Pratt Museum

Celebrate summer with the Pratt Museum!

Storytime at the PRATT is a weekly educational event hosted by our education staff.

WHEN: Every Tuesday at 10:30am

WHO: Ages 3 - 10 (siblings welcome as well)

WHAT: Read a themed picture book, tour our galleries, and participate in a hands-on craft or activity.

COST: Free

Learn ways of working with nettle as a fiber plant with award-winning local multi-media artist and fiber explorer Carla Klinker. During this two-day class, you’ll learn about nettle’s history and then dive into the raw material – harvesting, processing, and creating your own cordage to take home. All supplies provided. Responsible teens and adults only. Friday, July 17, 5-7pm & Saturday, July 18, 1-3pm. Registration required - visit our website to reserve your spot.

Working with nettles is a seasonal and tactile process that invites community connectivity. The long bast fiber of stinging nettle, Urtica dioica, has been used to make string and cloth for thousands of years across the world. Nettle grows wild and abundant in marginal land and often considered a w**d. In folklore, magical nettle garments appear often as powerful symbols of perseverance, devotion, protection, and transformation.

This sounds fun! 🍓🥧🐟💐

A few event details:

• Entries may be dropped off between 4:00 PM and 5:00 PM on July 4 at the America 250 Celebration.
• Judging will begin at approximately 5:15 PM.
• Winners will be announced on the main stage at approximately 6:00 PM. (Times may vary slightly depending on the number of entries received.)
• First-place winners in each category will receive a prize.
• All food preservation entries must follow current National Center for Home Food Preservation (NCHFP) guidelines and practices.

The competition includes categories such as pies, preserves, pickled products, smoked fish dishes, flowers, relishes/sauces/salsas and a youth baking category, and we would love to see broad community participation.

Additional information can be found on the Homer Chamber of Commerce website.

Recently we hosted interns and seasonal staff from some of our local partner organizations, including Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies, KBNERR, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for Naturalist Training. Our staff shared the history of the Pratt Museum, current Pratt projects, and an intro to museum cultural items/traditional ways of knowing. Tours of our Native Plant Collections, Forest Ecology Trails, and indoor exhibits were also part of the all day training.

This annual Naturalist Training is a weeklong event, with interns and seasonal staff touring each organization to learn more about their missions, the work they do, and the why behind it all. We love collaborating with our sister organizations to deepen our engagement with this special community!