Dear Ayoub,Join us this weekend as we celebrate the museum's landscape, inside and out. Learn how NMAI's cropland, meadow, wetland, and woodland habitats honor the Native communities of the Chesapeake. Discover some ways in which Native people used the resources in this environment and showed respect for them as well.
Hands-on activities will be located inside and outside the museum.
OUTSIDE THE MUSEUM11 am to 12:30 pm and 1:30 to 3 pm
Visit the museum's four landscape habitats:
WoodlandsSmell sassafras, make a leaf rubbing, and talk to staff about spring flowers.WetlandsFeel a fox's hide and throw a Pamunkey fishing net.MeadowLearn about plants used for weavingCroplandsSort seeds for a Three Sisters (corn, beans, & squash) garden and learn how to harvest seeds for the future. Help prepare the garden for planting and learn about tobacco hornworms.
Landscape Tours2 and 3 pmLimited to twenty. Pre-register at the museum Welcome Desk.
INSIDE THE MUSEUM11 am to 3 pmPotomac Atrium
Make a buttonCelebrate the day by making a Three Sisters garden button.Three Sisters garden seed giveawayPick up seeds to peat pots to start your own Three Sisters garden at home.
Meet the Authors Book Signing12:30 to 1:30 pmChesapeake Gift Shop and Outside Welcome PlazaMeet Tanya Thrasher (Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma), Duane Blue Spruce (Laguna/San Juan Pueblo), and others.

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