ROCHESTER MUSEUM & SCIENCE CENTER (RMSC)
PROGRAMS, ACTIVITIES, AND EVENTS
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information number: (585) 271-1880] • www.rmsc.org
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MUSEUM HOURS:
11am to 5pm:
Sunday
9am to 5pm:
Monday–Saturday
HOLIDAY HOURS:
9am
to 5pm: Good Friday: Friday, March 29
11am
to 5pm: Easter Sunday: Sunday, March 31
SPECIAL EXTENDED HOURS:
9am–9pm:
Thursday, March 14 and 28 for RACE: Are
We So Different? exhibition
MUSEUM ADMISSION:
$13 adults, $12
seniors and college students with ID, $11 children (3–18), free for children
under 3 and RMSC members.
RACE:
ARE WE SO DIFFERENT? EXHIBITION ADMISSION:
Free with
regular Museum admission: $13 adults, $12 seniors and college students with ID,
$11 children (3–18), free for children under 3 and RMSC members.
STRASENBURGH PLANETARIUM HOURS AND ADMISSION: See show schedule.
MUSEUM AND STRASENBURGH PLANETARIUM COMBINED
ADMISSION:
$17 adults, $15
seniors and college students with ID, $14 children (3-18)
CUMMING NATURE CENTER HOURS:
Trails open five days a week: Wednesday through
Friday, 9am–3:30pm; Saturday and Sunday 9am–4:30pm (closed Mondays and
Tuesdays).
CUMMING NATURE CENTER ADMISSION:
RMSC members free; General public: requested donation—$3 per
person; $10 per family.
SPECIAL EVENTS: Unless otherwise noted, programs are free with museum admission.
Repeal!: A
Prohibition Era Event
Sponsored by
CITY Newspaper
Friday,
March 8: 7–10pm
Jump'n jive your way back to the 1920s during a new speakeasy-style event at
the RMSC. Get a glimpse of what the Prohibition era was like and how America changed
after the 18th amendment.
Experience all three floors of the Museum in a new way by enjoying a live band,
various activities, snacks and a cash bar. Costumes encouraged!
Admission to Repeal is $15 for the general public and $12 for RMSC members.
Registration is encouraged. Call 585.697.1942 to register. Registration number
A673. Check www.rmsc.org for updates.
Must be at least 21-years-old to attend.
MESS-tival
Spring Break Week: Saturday, March 30–Sunday, April
7:12-4pm
It's a festival of all things
messy, ooey, sticky, yucky and FUN! Dress to make a mess because you may get
more than your hands dirty!
SCIENCE ON THE EDGE Lecture Series
The RMSC
"Richard C. Shultz Science on the Edge Lecture Series" provides insight
and understanding about current research in a broad array of topics for a
general audience. For
more information, call (585)697-1942. Upcoming lecture below:
Wednesday, March 27: 7:30pm
The Science and Technology of Breeding Endangered Species when Mother
Nature needs a Helping Hand
Terri Roth, VP Conservation and
Science/CREW Director, Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
Admission: adults $15, students $8. $1 discount for RMSC
members.
NASA Science and Technology on the Family Calendar
With support
from NASA, RMSC educators are partnering with students from the Rochester
Institute of Technology's (RIT) Insight Lab, working with teams of parents and
middle-school-aged kids. Families discuss event topics, experiment with
materials and technologies, and plan presentations for maximum family appeal.
This project is supported by NASA grant award no. NNX10AD87G. Upcoming
events:
Aliens:
Friend or Foe?
Saturday, March 2 and Sunday, March 3
12-4pm each day
Presented by World of Inquiry School 58 in Rochester
What are the possibilities for life elsewhere? If we encounter alien life, how
will we respond? How might they respond?
Evolution
of Electronics
Saturday, March 16
12-4pm
Presented by Burger and Roth Middle Schools, Rush Henrietta
Electronics aid us in may aspects of our life. How have the changes in
electronic technology impacted us?
