Milwaukee's Mitchell Park
Horticultural Conservatory
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The Domes @ Home
Although you can’t come to the Domes right now, the Friends of the Domes has created this page to bring the Domes to you.
Each week we will add pages that can be colored any way you like to help learn more about The Domes.
We hope you are all doing well and enjoying some family time. We look forward to welcoming you back to the Mitchell Park Domes in the near future. Visit this page often as activities will be updated often.
Activities
Earth Day
Download this Guide to virtual tours and Earth Day ideas and activities.
Make a Cool Rain Stick
Download the PDF to make this cool rain stick from NASA. It’s a cool craft, a playable percussion instrument and a radical rainmaker made out of materials found at home. Make it sound like rain! And check out Mr. Pete’s Video on how he made it!
Make an Awesome Bird-Feeder!
Download the PDF to make this simply awesome bird-feeder! You’ll need peanut butter, an empty toilet paper roll and some bird seed! Mr. Pete will show you step by step on how to make this in an upcoming video.
Coloring
Select a drawing to download and color however you like.
The Conservatory Gates are made of fancy wrought iron and are over 100 years old.
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At night, the domes light up with lots of bright colors. What colors can you add?
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Fairy Gardens are always fun to find. Here is a drawing of one waiting for me in The Domes.
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I can't wait to have a great day at the Mitchell Park Domes!
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There is a bridge next to a huge waterfall with Koi fish.
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There are all binds of exotic blooms on the orchid wall.
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The jagged bark on the Palms reaches way up high Pointing to a giant moon.
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Even when the snow starts to fall, I can stlll see hundreds of bright red Poinsettias.
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