Marbles Kids Museum, 201 East Hargett Street, Raleigh, is hosting some special activities to celebrate and learn about the solar eclipse.
Celebrate Outer Space: Solar Eclipse! will take place during regular hours, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, August 20th, 2017, and Monday, August 21st.
The activities are included in the price of admission, with is $5.
They will not have solar eclipse glasses available. If you don’t have your own to bring, you can watch NASA’s live-stream of the event at Marbles IMAX.
The peak viewing time for the partial solar eclipse will be 2:45 p.m. on Monday, but here are some other activities going on during the two-day celebration:
Get fired up for the solar eclipse at Marbles with space-themed activities in the museum and live-stream NASA coverage of the eclipse at Marbles IMAX from 1-3:30pm.
- Stomp rockets
- solar prints
- Hubble 3D
- Journey to Space 3D
- A Beautiful Planet 3D
- LIVE look at the eclipse in the theater from 1-3:30pm.