Peabody Essex Museum invites kids and families for days of fun and engaging moon-related events and activities during February vacation week! With Lunar Landing 2.0, you can investigate the science, technology and innovation driving lunar exploration. Immerse yourself in a portable planetarium, design a spacecraft, plan a lunar colony and much more!
Monday, February 20, 2017
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DROP-IN-ART ACTIVITY
Lunar Module Engineering
10:30 am-4 pm | Atrium
Design a lunar module model for transporting astronauts between the Moon's surface and their orbiting spacecraft. -
COLLABORATIVE ART MAKING
Lunar Mission: Make a Moon Colony
10:30 am-4 pm | Create Space
Design a portion of a Moon colony with artist/educator Kimberly Aaronson as museum guests join together to create a 3-D lunar outpost fit for humans. -
DROP-IN ART MAKING
Moon Collages
10:30 am-4 pm | Create Space
Create a Moon-themed collage inspired by Lunar Attraction artist Beth Hoeckel's compositions. -
PERFORMANCE
Moon Crazy
11-11:45 am and 1:30-2:15 pm | Morse Auditorium
Recommended for all ages
Put on your imagination cap and blast off to the Moon with master storyteller Jackson Gillman! His songs and lively stories, including Frank Asch's Happy Birthday Moon, launch you into space and pilot you happily home.
Tuesday, February 21, 2017
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DROP-IN-ART ACTIVITY
Lunar Module Engineering
10:30 am-4 pm | Atrium
Design a lunar module model for transporting astronauts between the Moon's surface and their orbiting spacecraft. -
COLLABORATIVE ART MAKING
Lunar Mission: Make a Moon Colony
10:30 am-4 pm | Create Space
Design a portion of a Moon colony with artist/educator Kimberly Aaronson as museum guests join together to create a 3-D lunar outpost fit for humans. -
DROP-IN ART MAKING
Moon Collages
10:30 am-4 pm | Create Space
Create a Moon-themed collage inspired by Lunar Attraction artist Beth Hoeckel's compositions. -
IMMERSIVE PRESENTATION
Night Sky: Portable Planetarium
11 am-1:45 pm | East India Marine Hall
Tickets available day of program
Recommended for ages 5 to adult
Join a space expert from the Museum of Science, Boston, on an exploration of the Moon, stars, planets and other celestial objects in the cosmos. 30-minute presentations at 11 and 11:45 am, 1 and 1:45 pm. -
SPECIAL GUEST
Meet Astronaut Cady Coleman!
2-2:45 pm | Morse Auditorium
Tickets available day of program
Recommended for ages 5 to adult
NASA astronaut Catherine Grace "Cady" Coleman shares images and personal stories from her two Space Shuttle Columbia missions, a six-month stint on the International Space Station and as an adviser to the sci-fi film Gravity.
Wednesday, February 22, 2017
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DROP-IN-ART ACTIVITY
Lunar Module Engineering
10:30 am-4 pm | Atrium
Design a lunar module model for transporting astronauts between the Moon's surface and their orbiting spacecraft. -
COLLABORATIVE ART MAKING
Lunar Mission: Make a Moon Colony
10:30 am-4 pm | Create Space
Design a portion of a Moon colony with artist/educator Kimberly Aaronson as museum guests join together to create a 3-D lunar outpost fit for humans. -
DROP-IN ART MAKING
Moon Collages
10:30 am-4 pm | Create Space
Create a Moon-themed collage inspired by Lunar Attraction artist Beth Hoeckel's compositions. -
WORKSHOP
Rockets: There and Back Again
11 am-2:30 pm
PEM Connect building, next to main entrance
Tickets available day of program
Recommended for ages 5 to adult
Join an educator from the Museum of Science, Boston, to create an air rocket that will launch across the room to reach the Moon and other space targets, and then design a craft to safely return back to Earth. Four 50-minute programs offered at 11 am, noon, 1:30 and 2:30 pm. -
FILM
Despicable Me
1-2:36 pm | Morse Auditorium
Supervillain Gru hatches a plan to steal the Moon with the help of an army of Minions, a dash of super technology and three adorable orphans in this computer-animated comedy by Illuminated Entertainment. 2010, Rated PG.
Thursday, February 23, 2017
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DROP-IN-ART ACTIVITY
Lunar Module Engineering
10:30 am-4 pm | Atrium
Design a lunar module model for transporting astronauts between the Moon's surface and their orbiting spacecraft. -
DROP-IN ART MAKING
Moon Collages
10:30 am-4 pm | Create Space
Create a Moon-themed collage inspired by Lunar Attraction artist Beth Hoeckel's compositions. -
IMMERSIVE PRESENTATION
Night Sky: Portable Planetarium
11 am-1:45 pm | East India Marine Hall
Tickets available day of program
Recommended for ages 5 to adult
Join a space expert from the Museum of Science, Boston, on an exploration of the Moon, stars, planets and other celestial objects in the cosmos. 30-minute presentations at 11 and 11:45 am, 1 and 1:45 pm. -
DROP-IN ART MAKING
Lunar Orrery
10:30 am-4 pm | Maker Lounge
Create a paper model to better understand the orbits of the Sun, Earth and Moon.
Friday, February 24, 2017
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DROP-IN ART MAKING
Lunar Module Engineering
10:30 am-4 pm | Atrium
Design a lunar module model for transporting astronauts between the Moon's surface and their orbiting spacecraft. -
DROP-IN ART MAKING
Moon Collages
10:30 am-4 pm | Create Space
Create a Moon-themed collage inspired by Lunar Attraction artist Beth Hoeckel's compositions. -
DROP-IN ART MAKING
Lunar Orrery
10:30 am-4 pm | Maker Lounge
Create a paper model to better understand the orbits of the Sun, Earth and Moon. -
FILM
Despicable Me
1-2:36 pm | Morse Auditorium
Supervillain Gru hatches a plan to steal the Moon with the help of an army of Minions, a dash of super technology and three adorable orphans in this computer-animated comedy by Illuminated Entertainment. 2010, Rated PG.