The Science Museum of Virginia is bringing back their Friday evening Science After Dark events next month after taking a two-year pandemic-induced hiatus.
The last Science After Dark event open to the public was February 2020. The museum has hosted three members-only events at the start of this year before making them available to the rest of the community.
The museum’s first event back explores everything about this planet we call home in “Science After Dark: Down to Earth” in honor of Earth month. Museum-goers of all ages will get the opportunity to explore everything from space to soil through various hands-on learning activities such as:
Making seed spheres to plant wildflowers.
Watching worms work to learn about composting.
Turning bottles into planters in The Forge.
Exploring the findings of RVAir. A community science project studying air quality in Richmond neighborhoods.
Creating recycled bird feeders (for guests 5 and younger).
Viewing a presentation on the Science on a Sphere®, a room-sized global display system that drops down from the ceiling.
