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Enjoy Winter Blast today at the Museum of Discovery with Anna & Elsa from FROZEN and Little Rock Zoo Penguins!

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Meet the penguins from Little Rock Zoo along with Anna and Elsa for the Winter Blast on Saturday, January 2!
Penguin Show 10 – 11 a.m. (First 125 visitors who arrive to the museum will receive complimentary tickets to the show)
Penguin Show 11 a.m. – noon (Next 125 visitors who arrive to the museum will receive complimentary tickets to the show)
During the penguin show, Little Rock Zookeepers will give a 5-10 talk about the penguins and then guests can take individual photos with a penguin
Alligator Show 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
Alligator Show 2 – 3 p.m.
Meet and pet the museum’s alligator
Frozen Characters:
Meet and take a photo with Elsa from 9:30 a.m. – noon
Meet and take a photo with Anna from 12:30 – 3 p.m.
Create snow, explore thermal conductivity, cut through ice and more!
Enjoy Repicci’s Italian ice (for purchase)

Noon Year’s Countdown today from 9am to Noon at the Museum of Discovery

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Let’s face it, it can be difficult for parents to stay up until midnight to celebrate the New Year! And you probably don’t want the kids to stay up that late, either.

This year, the Museum of Discovery offers “Noon Year’s Countdown” today from 9am until 12 noon!

Join them from 9 a.m. to noon for some fun hands-on activities that include: party hat decorations, kazoo making, straw streamer creations, clock making, clock take-aparts, chain reactions and a museum-wide countdown to noon!

Ring in the New Year in style, family style at the Museum of Discovery!

And be honest, by this point, you are ready to get out of the house!

15 Highlights of 2015 – Museum of Discovery’s new World Record Musical Bi-Polar Tesla Coil

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For the final fifteen days of 2015, a look back at some of the cultural highlights of 2015.

Up next –

The Museum of Discovery unveiled a word record treat for the eyes and ears with the new Guinness World Record musical bi-polar Tesla coil!

The tesla coil – named after its inventor Nikola Tesla, the developer of the alternating current system of electricity used today – is a device that creates high-voltage electricity at a high frequency visible to the eye.  The Museum of Discovery’s coil emits electrical discharges to a variety of songs and will share the record for the world’s largest bi-polar tesla coil with the coil at the Hands On Regional Museum in Johnson City, Tennessee.

The device, which can produce 200,000 volts of electricity, was built by Goodchild Engineering in Arizona and donated to the Museum of Discovery by Richard Mathias, founder and president of Tesla Coil Museum Exhibit Program, LLC, through a matching grant program from the General Electric Foundation.

“This world-record tesla coil will literally illuminate the work of this pivotal inventor and help the Museum of Discovery successfully fulfill its mission of igniting a passion for science, technology and math in our very interactive, hands-on environment,” said Kelley Bass, museum CEO. “We are grateful to Richard Mathias and the GE Foundation for making this opportunity possible for our museum and our visitors.”

The coil is housed in a new theater in the museum’s Discovery Hall.

There is a $2 additional fee to experience the show in the Tesla Coil Theater. Museum members pay an additional $1.

Science with Santa (and Kevin Delaney) at the Museum of Discovery Today

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MOD Science SantaNeed some way to entertain the kids today? Want to have fun for the whole family?

The Museum of Discovery offers Science with Santa today from 9:30am to 3:00pm.

Enjoy science demos, pictures with Santa, a hot chocolate bar and more!

Plus, Santa will join Kevin Delaney for science shows!

Pictures with Santa are from 9:30am to 11am & 12:30pm to 2pm.

Awesome Science with Santa and Kevin at 11:30am and 2:30pm.

 

Little Rock to vote on additional funds for Arts Center, Military Museum

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The City of Little Rock Board of Directors tonight (December 1) voted to refer two hotel sales tax initiatives to the ballot.  The election will be on Tuesday, February 9. 

More details about the specifics of the proposals will be presented on this blog leading up to the election. 

In short, one tax is the third penny for hotels and the other tax is the fourth penny which state law allows for parks.  Because it would be for hotels and similar lodging establishments only, the money would be paid by visitors, not Little Rock residents. 

The City Board also passed a resolution outlining a formula by which the Museum of Discovery, Little Rock Zoo, other parks and other cultural institutions would be able to access any excess bond revenues from these taxes.  

 

Experience Building Buddies Exhibit at Museum of Discovery

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arkmodbuddiesYoung visitors to the Museum of Discovery have the chance to build their creativity as they experience  Building Buddies, a new exhibit.  And since schools are closed this week, the Museum is open today in addition to its regular hours. (It will be closed on Thanksgiving.)

The exhibit is designed to be a creative construction site that features hands-on stations that encourage children to construct, build, decorate, paint and tile.

According to Museum of Discovery CEO Kelley Bass, Building Buddies is the first exhibit at the museum aimed specifically for kids age 6 and younger since the museum’s reopening following a $9.2 million renovation in January 2012.

“We know that almost 60 percent of children who come to the museum – excluding students on school field trips – are age 1-6, so we wanted to provide an exhibit specifically tailored for that age group, although older kids and adults also will certainly enjoy Building Buddies,” Bass says.

Building Buddies is on display at Museum of Discovery until May 15, 2016. Admission to the exhibit is included in the museum’s regular daily admission: $10 for adults, $8 for children 1-12 and free for infants younger than 1. Seniors, teachers, Little Rock city employees and active and retired military are admitted for $8.

Museum of Discovery’s mission is to ignite a passion for science, technology and math in a dynamic, interactive environment.

 Museum Information

 Hours of Operation: Tuesday – Saturday: 9 am – 5 pm; Sunday: 1-5 pm; Closed Monday (open Mondays in the summer and on school holidays)

Admission: $10 adults; $8 ages 1-12; free under 1; members free

The Science of Dreams and Nightmares at Museum of Discovery’s Science after Dark tonight

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MOD Dark DreamsEach month the Museum of Discovery hosts “Science after Dark” for adults aged 21 and up.  This month’s theme is “Science of Dreams and Nightmares.”

Here are some of the things you can expect:
-Activities/info about sleep paralysis and lucid dreaming
-Dream interpretation
-Creepy crawly animals (to inflict nightmares)
-Sensory deprivation
– Counting (or shooting) sheep (zombie sheep)
– Adult face painting (zombie/blood/warts)

Don’t forget to bring cash for refreshments from Stone’s Throw Brewing, Damgoode Pies and Juanita’s

The program runs from 6pm to 9pm. Cost is $5, FREE for museum members. (Go ahead and get a membership, it will more than pay for itself within a year!)

This will be the final Science after Dark of 2015.  But look for more events in 2016!