Wednesday, July 3 at 11:30AM Pennsylvania has played a significant role in the development of baseball. Discover the players, teams, stadiums and innovations that are significate to our state. Learn how to score an inning and create your own baseball card. Family programs are included with general admission and designed for all ages. Image: Pittsburg […]
Friday, July 5 at 1:30pm Join us Nature Lab to learn about Memory and Logic. What are memory and logic and how do they play a part in our daily lives. Learn some ways to improve you memory and employ logic to solve a problem. Put your memory and logic skills to the test by […]
Saturday, July 6 at 10am & 1pm The Pennsylvania Turnpike revolutionized how we travel our roads. Learn about the innovations that were used to create this superhighway. Test your math skills as we travel the roads. Family programs are included with general admission and designed for all ages.
Thursday, July 11 at 11:30am Discover Pennsylvania’s state electric locomotive, the Pennsylvania Railroad GG1. Learn about the history and science behind this transportation innovation. Create your own game that travels the Keystone Corridor. Family programs are included with general admission and designed for all ages. Image courtesy of Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania.
Wednesday, July 17 at 11:30am & 1:30pm If you could pick a fish to represent Pennsylvania, what would you choose? In 1970, the brook trout was chosen as the official state fish of Pennsylvania. Learn more about its selection, biology and create brook trout fish art, Gyotaku, the traditional Japanese method of printing fish. Family […]
July 18 11:30am Black bear, beavers and deer…oh my! Touch furs, hold antlers, view skulls and ask questions during a tour of Mammal Hall. Family programs are included with general admission and designed for all ages.
Saturday, July 20 at 10am & 1pm Whether large and small, brightly colored and camouflaged, butterflies and moths are similar, yet different. Learn more about Lepidoptera in Pennsylvania and take home a butterfly larva to raise at home! (while supplies last) Family programs are included with general admission and designed for all ages. Supplies are […]
Wednesday, July 24 at 11:30am Fireflies, also known as lightning bugs, but are actually not a fly or a bug, but a soft bodied beetle. Pennsylvania is home to more than 15 species of fireflies and this nocturnal insect family was chosen as a state symbol to represent Pennsylvania in 1988. Learn more about this […]
Wednesday, July 25 at 11:30am Celebrate the opening of the 2024 Summer Olympics. Discover the men and women from Pennsylvania that have participated in the games. Explore the science behind the summer sports. Create your own celebration symbol. Family programs are included with general admission and designed for all ages.
Friday, July 26 at 11:30am Join us in Nature Lab to explore magnets and magnetism. What are magnets and how does magnetism work? Through a series of self-exploration experiments visitors […]
Wednesday, July 31 at 11:30am Discover the lifesaving parachute. Explore how this innovation was used for the military and recreation over the years. Test the science by creating and launching your own parachute. Family programs are included with general admission and designed for all ages.