SCIENCE
SATURDAYS—sponsored by Time Warner Cable
Experience
hands-on experiments and lively demonstrations from local scientists. Science
Saturday programs are designed for entire families to experience the fun and
excitement of science together. Science Saturdays are free with regular Museum
admission; group rates are available. For group reservations and rates, call
(585)697-1942. Programs take place in the museum unless otherwise noted.
THE SCIENCE
OF BUILDING
Saturday, March 2: 11am-4pm
Presented by the American Society of
Civil Engineers
CONCEPTS,
ACTIONS AND OBJECTS LAB
Saturday, March
9: 11am-4pm
Presented by the University of Rochester
MUCH ADO ABOUT
NOTHING
Saturday, March
9: 11am-4pm
Presented by American Vacuum Society and the Empire State
Technology Group
MAKE A FAST
FRIEND
Saturday, March 16: 11am-3pm
Presented by Greyhound Adoption of Greater Rochester
MAKING TRACKS WITH THE ANIMAL TEACHERS
AND ANNE MEADE
Saturday, March 23: 12–3pm
Presented by the Animal Teachers
SOCIETY OF
WOMEN ENGINEERS
Saturday,
March 23: 12–4pm
OPTICS ROAD
SHOW
Saturday, March 30: 12–3pm
CULTURE
& COMMUNITY SUNDAYS
Visit the RMSC on Sundays this winter and spring to enjoy cultural
celebrations expressed through voice, dance, and the spoken word.
Roc City
Singers
March 3: 12:30pm-1pm in Patricia F. Hale Gallery
The Boland
School of Irish Dance
March 10: 3–3:30pm and 4–4:30pm in Patricia F. Hale Gallery
SALSEROS
March 24: 1–3pm in Patricia F. Hale Gallery
SIMULATOR
RIDES
Take advantage of our special simulator rides, available for a limited time.
All featured rides are $1. Visitors can enjoy the Lake Ontario ride daily for
free.
VOLCANO MINE
Every weekend in March
Live Science!
Saturdays and Sundays at
2pm and 3pm
Exciting demos with the RMSC Players, Explosive energy, and
hair-raising electricity!
Show times are subject to change. Call (585)697-1942 to
confirm. To request an interpreter for the deaf and hard-of-hearing, please
call at least two weeks in advance: (585)697-1942.
TRAVELING
EXHIBIT:
RACE:
Are We So Different?
January 19—April 28, 2013
Lead Sponsor: Rochester Area Community Foundation
Presenting Sponsor: ESL Federal Credit
Union
Support From: Monroe County
Media Sponsor: Time Warner Cable
RACE: Are We So Different? exhibition
explores the stories of race from
biological, cultural, and historical points of view. Discover what's not so
visually apparent—we're not all that different! Visit www.rmsc.org for details. Visit the Facing Race, Embracing Equity: Rochester's
Racial Equity Initiative website at faceraceroc.org
for a list of events that relate to the exhibition.
TEMPORARY EXHIBIT:
To
My Valentine Exhibit
February 1—March 31
Location: 3rd Floor
Valentines
reflected the changing events and styles in real life. Come see 100 unique
valentine cards from the RMSC collections. Explore the transformation of
them—from hand-made to mass produced, and from chromolithography to novelty.
ONGOING
EXHIBITS:
KEVA Planks—Come build with
us!
Construct wooden masterpieces of all shapes and
sizes with KEVA Planks, a building
exhibit experience. Precision cut, identical construction blocks, KEVA Planks stack with surprising
stability. Using only gravity, visitors dabble with
physics in order to achieve balance, optimum proportion and strength.
ENERGIZE it — Support
from: O'Connell
Electric Company,
Rochester Gas
& Electric,
RMSC Volunteers
& Community Partners,
ESL Federal
Credit Union
The
power, the energy, the choices—in your hands. Built in-house by RMSC staff and
volunteers, ENERGIZE it is highly interactive. Undergo a
multi-sensory, highly physical experience where YOU hold the power. Compare
types of energy, power your own city, and learn about which forms are "green."
Cycle, push and pump to create power and discover the outcome—wind blows, water
flows and lights shine.
