For Immediate Release:
Sept. 10, 2024
Contact:
Marie Cheek
Community Relations Coordinator
Culture & Heritage Museums
www.chmuseums.org
803.909.7312 mcheek@chmuseums.org
It’s all about space and exploration of the universe at Museum of York County’s “Out of this World Family Day”
ROCK HILL, S.C. – Learning opportunities abound for earthlings of all ages at Museum of York County’s “Out of this World Family Day.” On Oct. 5, the museum sails through a galaxy of perspectives in understanding outer space and the ways the universe is explored.
Museum of York County staff will be stationed throughout the site with hands-on activities, crafts, and games to test your knowledge of objects in space. Learn about gravity and motion, and how light is filtered to make scientific observations in the universe. Make-and-take a Pocket Solar System. Study a model of the Lunar Module and design, build, and test your own spacecraft.
Meet Dr. Tatiana Niembro Hernández, an astrophysicist from the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. During “Out of this World Family Day” she’ll be discussing her work at 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., and 3:30 p.m. Niembro Hernández studies the atmosphere of the Sun and analyzes data from the Parker Solar Probe.
The featured Planetarium Show – “From Earth to the Universe” runs at 10:30 a.m., 12:30 and 2:30 p.m.
NASA artifacts recently transferred to Culture & Heritage Museums will be on display.
Telescopes will be setup for solar viewing outdoors at Museum of York County.
Concessions will be available for purchase.
WHAT: Out of this World Family Day
WHERE: Museum of York County, 4621 Mt. Gallant Rd., Rock Hill, S.C. 29732
WHEN: Saturday, Oct. 5 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
ADMISSION: [Online%20pre-registration%20encouraged]Online pre-registration encouraged; Time-ticketed entry; Limited walkups.
$10. Adults; $8. Seniors; $6. Youth; Free to [CHM%20members]CHM members and children under age 3.
VISITORS SERVICES: 803.329.2121
WEBSITE: chmuseums.org.
IMAGE: 1. “Earth Rise” from NASA’s Copyright Free Gallery
2. Exterior view of Museum of York County. Credit: Culture & Heritage Museums
Currently on exhibit at Museum of York County:
“Decomposers Glow” — Nature, art, and technology come together for an awe-inspiring landscape of illuminated snails and mushrooms. Created by Meredith Connelly, a Charlotte, N.C. based and award-winning multidisciplinary artist, the site-specific installation portrays the agents of decomposition in hand-constructed and 3D printed sculptures. “Decomposers Glow” is open through Nov. 10, 2024.
“Return to Earth” — Leading viewers into Connelly’s “Decomposers Glow,” a concurrent exhibit highlights the variety and importance of nature’s agents of decomposition. “Return to Earth” features photographs of actual fungi by Mike Hammer, painted mushroom models, a Carolina Piedmont snail shell collection, and two-dimensional cut paper works by Meredith Connelly that reference nature’s microscopic structures. “Return to Earth” on exhibit at Museum of York County through Dec. 15, 2024.
See the full calendar of programs, events, and planetarium shows on Culture & Heritage Museums’ website: chmuseums.org
GOOD TO KNOW:
As part of the Museums for All initiative, Museum of York County offers year-round access with reduced rates for low-income families; visit museums4all.org for more information.
Museum of York County is KultureCity® Certified and Sensory InclusiveTM.
Museum of York County highlights the natural history of the Carolina Piedmont through award-winning exhibits, planetarium shows, and special programs. The major permanent exhibit “Ice Age Carolinas: Exploring Our Pleistocene Past” is a journey-back-in-time experience that features the strange, gigantic, and fantastic beasts that once roamed the Carolinas. The Naturalist Center, with over 2,500 natural history specimens, provides hands-on opportunities for self-guided discovery and educational programs. The Settlemyre Planetarium presents a changing array of full-dome digital planetarium shows. The Museum Store has a selection of local handmade pottery and goods, locally produced food products, and nature-themed gifts. Outside, the museum has a picnic facility and a three-quarter mile nature trail.
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