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Upcoming Events Calendar
Self, Made Cinema

Saturday, May 23–Monday, September 2, 2019

What are the formative experiences and encounters that can root a person's identity? In this collection of short films, the cinematic lens reveals essential and personal stories from a range of people.

Collage of person
Self, Made: Exploring You in a World of We

May 23–September 2, 2019

Have you ever wondered what makes you you? Explore the many converging facets of identity on this journey to the center of the self.

Exploring Self, Made

Friday, June 14–Monday, September 2, 2019
Daily: 12:30 and 2:30 p.m.
Thursday nights: 6:30 and 8:00 p.m.

Join Self, Made facillitators in exploring identity in a space created to safely ask questions and have discussions. The exploration includes a walk-through of the four exhibition sections and ends with a deeper dive into one exhibit.

Jun
20
After Dark: Self-Styled

Thursday, June 20, 2019 • 6:00–10:00 p.m.

Get your hands on wearable designs,  catch a fabulous fashion show, or learn about how humans transform themselves with fashion. Come wearing the true you and celebrate the creative ways in which we adorn our physical forms.

 

Jun
21
Iron Science Teacher

Friday, June 21, 2019 • Noon

Cheer on the competitors in this zany science cook-off, where teachers compete before a live audience for the sought-after title, "Iron Science Teacher."

Jun
21
Tactile Dome Evening Hours
Tactile Dome: Special Evening Hours

Friday, June 21, 2019 • 6:15 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

The museum closes at 5:00 p.m. today, but the after-hours interactive fun continues in our Tactile Dome. Journey through total darkness in this twisting, turning, tactile sculpture. 

Jun
22
Tactile Dome Evening Hours
Tactile Dome: Special Evening Hours

Saturday, June 22, 2019 • 6:15 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

The museum closes at 5:00 p.m. today, but the after-hours interactive fun continues in our Tactile Dome. Journey through total darkness in this twisting, turning, tactile sculpture. 

Jun
23
Singing for Social Justice

Sunday, June 23, 2019 • 1:00–3:00 p.m.

Eli Conley will lead musical games and teach songs that lift us up and help us recognize our interconnectedness and capacity for collective action. Songs are drawn from the labor movement, the civil rights movement, the movement for Black lives, Jewish traditions, and struggles for queer and transgender liberation.

Jun
23
Full-Spectrum Science with Ron Hipschman: Fireworks
Full-Spectrum Science with Ron Hipschman: Fireworks

Sunday, June 23, 2019 • 1:00 and 3:00 p.m.

Come ooooo and ahhhh at the science behind these big booms! Where do fireworks come from? Who invented them? What causes their beautiful colors, and how do the bursting shells create such different patterns? Join us for some real illumination, and learn the difference between a jerb and a lance.

Jun
27
Rainbow produced by light passing through a prism
After Dark: Pride

Thursday, June 27, 2019 • 6:00–10:00 p.m.

Fifty years after the Stonewall Riots in New York, and in conjunction with San Francisco Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Pride Celebration, come commemorate and celebrate LGBT heritage and culture.

 

Jun
28
Iron Science Teacher

Friday, June 28, 2019 • Noon

Cheer on the competitors in this zany science cook-off, where teachers compete before a live audience for the sought-after title, "Iron Science Teacher."

Jun
28
Tactile Dome Evening Hours
Tactile Dome: Special Evening Hours

Friday, June 28, 2019 • 6:15 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

The museum closes at 5:00 p.m. today, but the after-hours interactive fun continues in our Tactile Dome. Journey through total darkness in this twisting, turning, tactile sculpture. 

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