AdventureZone
Dive to the bottom of Lake Ontario in the Deep Submergence
Vehicle simulator. Test your strength on the Genesee Gorge climbing wall.
Explore Rochester weather. Experiment with wind currents, stream erosion, and
more.
Expedition Earth
Explore
your connections to the natural world in this spectacular, interactive natural
science exhibition. See how our region's landscape and life forms have changed
over hundreds of millions of years.
Light Here | Light Now (located in the Strasenburgh Planetarium)
Rochester is optics! Have hands-on fun with light, color,
and optics with mirrors, lenses, and lasers.
How Things Work
Discover the science behind everyday devices. Through
fun, hands-on investigation, find out how mechanisms such as light switches,
thermostats, and traffic signals work.
K'NEX
Be an engineer!
Build trucks, towers—anything you can imagine—with this colorful construction
toy.
Raceways
Discover the
principles of moving objects. Experiment with momentum, friction, gravity, and
acceleration as you send wooden balls looping and racing over ramps.
Flight to Freedom:
Rochester's Underground Railroad -- Presented with support from
the City of Rochester and the Underground Railroad Heritage Trail, a program of
the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Explore stories of courageous African Americans who
traveled through Rochester on their way from slavery to freedom. Find out about
local people who helped them.
At the Western Door – Sponsored
by Bausch + Lomb
The hundreds of objects displayed show the Seneca's
and Haudenosaunee's creative response to new technologies and materials
introduced following European contact. Clan and family continue to bind
communities together and define who the Seneca and Haudenosaunee are.
The Rochester Business Hall of Fame – Presented by the
RMSC in partnership with Junior Achievement of Rochester and the Rochester
Business Journal. Sponsored by Bank of America
This interactive exhibit celebrates exemplary Rochester leaders who
have made outstanding, enduring contributions to business and community in the
greater Rochester region.
ROCHESTER MUSEUM & SCIENCE CENTER
STRASENBURGH PLANETARIUM
657 East Avenue
24-hr. recorded info: (585) 271-1880 www.rmsc.org
Weekends & Evenings: (585) 697-1945; Weekdays:
(585) 697-1942
Shows subject
to change; See full schedule at www.rmsc.org
Giant-Screen Films
Sponsored by Time Warner Cable
Admission: adults $7; seniors and college students with ID $6;
ages 3–18 $6; RMSC members $3, children under 3 free. Children under 5 years old are admitted to daytime shows only.
"Coral Reef Adventure"
Length: 45 minutes. Age range: 5 years to adult
Follow
real-life expedition of ocean explorers and underwater filmmakers to the
islands and sun-drenched waters of the South Pacific.
Show Times (subject to change—please confirm at
rmsc.org):
Saturdays, March 2, 9, 16, 23 at 2:30pm and 4:30pm
Saturday, March 30 at 3:30pm
Sunday, March 3 at 2:15 and 4:15pm
Sundays, March 3, 10, 17, 24 at 1, 2 and 4pm
Sunday, March 31 at 2pm
Tuesday–Thursday at 2pm
"Fly Me to the Moon" (Closes March 24)
Length: 50 minutes. For all ages
Combines the Apollo 11 mission with a whimsical twist
involving three flies who have an incredible space adventure.
Show Times (subject to change—please confirm at rmsc.org):
Saturdays at 3:30pm except Saturday, March 30
Sunday, March 3 at 3:15pm
Sunday, March 10, 17, 24 at 3pm
Fridays at 4pm except Friday, March 29
"Amazing Journeys" (Opens March 29)
Length: 45 minutes. For all ages.
Explore the amazing stories of migrating creatures,
including animals, birds and insects.
Show Times (subject to change—please confirm at
rmsc.org):
Friday, March 29 at 4pm
Saturday, March 30 at 2:30 and 4:30pm
Sunday, March 31 at 1, 3 and 4pm
NOTE: Giant-screen films on Wednesdays and
Saturdays include open captioning on the screen with
support from the Theater Development Fund TAP Plus program, in cooperation
with the New York State Council on the Arts.
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