Wednesday, November 13 at 11:30 AM Explore innovations that have helped people light up the night. Discover how different cultures have found ways to not just light the night but celebrate. Create a lantern to make the nights a little brighter. Family programs are included with general admission and designed for all ages.
This exhilarating flight through a precise, virtual re-creation of our universe is an astounding visual adventure through space. Travel through our Solar System, out of our galaxy, and deep into intergalactic space to answer the question, “Where are we in the universe?” Narrated by Academy Award winner Tom Hanks Educational content designed for Grade 4 […]
The impulse to strike out into the unknown, to see what’s over the horizon, is as old as humanity. Today, whole new horizons beckon. Astronomers are racing to find habitable […]
For our younger viewers, this fully animated cartoon, narrated by Aesop the owl and Socrates the mouse, takes a light-hearted look at the myths and stories associated with the winter constellation Orion, the great hunter and his companions in the night sky. Educational content designed for Pre K to Grade 1. For ticket pricing and […]
Thursday, November 14 at 11:30 AM Join the Planetarium Director in Nature Lab to learn about gravity. Explore what gravity is and how it works. Participate in a bit of experimentation using gravity. This family program is designed for visitors grade 4 to grade 8, but all ages are welcome. Space is limited, ask for […]
This exhilarating flight through a precise, virtual re-creation of our universe is an astounding visual adventure through space. Travel through our Solar System, out of our galaxy, and deep into intergalactic space to answer the question, “Where are we in the universe?” Narrated by Academy Award winner Tom Hanks Educational content designed for Grade 4 […]
The impulse to strike out into the unknown, to see what’s over the horizon, is as old as humanity. Today, whole new horizons beckon. Astronomers are racing to find habitable […]
Friday, November 15 at 12:15 PM Forests get sick too! With the recent focus on pandemics and diseases that have affected humans, did you ever wonder what would make a forest sick? Why do we need forests to be healthy? How can we keep them that way? Join Andrew Rohrbaugh, Section Chief for the Bureau […]
This exhilarating flight through a precise, virtual re-creation of our universe is an astounding visual adventure through space. Travel through our Solar System, out of our galaxy, and deep into intergalactic space to answer the question, “Where are we in the universe?” Narrated by Academy Award winner Tom Hanks Educational content designed for Grade 4 […]
The impulse to strike out into the unknown, to see what’s over the horizon, is as old as humanity. Today, whole new horizons beckon. Astronomers are racing to find habitable worlds, but if we find one, how will we ever get there? What rocket designs might one day conquer the voids of space? How far […]
Friday, November 1 & Saturday, November 16 at 10:30 AM Join us in the First Floor Hands-on Room for a Storytime reading A Home in the Barn written by Margret Wise Brown and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. Follow along as our farmer prepares the barn for winter. Fill your barn with our animal craft. Storytime […]
For our younger viewers, this fully animated cartoon, narrated by Aesop the owl and Socrates the mouse, takes a light-hearted look at the myths and stories associated with the winter constellation Orion, the great hunter and his companions in the night sky. Educational content designed for Pre K to Grade 1. For ticket pricing and […]