Get ready to explore, experiment and create during STEAM Month at the Museum of Natural History and Planetarium in Roger Williams Park! Discover the fun of science, technology, engineering, art and math through hands-on activities and creative challenges for the whole family. Build, test, explore and see where curiosity takes you!
Weekend Activities:
10am–4pm: STEAM Family Fun
Build a bridge, create colorful patterns, test your engineering skills and put your observation skills to the test with a special STEAM Museum Quest.
Cost: Free with Museum admission. Museum admission is $2 | Free for Museum Members and children under age 4.
12:30–1:30pm: Plasma Globe Demonstration
See electricity in action and watch glowing streams of light dance inside a plasma globe during this fun, hands-on science demonstration.
Cost: Free with Museum admission. Museum admission is $2 | Free for Museum Members and children under age 4.
2pm: Flight Adventures Fulldome Planetarium Show
Discover the science of flight through the eyes of a young girl and her grandfather as they explore how birds, kites, planes and models fly. Learn about the history and future plans of flight and how NASA is discovering new and safer ways to travel with the help of future engineers and aviators – like YOU! The program is followed by a brief tour of the night sky using the planetarium’s Zeiss star projector.
Planetarium Show Audience: General (children must be age 4+)
Cost: Planetarium show ticket (includes museum admission) is $5/ Museum Members Free.