Upcoming Events Calendar

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Museum of the Moon

Monday, July 1, 2019–Monday, September 2, 2019

This summer, wonder at the majesty of the moon brought down to Earth: Museum of the Moon is a 16-foot photorealistic high-resolution sculpture of the moon that shows every cliff and crater.

Middle Ground Opening Week

August 14–18, 2019 • 8:00 a.m.–9:00 p.m.

Head over to Civic Center and take part in Middle Ground, a new outdoor exhibition about how we think, feel, and behave in relation to other people. Explore more than a dozen interactive social-science exhibits—free!

Aug
17

Carbon Buoy Activities

Saturday, August 17, 2019 • 11:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.

Learn about how we measure carbon dioxide with the buoy instruments and the impacts that excess carbon has on our climate and on ocean ecosystems.

Aug
17

Explorables: Self, Made

Saturday, August 17, 2019 • 1:00–4:00 p.m.

Join us for two fun activities that offer unique challenges: Reach Your Goals and Coverse Using Few Words.

Aug
18

Go DJ! DJ’ing Workshop

Sunday, August 18, 2019 • 1:00 and 3:00 p.m.

Hosted by special guest B-boys and B-girls, this fun and fast-paced workshop will have you rockin’. Learn the basic break dancing moves and other hip-hop dance styles.

Aug
18

Unseen: An Audio Comic Listening Party with Chad Allen

Sunday, August 18, 2019 • 2:00 pm

Created by a blind person and featuring a blind heroine, Unseen reimagines the format of comics as a dynamic and resonant audioscape. Immerse yourself in a segment of the story of Afsana, a blind assassin living in a chaotic world in which she is invisible to society. Discounting her abilities is her enemies’ gravest mistake.

Aug
22

After Dark: Artificially Intelligent

Thursday, August 22, 2019 • 6:00–10:00 p.m.

Interface with projects and technologies that think for themselves and see artworks that use A.I. in impressive ways—and reflect on the ways in which what a machine learns may reflect the limits of human thought.

Aug
23

Tactile Dome: Special Evening Hours

Friday, August 23, 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.

Aug
24

Portraiture

Saturday, August 24, 2019 • 1:00–4:00 p.m.

Have your unique shadow portrait drawn at a slightly-larger-then-life-scale and then, express yourself in that portrait by showcasing your inner life on the canvas.

Aug
24

Tactile Dome: Special Evening Hours

Saturday, August 24, 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.

Aug
25

Know Your Rights

Sunday, August 25, 2019 • 1:00–3:00 p.m.

Everyone has basic rights under the U.S. Constitution and civil rights laws. Stop by and ask questions of some of the ACLU’s volunteers and learn more about what your rights are, how to exercise them, and what to do when your rights are violated.

Aug
25

Full-Spectrum Science with Ron Hipschman: Lasers

Sunday, August 25, 2019 • 1:00 and 3:00 p.m.

In 1960, the laser was known as “a solution looking for a problem.” Now we can hardly imagine life without them. Learn what’s special about laser light, how it’s made, and how it’s used in everything from DVD players to eye surgery to fusion energy research.