Use styluses to create impressions on thin sheets of aluminum, then add your design to a card.
Embossing is the technique of pushing and shaping metal from the front. It is also known as “chasing”. Experiment with different tools, amounts of pressure, and designs.
This activity is designed for visitors ages 8 and up.
Made possible with generous support from Arconic Foundation.
Use styluses to create impressions on thin sheets of aluminum, then add your design to a card.
Embossing is the technique of pushing and shaping metal from the front. It is also known as “chasing”. Experiment with different tools, amounts of pressure, and designs.
This activity is designed for visitors ages 8 and up.
Made possible with generous support from Arconic Foundation.
Work with rivets, riveting tools, pliers, and jump rings to transform recycled soda cans into colorful sculptural works of art.
Work with rivets, riveting tools, pliers, and jump rings to transform recycled soda cans into colorful sculptural works of art.
Explore the processes of electro-etching and stamping to make a custom metal tag for yourself, a pet, or a friend!
This activity is designed for visitors ages 8+.
Explore the processes of electro-etching and stamping to make a custom metal tag for yourself, a pet, or a friend!
This activity is designed for visitors ages 8+.
Explore the processes of electro-etching and stamping to make a custom metal tag for yourself, a pet, or a friend!
This activity is designed for visitors ages 8+.
Explore the processes of electro-etching and stamping to make a custom metal tag for yourself, a pet, or a friend!
This activity is designed for visitors ages 8+.
Join us for the opening day of this immersive installation that is a tribute to the marvel of watching fireflies in nature.
Look up to see a field of 200 ‘firefly’ jars, each containing a light that will blink at random with a golden glow. When the light from one jar recognizes another glowing nearby, gradually the blinking between them synchronizes and their lights turn blue. Over time, the patterns of the blinking colors shift and flow from one end of the room to the other. Watch as the blue lights independently change back to gold creating new patterns, and then synchronize to blue again.
A custom soundscape entitled Nocturne adds the sounds of summer insects to the installation, enhancing the feeling of the flow and flicker of light and amplifying the Rhythm of Fireflies. You can also find information about fireflies, their behaviors, habitats and ways you can help them flourish.
The exhibit and soundscape are created by artist Sally Weber and optical innovator Craig Newswanger of Resonance Studio.
Youth Night is an evening of games, music, making stuff, prizes and snacks in one of the coolest spaces in the city, MuseumLab!
The theme for this month’s Youth Night is “Chill Out”. We will feature games inspired by the Olympics, and activities such as:
Don’t miss a chance to explore the immersive installations of Gymlacium and Chroma Maze too.
For 6th-8th graders (or equivalent ages) only.
Youth Night is FREE
Advance registration is recommended but walkups are welcome! Parents must be present for walkup entries.
Made possible by generous support from Arconic Foundation.
