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October 2009
Now Showing in the IMAX®DOME
Bugs!
Take an incredible journey into the fascinating and extraordinary world of insects. See these amazing creatures like never before! Shot from a bug’s perspective in the rainforests of Borneo, Bugs! A Rainforest Adventure features more than 40 tropical insects magnified to 250,000 times their actual size. Check show times.
Journey Into Amazing Caves
Wiggle through tiny, twisting passages. Drop into gleaming blue labyrinths of ice. Swim though flooded underground vaults, and enter a world so extreme and inhospitable the creatures that live there are called extremophiles.
Check show times.
Free kids pass to Luray Caverns! Purchase a Journey Into Amazing Caves youth film ticket and receive a free youth ticket to Luray Caverns.
Sharks
Presented by Jean-Michel Cousteau, Sharks is a breathtaking film experience that offers an astonishing up-close encounter with these wild, fascinating and endangered animals that have been in existence a million years before dinosaurs roamed the Earth. Check show times.
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Museum Members,
COME HANG WITH US!
Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009, 8:30 a.m.
The museum opens early just for members! Enjoy breakfast snacks and get a sneak peek into the upside-down world of bats. At 9:30 a.m., see a special showing of Journey Into Amazing Caves in the IMAX®DOME. (No passes required, and seating is on a first-come basis.) Questions? Please call (804) 864-1449 or e-mail lmebane@smv.org.
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Visiting Exhibitions
Masters of the Night: The True Story of Bats
Sept. 26, 2009–Jan. 3, 2010
Enter through a neo-Gothic portal and learn about the upside-down world of bats. Multi-sensory interactive displays and lifelike models bring the mysteries of bats out of the dark! Lose your misconceptions about these night creatures and discover their ecological importance as well as the true wonders of the bat world. Listen through giant, bat-like ears and maneuver a bat model with a joystick to hunt food. Use laser-simulated sonar to understand bat "echolocation." At the bat nursery, learn the nurturing traits of mother bats.
Cave Corner
Sept. 26, 2009–Jan. 3, 2010
Enhance your underground experience! Meet interesting insects, spiders and fish that call caves home. Study cave specimens on loan from Luray Caverns and the Lora Robins Gallery of Design From Nature. Check out stunning cave photographs.
Shark Space
Held over! Now through Jan. 3, 2010
Shark feeding at 10–10:30 a.m.
Shark petting at noon–12:30 and 3–3:30 p.m.
Get your hands wet as you meet living sharks and other marine creatures. What should you be more afraid of: a shark or a pig? Did you know that sharks have a "sixth" sense? Be amazed by sand sculptures of sharks and a marine food web. For safety reasons, children must be 40 inches or taller to experience the touch tanks.
Spark of Life
Through Oct. 30, 2009
Sabrina Cordovana's vibrant paintings are inspired by that everlasting question: How did life begin?
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Live Theater
"Amazing Tales of Creepy-Crawly Things"
told by the Carpenter Science Theatre Company Tale Tellers
Sept. 24–Nov. 14, 2009, Thursday–Sunday, at noon, 1 and 2 p.m.
CSTC professional Tale Tellers are always full of the most exciting and intriguing stories and they deliver their dramatic interpretations with unforgettable energy and style!
"Amazing Tales of Creepy-Crawly Things" are appropriate for all ages and are free with museum admission.
Spend a Night at the Museum!
Girls in Science Camp In
Saturday–Sunday, Oct. 10–11, 2009. Preregistration is required.
Middle school girls join forces with professional women scientists to confront challenges and find solutions to common problems faced by scientists and engineers.
Halloween Camp In
Saturday–Sunday, Oct. 30–31, 2009. Preregistration is required.
Don't miss this special Halloween Science Camp In! Wear your costume and enjoy some really ghoulish activities! Read more about Camp In.
Adult Education
Lunch Break Science
Wednesdays, noon–1 p.m. Free.
Interesting speakers share easy to understand information. Pack a lunch and join us! Click for topics and speakers. |
Check out this fun video from Ask the Sharky a Question About Something! True!
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Astronomy
LiveSky
"It's About Time"
Friday, Oct. 16, 2009, 6 p.m. $5 admission. Museum members free.
Museum astronomers help you find out what's up using the always clear "sky" of the IMAX®DOME.
Sky Watch follows at 7 p.m. on the front lawn. Take a look at the real night sky through the Richmond Astronomical Society's powerful telescopes. Weather permitting. Sky Watch is free.
Just for Teachers
Earth Science Teacher Workshop
Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009, 8:45 a.m.–noon. Free. Preregistration is required.
The Science Museum is a great resource for Earth Science teachers and their students. Come find out all we have to offer. The workshop includes a light breakfast and a CD packed with Earth in Space activities. For more information or to register, e-mail dhagan@smv.org or call (804) 864-1412.
We Love Teachers!
And to prove it, we're happy to offer Free Science Museum of Virginia Membership to all K–12 teachers (public and private), principals, district- and county-certified employees currently working in Virginia. And it gets even better! Show your museum membership card and your school identification and save 20 percent on books in Shop 4 Science, the museum's gift shop. Click here for details and to join or call (804) 864-1449.
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Thank you for helping us make science fun!
Black & White Kugel Ball
Friday, Oct. 9, 2009
It’s not too late to attend this elegant and fun evening of dining, cocktails and dancing. Don your black and white evening attire, mask and turn on the charm. After-Party tickets are only $50. Supporting science education has never been so smart! Purchase your tickets now.
Hang With the Universe Society
Thursday, Oct. 29, 6 p.m.
Join our group of young professionals for Masters of the Night: The True Story of Bats exhibit, Journey Into Amazing Caves in the IMAX®DOME, light refreshments, drinks and networking.
Tickets: $20 in advance; $25 at the door. Universe Society members: $20. Purchase your tickets now. |
