This schedule is subject to change and some activities are weather dependent.
TIMED PRESENTATIONS
Planetarium Show by Noreen Grice of You Can Do Astronomy
FREE (first come, first served)
This show will be accessible for visitors who are blind or have low vision.
In the Albert Einstein Planetarium
10:30 am*
*Please allow plenty of time to get through the security line to enter the Museum. Learn more about what to expect in the security screening.
The Chromatics
The Chromatics perform AstroCapella, fun astronomy-themed music developed by astronomers and educators.
In Space Race (Gallery 114)
11:00 am and 1:00 pm
Flights of Fancy Story Time
In the Barron Hilton Pioneers of Flight Gallery (Gallery 208)
• There Once Was a Sky Full of Stars by Bob Crelin
11:00 am and 1:30 pm
• Sky stories from around the world with Swatantar
12:15 pm and 2:15 pm
ALL DAY PRESENTATIONS AND ACTIVITIES
Chat with Historic Astronomers
Talk to Galileo Galilei, Maria Mitchell, and Phoebe Waterman Haas about the sky, stars and telescopes
Look for them around the Museum and outdoors at the Public Observatory (weather permitting)
Meet Members of NASA's LRO Team
In A New Moon Rises (Gallery 211)
Astronomy Presentation Stations
• Meet representatives from the International Dark-Sky Association
• Meet a NASA Solar System Ambassador
In Space Race (Gallery 114)
Hands-on Activities for 5 and Up
• Make a pocket solar clock, which works like a small sundial
• Build a working astrolabe out of paper
• Recreate a Nebra Sky Disk, which is a Bronze Age star map
• Create a Tactile Star Pattern*
• Construct a tactile picture of Jupiter*
Hands-on Activities for the Younger Set
• Decorate your Sun Sign from Greek mythology
• Discover your Tibetan Sun Sign
Tactile Stations
• Tactile tour of a telescope*
• Tactile tour of solar surface and solar images*
Observe the Sky
Weather permitting
Outside in the Phoebe Waterman Haas Public Observatory
Astronomy Discovery Stations
Throughout the Museum
*Activities with an asterisk are especially accessible for our visitors who have low vision or are blind.
The Heritage Family Day series is made possible by the generous support of Northrop Grumman Corporation.