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Earth Day: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Thursday, April 18 at 11:30AM What are your plans for Earth Day? Visit the museum to learn how long it takes items in the “trash” to decompose, the history of […]

Exploration Sky

Designed for our youngest viewers. Join Astrid, a scientist, as she explores the sky. While observing the sky learn about the motions of the Sun and Earth, clouds, rainbows, stars, daytime and nighttime, the Moon and constellations. A production of the Planetarium at The State Museum of Pennsylvania Educational content designed for PreK to Grade […]

Event Series Compass, Calendar and Clock

Compass, Calendar and Clock

Our ancients learned the sky is not just a thing of beauty, but also our window for the position of our planet. Understanding how our planet is aligned with the distant stars allows anyone to use the sky as a compass, a calendar and a clock. This traditional show explores how mankind has used the […]