After Hours: Apollo
Enjoy an evening at the museum, open until 8:30 pm for this After Hours event. Whether you’re sketching, photographing, painting, or coloring, let inspiration be your guide as you curate your evening from a host of activities, including a show in the Whitney and Elizabeth MacMillan Planetarium. Weather permitting, telescope observation will be offered on the Ruth and John Huss Observation Deck.
Check out the display in our Education Wing: Space Race: America’s Journey to the Moon, and craft a paper lunar lander and get it to the moon!
The Apollo missions transfixed America. When we finally landed on the Moon in 1969, it kicked off a wave of excitement—and every company wanted a piece of lunar pie. Everything from drinking glasses to patches to toys were made to commemorate the Apollo missions’ historic moments.
Special guests: Nancy Atkinson and Earle Kyle, 7 pm
Nancy Atkinson’s first book, Incredible Stories From Space: A Behind the Scenes Look at the Missions Changing Our Views of the Cosmos, chronicled the travails and triumphs of nine current space missions. Now Atkinson is coming to the Bell Museum to talk about her second book, Eight Years to the Moon: The History of the Apollo Missions, which tells the stories of the people who worked to make the first Moon landing possible.
Join us to hear more about the amazing engineering, science and technology that went into this historic mission! High-tech aerospace and business development consultant Earle Kyle will also join this conversation and share his experiences at Honeywell during the Apollo mission.
Also visit Solar System Ambassadors Nadia Abuisnaineh, Elizabeth Treat, and Ron Schmit in the Nucleus to try out their hands-on activities 5:30–7 and 8–8:30 pm.
Planetarium
6 pm: One Giant Leap
7 pm: Minnesota Night Sky
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Activities free with gallery admission. Planetarium ticket fees apply.
Advance tickets for planetarium shows are available up to three weeks ahead of time via the link above. If you are a current Bell member, please log in first, to receive your discounted tickets.
*In the case of inclement weather, observing will be canceled.