{"id":2807,"date":"2025-10-06T15:46:34","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T19:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bebetterstudios.com\/blog\/?p=2807"},"modified":"2025-10-06T17:25:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T21:25:35","slug":"museum-of-the-outdoors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bebetterstudios.com\/blog\/museum-of-the-outdoors\/","title":{"rendered":"Museum of the Outdoors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Amy and I headed to Sandwich, NH to checkout the Museum of the Outdoors<\/a> (MOO) last Saturday after the Tamworth Farmers’ Market. Moo is a real cool idea. ‘Nature-themed’ art is presented along side trails winding through the forest and along the shoreline of Squam Lake. The whole event takes place at Camp Hale<\/a>, a summer camp built for Boston Youth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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MOO was for a single day only 12:00pm – 3:00pm, presenting just a short window of time to see all the curiosities. We made it just under the cutoff. There were 30+ installations to view. Some more complex than others, but all thought provoking.<\/p>\n\n\n

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There were spots along the trail that encourage mindfulness. The outdoor museum provided a really unique positive vibe when you closed your eyes and stilled your mind. It was almost like being in a park, but the forest made the jovial people noise seem distant. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One such ‘mindfullness’ exhibit challenged you to think of someone who wasn’t there. We were to imagine they were standing next to us. I thought of my grandparents from Montana who have long since passed and it was a beautiful experience in a forest atmosphere. This mental image alone was a gift worth the trip to MOO. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Eric Milligan from the NH Mushroom Company<\/a> was there with his mushroom art. He makes cool glass mushroom sculptures and mushroom prints using alcohol based paint. We saw some interested dyed fabrics from Shani McLane<\/a>. There was an artist who made paintings which included layered fabric for creating different textures. Check out this cool owl she made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another artist took up the owl theme and made a series of what looked like two-story bird houses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the end, I had two favorite exhibits. The ‘cows in the corn’ was superb, but the thespians who were there performing a scene from A Midsummer Night’s Dream stole the show. I didn’t expect Shakespeare would be at my visit to the Museum of the Outdoors, but it was a most welcome find. Kudos to the actors for handing out printed cards with sonnets to us spectators after their performance. It was a classy touch.<\/p>\n\n\n

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In the end, we really enjoyed the Museum of the Outdoors experience. It’s just a shame it was so brief. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Amy and I headed to Sandwich, NH to checkout the Museum of the Outdoors (MOO) last Saturday after the Tamworth Farmers’ Market. Moo is a real cool idea. ‘Nature-themed’ art is presented along side trails winding through the forest and along the shoreline of Squam… Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[38,20,35,36,37],"class_list":["post-2807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-out-there-somewhere","tag-art","tag-inspiration","tag-museum","tag-outdoors","tag-sandwich-nh"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t