A Trip to the Museum of Science & Charles Hayden Planetarium
April 2024 :
Although the weather was chilly and rainy here, it was beautiful in Boston’s Museum of Science Sunday, March 17th. Rick Lynch, Bob Horton, Ron Zincone, Laura Landen, Denise Turco, Jim Hendrickson and Francine Jackson were met by Planetarium Specialist Darryl Davis, who, with the exception of the Omni program, gave us free rein to enjoy the Museum and Planetarium.
With time before the Omni presentation of Deep Sky, we moved around the Museum, finding several exhibits of interest, until we had to rush to the Omni. The program was one of the best introductions to the JWST we had ever seen. Then, after grabbing a snack, it was on to the planetarium, for God, Science, and Our Search for Meaning, written and narrated by Dan Brown, of Angels And Demons fame. Although the title had a couple members a bit unsure of watching it, the end result had everyone totally amazed. The images were spectacular, and the consensus was it was one of the best ever seen.
We were also allowed to stay for the live program, Explore the Universe: Eclipse Edition, which was totally filled. Caity Sullivan was out with the audience, and Darryl manned the projection system. What all of us were amazed with was that every question Caity asked those present, almost everyone in the theater called out the correct answer, making us wonder if Massachusetts schools concentrated more on space science than other states.
After the program ended, it was decided to wend our way home, but all of us were happy to have gone, and we do hope to return in the near future, and hope others will want to go, also.
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