March 4, 2018 March has officially arrived which means St. Patrick’s Day is just around the corner! While many of you may already have plans to party the night away, you might be looking for something fun to do to pass the time leading up…
Well hi there! Wow, what a couple of weeks it’s been! Summer has begun with a bang here at the Virginia Living Museum…between summer camps, summer planetarium shows, and many other exciting things going on, I’m not even sure if I’m coming or going anymore. …
Hooray! The election is over! Okay, sorry, I couldn’t help myself. Whether your favored candidate won or lost, I think we can all agree it’s been a long and rough election season. I confess I am happy to be done with political ads, phone calls,…
Hello everyone! Just a quick post today, as it’s a holiday, and I’m home with my family. In a little while I’ll be heading to the museum, as we’ll be running our brand-new laser spectacular, Spirit of America, for the holiday tonight. Come check it…
But more importantly…did you see it? Wow, the transit of Venus was amazing! Weather locally here at the museum almost killed us…but just at the eleventh hour, the clouds parted a bit, and we got a decent view of the Sun. We had 5 telescopes…
Honestly, when you get right down to it, that’s what eccentric billionaire John Hammond should have named his theme park. Let’s face it – not all dinosaurs lived in the Jurassic, but all dinosaurs lived in the Mesozoic. So what’s up with the dinosaur talk,…
Well, actually, when you get right down to it…we’re the ones attacking Mars. Even as I write, the latest in a long series of robotic explorers is on its way to the Red Planet. The Mars Science Laboratory, with its already-famous rover, Curiosity, launched toward…
Hey everyone! So I am already excited for this Saturday’s Star Party and Laser Light Night here at the Virginia Living Museum. It’s going to be awesome, for two reasons. Number one is that we’ll be enjoying a Titanic theme! This Saturday, April 14, 2012,…
Hey, that film’s already opened. I saw that on a marquee just last week. And if you remember that line…you go all the way back to the A-Team in the 1980s. Good for you. So for this installment, I wanted to explain why the Abbitt…
Hello all! Third post, and already I’m asking for your help. I’m writing this tonight from a conference I attend every year for planetaria who own a system like the one we have at the Abbitt Planetarium. We all get together and share techniques, ideas,…