Springfield Museums Press Releases
Discover Weird and Wacky Science at the Springfield Museums
General Museum News
July 31, 2009
The Springfield Museums' Summer Festival Days will continue August 10-14 with "Weird and Wacky Science." Activities are free with the price of museum admission unless noted.
Monday, Aug. 10
Make a wacky science picture frame, noon-3:45 p.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 11
Make a super science mobile or a magic scratch science ornament, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 12
Meet “TAM,” the Transparent Anatomical Manikin, 11:30 a.m.
Performance: “Eye Don’t Believe It,” a magical science show of optical illusions by Bruce Kalver, 1 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 13
Meet “TAM,” the Transparent Anatomical Manikin, 11:30 a.m.
Performance: “Science Isn’t Always Pretty” by Keith Michael Johnson, 1 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 14
Meet “TAM,” the Transparent Anatomical Manikin, 11:30 a.m.
Performance: “How the Body Works,” by Marvelous Marvin – A lively program that features a giant brain, a chorus of skeletons, a ten-foot tall circulatory system, and an eight-foot blinking nerve cell; 1 p.m
Daily:
See the special exhibit Grossology: The (Impolite) Science of the Human Body (additional fee)
Hands-on Family Science Adventures, 12:30-3:30 p.m.
Planetarium shows, 11:15 a.m., noon, 1 & 2 p.m., Science Museum (additional fee).
Crafts and costumes in the Art Discovery Center, noon-3:45 p.m.
Art activities, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. (Tues.-Fri.)
“Summer Festival Days” are funded in part by Western Massachusetts Electric Company.
