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Jazz. Musicians are encouraged to sit in during the third and final set.
Jazz. Musicians are encouraged to sit in during the third and final set.
Jazz. Musicians are encouraged to sit in during the third and final set.
Play area featuring games, puzzles, toys and books, plus pedal airplanes for the little ones!
Investigate and explore key concepts of electricity. Make electricity arc through the air, use your voice to make a laser beam dance and generate electricity. Discover the principles behind a simple w
This exhibit features a variety of interactive displays that demonstrate how lift is created, how plane directions are controlled and how lift, thrust and drag work.
Explore Newton's laws, gravity, momentum, potential and kinetic energy in whole-body experiences! Walk, bounce and leap in the reduced gravity of the moon. Float on air. Test your astronaut skill
In 1964, Reynolds Metals Company, headquartered in Richmond, Virginia., launched an extraordinary creation -- the Aluminaut, the world's first aluminum submarine. During its career, the Aluminaut
Investigate the amazing properties of aluminum-lithium alloy while experimenting with its strength and stability. Assemble part of the international space station. Study Virginia's moon rock. Wit
Dabble in illusions, astronomy and the science of light.
Get a close up look at the fastest, highest-flying aircraft on record -- the SR-17 Blackbird. It's a mysterious spy plane developed in secret and flown on missions that are just now beginning to
The Piper Cub is a full-sized aircraft that visitors can enter and fiddle with the controls of.
Aijung Kim ? Gel Transfer Demonstration Learn a fun way of layering images called gel transfer. Using gel medium and photocopies of images, artist Aijung Kim will demonstrate how to embed the images i
Your journey into life sciences begins with the five-story DNA strand and leads you into the Very Small Gallery and the amazing realm of cells and DNA. Investigate genes, traits and heredity. Find out
See life-size working reproductions of the Wright brothers' airplanes. The Wright brothers used the Wright Flyer in the world's first controlled, powered flight. The other three are experime
This program incorporate elements of music, art and literacy.
This project is the first major exhibition by a southern institution about John Brown's raid on the Federal Armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, and presents a thorough and balanced view of the eve
Vintage neon signs and photographs from Richmond businesses illustrate commercial growth and advertising trends, as do other artifacts mounted outdoors.
This exhibit surveys three centuries of Richmond's history, from the time of settlers who ventured up the James River to its 20th century emergence as a commercial and capital city. Biographies o
Looking beyond the authority of "experts," such as museums and professional historians, this exhibition illustrates how every person creates, through personal experience, his or her own usab