From the Blog

Star Gazing

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:00:34 +0000
by Toby Swaford, K-12 Education Coordinator The museum community recently lost one of its best spokesmen with the passing of Jack Horkheimer.  For those of you that never had the pleasure of meeting Jack, he was the executive director of the Miami Museum of Science and Space Transit Planetarium.  To me, however, he will always [...]

Today is “Ask a Curator” Day!

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:41:06 +0000
by Terry Burton, Digital Media Coordinator I work with a bunch of museum curators, and let me tell you, they know a LOT of interesting things. Multiply that by all the museums in the world, and you’ve got a major collection of smarty pants. Today marks the launch of a cool online project called “Ask [...]

A visit with Dr. Temple Grandin

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:39:25 +0000
by Terry Burton, Digital Media Coordinator (See more pictures of Dr. Grandin’s visit on Flickr …) Think back to when you were a kid – what kinds of things fascinated you? Sparked your curiosity? Turned you on to exploring your world? Yes, it was a long time ago, but remembering my childhood fascinations with the [...]

In the Days of the “High-Morning Moon”

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:00:51 +0000
by Jeff Bowell, guest blogger This time of year, weather permitting, you’re in for a treat: the morning moon. You can spot the moon by looking up high in the west when you go outside in the mornings. The late (past-full) moons of late summer and early autumn follow a track across the sky that [...]

Science Wednesday: Return of the Blob

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:00:43 +0000
by Toby J. Swaford, K-12 Education Coordinator One of the Museum’s popular offerings at this last weekend’s New West Fest featured a non-Newtonian fluid (in the form of cornstarch dissolved in water) and an old subwoofer. While this may seem like unlikely an unlikely combination, the two work rather well together in a wacky mix [...]