Designed for our youngest viewers. Join Astrid, a scientist, as she explores the 4 major features of Earth: Land, Water, Sky, and Life. See how these features work together to keep Earth a habitable world. While observing, Astrid will be exploring landforms, ecosystems, and the Water Cycle. A production of the Planetarium at The State […]
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.
Thursday, July 25 at 1:30pm Tour Ecology Hall and learn more about Pennsylvania’s major ecosystems and some of the wildlife and plants that are found in each. Family gallery tours are included with general admission and designed for all ages.
Friday, July 26 On December 5, 1988, the fossil of an extinct arthropod, Phacops rana, was chosen to represent the state of Pennsylvania. Now re-classified as the species Eldredgeops rana, […]
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 will be able to use magnets in a series of challenges that explore how magnets work. Family programs are included with general admission and designed […]
Black Holes uses the latest discoveries and observations to help us view the formation of the early universe, star birth and death, the collision of giant galaxies, and a simulated […]
Friday, July 26 at 12:15pm Join Rose-Anna Behr, the Karst and Sinkhole Specialist for the Department of Conservation and Natural Resource’s Pennsylvania Geological Survey, to learn how Pennsylvania’s caves preserve a record of the past. Fossils, from giant wooly mammoths to tiny grains of pollen, reveal information about the past climate, ecosystems, and wildlife that […]
Join us to explore Pennsylvania topics while walking on the Giant PA Map! Family programs are included with general admission and designed for all ages.