Call 495-8647 for specific. The education department of the Museum of Cultural and Natural History features a variety of children's programs based on the museum's exhibits. Programs on topics that include dinosaurs, bats, collections, beading, and the ancient Maya begin in October and take place after school and on weekends. For more information, or to be put on the museum's mailing list, call 495-2341. The museum also offers programs for adults, including the Peabody Luncheon Lectures Series focusing on textiles of the world.
Space is limited.
Call 495-2269 for fees and information about travel programs. The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, at 60 Garden Street, continues its Observatory Nights on the third Thursday of each month. The Extraordinary Lives of X-ray Binary Stars. For details, call the observatory at 495-7461. Call 496-star to hear a weekly recorded guide to the New England night sky.