SEATTLE – On May 7, the Museum opens its new, $2.5 million Alaska Airlines Aerospace Education Center. The 5 to 9 p.m. event coincides with the Museum’s Space Day celebration and Free First Thursday.
The Education Center staffers help visiting families get started on any number of on-site fun educational activities around the Museum, including robotics, scavenger hunts and flight simulations. Staff can provide college counseling, and the Center is equipped with visitor computer stations for accessing academic scholarships and career data.
Museum Education Services Specialist Samantha Geltz describes her job at the Center, “I am trying to create an area with as much information about college, scholarship, grant, and internship opportunities as possible. If I had this information before I went to college I would have had a completely different experience.”
Space Day
The Museum celebrates Space Day – an internationally recognized educational event – on May 7 from 5 to 9 p.m. during Free First Thursday. Local science and astronomy clubs will be at the Museum to share their telescopes with the public. Viewing opportunities will include solar activity and the night sky. NASA Solar System Ambassador, Dr. Ron Hobbs, will deliver a 7 p.m. presentation about the Hubble Space Telescope.
For general Museum information, please call 206-764-5720 or visit www.museumofflight.org