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Thursday April 30 2026

    • All Day
    • School/Group Traffic: MODERATE

    Note to SCI Visitors: Please be aware of school group attendance, which could impact your visit. Today's school group traffic is expected to be MODERATE. To avoid these groups, plan your visit later in the day! Schools typically depart the building by 2:00 pm.

  • Our youngest visitors can bring their imaginations as an SCI Programs Team member reads under the starry skies.

  • Learn to navigate the starry night skies and find exotic, hidden Deep Sky Objects. Program and location subject to change.

  • Locate constellations and planets, and hear myths of the night sky in this live planetarium program. Program and location subject to change.

  • Have you ever wondered what Snippy the Snapping Turtle eats? Come check out a feeding demonstration of one of SCI’s most ravenous reptiles! The snapping turtle feeding may be too intense for some visitors.

  • Meet and get the chance to touch some of SCI’s resident reptiles and amphibians.

  • Discover how waves govern everything from the tiniest particles to the fabric of spacetime itself! This interactive program brings science to life with dancing flames, levitating superconductors, and a symphony of electricity.

  • Experience one of the most mysterious — and misunderstood — wonders of the Universe. Narrated by Liam Neeson. Sponsored by NASA. Program and location subject to change.