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There's always something to do at one of the Network museums.

Check below to learn more about our events and exhibits. Please contact each museum for exact dates and times of the events listed.

EVENTS

Texarkana Museums SystemNow until January 11, 2009

Good Vibrations Exhibit
Discovery Place Children's Museum, Texarkana Museums System, Texarkana
This collection of innovative, inquiry-based exhibits was developed and built especially for the Arkansas Discovery Network by the world-renowned Exploratorium in San Francisco. Through hands-on investigation, boys and girls of all ages will be engaged in learning about weather, sound, light, geology and motion.
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Now until January 4, 2009

Grossology Exhibition
Arkansas State University Museum, Jonesboro
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Now until January 24, 2009


Frederic Remington, Western Artist and Sculptor
Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas, Pine Bluff

The work of western artist and sculptor Frederic Remington continues in the galleries at the Center with the exhibit “Frederic Remington Makes Tracks” running until Jan. 24. Remington rose to fame in the mid-1880s as an illustrator of western subjects for the most popular magazines of the day including “Harper’s and “Collier’s.” This exhibit, part of a nine-city national tour over a 2½ year period, features 50 original prints first published in the various magazines, three silver recast sculptures and one bronze portrait of Remington. Also continuing in the galleries are the “Impression-style” landscapes of artist Clyde Downs of Louisiana and the freestyle pottery of Gail Miller with Miller’s Mud Mill of Dumas.
Jan. 9 from 5-7 p.m. there is a Gallery Talk with Remington expert Anne Morand.
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December 30, 2008


Mayan Family Night
Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources, Smackover

Kids' Quest members and their families are invited the the Arkansas Museum of NaturalResources in Smackover to enjoy Mayan Family Night on December 30. Enjoy a guided tour of the Mystery of the Mayan Medallion — parents and children will have an opportunity to solve the Mayan Mystery. The night will be filled with Mayan games and Mayan food. The night will conclude with a visit to the Mayan Market (gift shop) where you will have the opportunity to take home souvenirs of the night. Mayan Family Night begins at 6:30 p.m. and concludes at 8:00 p.m.
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Museum of Discovery, Little Rock

January 17 - April 5, 2009

Good Vibrations Exhibit
Museum of Discovery, Little Rock
This collection of innovative, inquiry-based exhibits was developed and built especially for the Arkansas Discovery Network by the world-renowned Exploratorium in San Francisco. Through hands-on investigation, boys and girls of all ages will be engaged in learning about weather, sound, light, geology and motion.
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Center for Math and Science EducationFebruary 12, 2009

Science Circus
The Center for Math and Science Education, Fayetteville
7 - 8 p.m. in the Arkansas Union Ballroom at the University of Arkansas
An exploration of Newtonian physics through circus arts, Science Circus will be touring Arkansas in 2009. Rhys Thomas, a former middle school teacher, teaches basic science while adding healthy doses of humor in Science Circus. Thomas tosses a bowling ball, spins glass bowls, balances a rose on his nose and otherwise manipulates objects ranging from feathers and spoons to swords and Chinese yoyos while helping audiences appreciate the laws of physics, including gyroscopic stability, gravity, and inertia.
For more information, call 479-575-3875 or email cmorley@uark.edu
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February 19-21, 2009

Science Circus
Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas, Pine Bluff
Kids Quest and free public performance, 1-4 pm, Saturday, Feb. 21
Schools encouraged to call for private showings Feb. 19-20
An exploration of Newtonian physics through circus arts, Science Circus will be touring Arkansas in 2009. Rhys Thomas, a former middle school teacher, teaches basic science while adding healthy doses of humor in Science Circus. Thomas tosses a bowling ball, spins glass bowls, balances a rose on his nose and otherwise manipulates objects ranging from feathers and spoons to swords and Chinese yoyos while helping audiences appreciate the laws of physics, including gyroscopic stability, gravity, and inertia.
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Mid-America Science Museum, Hot SpringsMarch 5-7, 2009

Science Circus
Mid-America Science Museum, Hot Springs
An exploration of Newtonian physics through circus arts, Science Circus will be touring Arkansas in 2009. Rhys Thomas, a former middle school teacher, teaches basic science while adding healthy doses of humor in Science Circus. Thomas tosses a bowling ball, spins glass bowls, balances a rose on his nose and otherwise manipulates objects ranging from feathers and spoons to swords and Chinese yoyos while helping audiences appreciate the laws of physics, including gyroscopic stability, gravity, and inertia.
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Texarkana Museums SystemMarch 12-14, 2009

Science Circus
Discovery Place Children's Museum, Texarkana Museums System, Texarkana
An exploration of Newtonian physics through circus arts, Science Circus will be touring Arkansas in 2009. Rhys Thomas, a former middle school teacher, teaches basic science while adding healthy doses of humor in Science Circus. Thomas tosses a bowling ball, spins glass bowls, balances a rose on his nose and otherwise manipulates objects ranging from feathers and spoons to swords and Chinese yoyos while helping audiences appreciate the laws of physics, including gyroscopic stability, gravity, and inertia.
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March 14 - June 14, 2009


The Mystery of the Mayan Medallion
Arkansas State University Museum, Jonesboro
An archeological team has mysteriously disappeared from a dig site in Palenque, Mexico. They had been investigating a long-standing rumor that a priceless jade medallion is buried in the temple there. However, something horrifying has scared them off. Luckily, in their haste to escape, they managed to leave behind a video with clues and a warning to all who come after. See if you can uncover the mystery of the dig site and find the priceless treasure!
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Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources, SmackoverMarch 19-21, 2009

Science Circus
Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources, Smackover
An exploration of Newtonian physics through circus arts, Science Circus will be touring Arkansas in 2009. Thomas tosses a bowling ball, spins glass bowls, balances a rose on his nose and otherwise manipulates objects ranging from feathers and spoons to swords and Chinese yoyos while helping audiences appreciate the laws of physics, including gyroscopic stability, gravity, and inertia.
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Arkansas State University Museum, JonesboroJuly 16-18, 2009

Science Circus
Arkansas State University Museum, Jonesboro
An exploration of Newtonian physics through circus arts, Science Circus will be touring Arkansas in 2009. Rhys Thomas, a former middle school teacher, teaches basic science while adding healthy doses of humor in Science Circus. Thomas tosses a bowling ball, spins glass bowls, balances a rose on his nose and otherwise manipulates objects ranging from feathers and spoons to swords and Chinese yoyos while helping audiences appreciate the laws of physics, including gyroscopic stability, gravity, and inertia.
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Museum of Discovery, Little RockJuly 23-25, 2009

Science Circus
Museum of Discovery, Little Rock
An exploration of Newtonian physics through circus arts, Science Circus will be touring Arkansas in 2009. Rhys Thomas, a former middle school teacher, teaches basic science while adding healthy doses of humor in Science Circus. Thomas tosses a bowling ball, spins glass bowls, balances a rose on his nose and otherwise manipulates objects ranging from feathers and spoons to swords and Chinese yoyos while helping audiences appreciate the laws of physics, including gyroscopic stability, gravity, and inertia.
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