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      Bat House Making at Ropes Mansion Garden 

      Saturday, September 12, 2026 from 2—4 pm

      A golden-brown fruit bat hangs upside down from a leafy green branch.

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      Location: Ropes Mansion Garden, 318 Essex Street, Salem, MA

      $20 per bat house. Preregistration required.

      Each ticket covers one bat house and up to four family members.  

      Give your local bats a safe place to roost by building your own bat house! Join bat biologist and educator Maria Armour for a hands-on workshop where you'll construct a bat house while learning fascinating facts about bats in Massachusetts and around the world. No woodworking experience is required, and all materials and instructions will be provided. The registration fee includes everything you’ll need to build one single-chamber bat house, which can provide summer shelter for a small colony of local bats. 

      About our collaborator

      Maria Armour
      Maria Armour

      Maria Armour is a biology instructor at Bridgewater State University, where she teaches courses on bat biology and soundscape ecology. She has studied bats for more than 20 years, with research that includes work at the American Museum of Natural History and field studies in Trinidad on the diversity of bat wings. Today, her work focuses on the ecology and conservation of North American bats. Passionate about bat education, Armour enjoys changing public perceptions through engaging talks, guided bat walks and hands-on outreach programs for audiences of all ages.

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