Because of the Move More Kids program, funded by a New Balance Foundation grant and administrated by Somerset Public Health, L.C. Bates Museum has acquired 12 pairs of snow shoes. Both adult and child sizes are available. The snowshoes can be checked out at no cost from the museum to use on the trails for a family hike, or to join a museum Track Tromp or walk and use the snowshoes while exploring nature along the trails. To reserve snowshoes for a walk, call the museum.

The museum has announced its family and children’s programs during February school vacation that explore varied collections in the museum. Those who visit the museum can learn about local natural history or tour the plaster busts presidents and learn about their lives and import work.

• Tuesday, Feb. 17, 1 p.m.: Presidents Day Tour! Make fun crafts to take home.

• Wednesday, Feb. 18, 1 p.m.: Rocks in Your Life — Tour rocks and learn about the rocks we eat, the ones we wear and how our technology runs on them. Bring home a little rock for collection.

• Thursday, Feb. 19, 1 p.m.: Antlers and Horns — the Chinese year of the Goat! What is the difference between a horn and an antler? What animals eat the shed antlers in the forest? Learn this and more on this day, the Chinese year of the goat.

• Friday, Feb. 20, 1p.m.: The Amazing Birds of Prey — From owls to eagles. Take a tour with a museum expert and make a bird mask.

• Saturday, Feb. 21, 1 pm.: Fascinating Fossils — What is the Maine state fossil? What animals used to fill our oceans but are know extinct? Find out on this fun adventure.

• Saturday, Feb. 28, 1 p.m.: Rock Collecting — Discover rocks of the museum and how one would collect rocks around Maine and beyond. Begin a mini collection at the program.

For more information about the museum’s February programs, contact the museum at Good Will-Hinckley at 238-4250 or [email protected]. The L.C. Bates Museum is on U.S. Route 201 in Hinckley on the campus of Good Will-Hinckley. The museum is open 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, 1-4:30 p.m. Sunday, and other times by appointment.