The Franklin Institute Presents Leonardo da Vinci’s Workshop: Inventor, Artist, Dreamer” an innovative exploration into the genius of the ultimate Renaissance man, on view at The Franklin Institute through May 22, 2011. Visitors to Leonardo [Read More]
Science Technology
849 posts
MARCH EVENTS Wells Fargo Free First Thursday Thursday, March 4, 5-9 p.m. Once a month, the Museum stays open late-for free! Enjoy the Museum’s Great Gallery, Personal Courage Wing, Space: Exploring the New Frontier exhibit [Read More]
Three fighter pilots share their stories about air combat over Europe SEATTLE – The latest in a continuing series of American Fighter Ace panel discussions at The Museum of Flight is Feb. 12 at 2 [Read More]
New construction works at the Museum over the winter months means that from Spring 2011 the Museum will benefit from an enlarged southern apron giving space for 100 new visitor cars and greater access to [Read More]
The National Railway Museum at Shildon, now has three additional locomotives now on display in the museum’s Collection Building. LMS Stanier Class 8F 2-8-0 No. 45170 has arrived at Shildon from Turkey, where it saw [Read More]
The Patricia Huffman Smith Museum to honor the seven astronauts who perished in the Shuttle Columbia tragedy has opened in East Texas. In February 2003, Hemphill and its vicinity were one of the key search [Read More]
The Friends of the National Railway Museum have launched an appeal to raise the money to give iconic locomotive Winston Churchill a new look in time for the 50th anniversary year of the wartime leader’s [Read More]
The Science Museum of Virginia announced new officers and members to the Board of Trustees. The 2011-2012 Board of Trustees Chairman is the retired Executive Vice President of Performance Food Group Roger L. Boeve of [Read More]
The National Coal Mining Museum for England near Wakefield has recently acquired a first edition of Georgius Agricola’s volume De Re Metallica, the definitive early treatise on mining methods, engineering, chemistry and geology. The volume, [Read More]
The National Coal Mining Museum is open this weekend and Underground Tours re-open from Monday 31 January 2011. The Museum galleries and all of the above-ground facilities are open for visitors and the Underground Tours [Read More]
Every year the National Air and Space Museum hosts educational family days where experts who were inspired by their own sense of wonder share their achievements in aviation and spaceflight. As part of the Smithsonian’s [Read More]
Feb. 5 panel discussion with six distinguished African-American aerospace professionals NASA Administrator and former astronaut Charles Bolden, Jr. will be one of five panelists in the Museum’s Black History Month Lecture on Feb. 5. The [Read More]
The Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin, has received a $10,000 grant from the Friends of the Center for History of Physics at the American [Read More]
The Tesla Roadster is the first modern fully electric plug-in vehicle sold in Canada. This sports car is fast, fancy, virtually silent and will never burn a single drop of gasoline. It will be on [Read More]
The Ubuntu Project today announced the opening of a new exhibition at London’s Design Museum dedicated to the Ubuntu Font, in collaboration with international typeface designers Dalton Maag. Entitled “Shape My Language,” the exhibition will [Read More]
Film screening and special programs during Astronaut Remembrance Weekend SEATTLE – Jan. 28 is the 25th anniversary of the space shuttle Challenger disaster. During the Museum’s annual Astronaut Remembrance Weekend, Jan. 29-30, the fallen astronauts [Read More]
The new permanent exhibition of the Computerspielemuseum opened up to visitors on January 21st, 2011. The museum is located in Berlin-Friedrichshain. Visitors are taken on a historical journey covering the highlights of a process that [Read More]
Thinktank is 10! And throughout 2011 the museum will be celebrating its birthday with a whole host of fun events and activities. From explosive science demonstrations to Wallace and Gromit inspired invention sessions, Thinktank has [Read More]