In this episode of the podcast Someone Lived Here, Kendra brings you to the Lewis Latimer House in Queens, NY. Lewis Latimer was an inventor and electrical pioneer who shaped the history of objects we still use every day. He was African American and the son of slaves.
July 10, 2020 Summer STEAM Series: Music Makers Workshop
Join the Lewis Latimer House Museum and Culture Pass in a virtual program led by music technologist and educator Claire Lim. Learn how to make incredible electronic music online!
Ages 7 and above, families welcome.
Registration info coming soon.
July 17, 2020 Summer STEAM Series: Engineering with Paper
Join the Lewis Latimer House Museum and Culture Pass in a hands-on workshop transforming ordinary office supplies into fun projects.
Please have printer paper or magazine pages and cereal box type cardboard, tape, and scissors available.
Ages 7 and above, families welcome.
Registration info coming soon.
July 24, 2020 Summer STEAM Series: Parachutes and Aerodynamics
Join the Lewis Latimer House Museum in a virtual program running experiments with paper and parachutes! Participants will look at concepts of spinning, resistance, and stability as they develop tests and trials to find the most effective parachute.
Please have printer paper or magazine pages, string (ribbon, twine, or yarn), tape, scissors, and 5-10 paperclips (5 big or 10 small) available.
Ages 7 and above, families welcome.
Registration info coming soon.
July 31, 2020 Summer STEAM Series: Forensic Fun
Join the Lewis Latimer House Museum in a virtual program taught by Forensic Scientist and STEM Educator, Tamykah Anthony. Learn how fingerprints are used to solve crimes, how to dust for fingerprints, and how to lift prints just like the Crime Scene Investigators do using everyday household items.
Please have tape, blank white paper, a glass or glass jar, and cocoa powder available.
Ages 7 and above, families welcome.
Registration info coming soon.
August 14, 2020 Virtual STEAM Workshop: Paper Engineering
Join the Lewis Latimer House Museum in a virtual program in partnership with Summer in the City.
Participants will build amazing structures and explore engineering techniques using only paper. Participants will examine the objects around them in the spaces they inhabit and simplify them into geometric shapes. By breaking furniture and decor into primitive shapes, they will be able to build them out of paper using a basic set of techniques. They will use these techniques to create a new, remixed, or fantastic room space out of paper.
Ages 7 and above, families welcome.
Pay as you wish. Details to join the live workshop will be provided closer to the event date. Registration is required.
August 21, 2020 Virtual STEAM Workshop: Paper Marbling
Join the Lewis Latimer House Museum in a virtual program in partnership with Summer in the City!
Discover chemistry in art! Paper marbling is an ancient technique that produces patterns that imitate smooth marble and other stones. Through several centuries, people have applied marbled materials to various surfaces such as bookbinding and stationery. Part of its appeal is that each print is unique; you will never find an identical one in the world! Participants will learn paper marbling techniques using items you can find easily at home and how chemical reactions create unique prints through the craft of marbling paper.
Please have the following materials available: shaving foam (works better than shaving cream), shallow dish/pan, liquid watercolor paint (or watered-down food coloring), droppers, a chopstick/pencil/thin brush, card stock, scissors, a scraper (such as a square piece of cardboard), a cooking bowl/any round container, nail polish (assorted colors), soapy water, brush, water, cardboard/paper/watercolor paper. Optional: a shoe rack/clotheslines with clips to dry the paintings, straw.
Ages 7 and above, families welcome.
Pay as you wish. Details to join the live workshop will be provided closer to the event date. Registration required.
Tourist in Your Own Town: Lewis H. Latimer House
Let the New York Landmarks Conservancy take you inside the Lewis Latimer House!