activities include:
• Portrait Lab projects in the museum's Creative Space for Kids
• Scavenger Hunt
• Drawing in the gallery
• Story times for the little ones

Refreshments available for purchase.
Events will take place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, February 2, at the museum, 720 Via Mirada, Monterey. For more information call 831.372.5477 x 109 or click here.

Monterey Bay Aquarium to receive education award

Six California museums have been selected to receive the inaugural award for excellence in museum education, and the Monterey Bay Aquarium is one of them.

The six awardees were chosen by California Superintendent of Schools Tom Torlakson to recognize the achievements in museum programs that benefit K-12 students or educators. The Aquarium was chosen for its WATCH program -- Watsonville Area Teen Conserving Habitats, a year long program for high school students to conduct research, community outreach, and other activities specific to ocean conservation.

Also in the list are:

The Autry Museum
The J. Paul Getty Museum
The Museum of Contemporary Art
Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History
Santa Mónica Museum of Art

The winning organizations will be presented with their awards at an awards luncheon in Berkeley this Friday as part of the California Association of Museums’ annual conference.