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Astronomy Day

The Evansville Museum of Arts, History, and Science on Riverside Drive was hosting Astronomy Day that was made possible by a generous grant from Michelle & Phillip Eykamp and presented in partnership with the Evansville Astronomical Society running 11:00 am-4:00pm on Saturday, May 06, 2006. To make the last two hours of the event, at 1:30pm, all residents Wanda, Donna Kay, Michael, Scott, and home coordinators Gloria and Joe of Jacob’s Village loaded up in the mini-vans and went to pick Mike up from work. There had been many activities and programs throughout the day and there was free admission into the museum with a $1.00 fee to see a show in the Koch Planetarium. The Jacob’s Village bunch arrived, checked on the times of the planetarium shows, and found out they were sold out until the 4:00 show. So, we walked all over the museum’s two floors viewing all of their current exhibits. The Old Gallery was where Astronomy Day activities were being held. There were many children and adults taking part in these programs. Whether it was listening to a lecture on a solar or lunar topic from Dr. Gregg Eubanks or hands on craft making projects to demonstrate a space example, a good learning time was being had by all. Also in the Old Gallery there was an exhibit of ‘Harley Heaven’. This featured a display of old, new, different makes and models of Harley Davidson Motorcycles through the years. Waiting around until the planetarium show began, we decided to venture out to the South lawn to see the sculpting, fountains, and river front. With 4:00pm nearing we went back inside to the Koch Planetarium to watch ‘Larry, Cat in Space’. This show followed the devotion of an orange cat named Larry and his adventures traveling to the Moon. Larry the cat becomes a stowaway on a supply rocket to the moon to be with his human, Lisa, which was working at a Moon space station. Although we were unable to see the nighttime sky identification show of constellations, we all enjoyed the presentation of ‘Larry, Cat in Space’. The Evansville Museum is an enjoyable, enlightening, and relaxing place to spend an afternoon.

posted by J V Resident Blog @ 11:21 AM