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Mazes and Brain Games 02/11/2023 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Maneuver your way through this mind boggling collection of mind-bending adventures, 3-D puzzles and full-body games – an unforgettable adventure that’s sure to challenge, entertain and amaze visitors of all ages. More Info
Stargazing February 2023 02/11/2023 5:00 pm - 11:00 pm Laser Nights Looking for some Saturday night fun? Start with a planetarium program. Then experience a sensory extravaganza as laser shows provide music to both the eyes and ears every second Saturday of the month. The museum has an incredible laser system that splashes brilliant high-color LED laser light all across the entire surface of the dome. It’s the most amazing light show you’ve ever seen! Plus, there’s music to suit every taste. Different bands are featured every month. Cost: Members $5, non-members $8 per show. February 11: Stargazing Night Are you ready to see a comet? Come to the Virginia Living Museum this event as we do our best to observe Comet (E3) ZTF, known popularly as the Green Comet. Weather permitting, we’ll have our telescopes trained on the object, as well as the nearby planet Mars. Just remember – the comet will only look green in pictures. Why? Come chat with our astronomers and guests from the Wallops Island Flight Facility sharing some awesome human spaceflight information! Stargazing is FREE and open to all! Virginia Skies Time: 6pm A live guided tour of the current evening sky with a staff astronomer. Recommended for all ages. Virginia Skies tickets Laser U2 Time: 7pm Recommended: ages 6 and above The ultimate band from Ireland’s ultimate laser show! Featuring classic U2 hits like Pride (In the Name of Love), New Year’s Day, October and many, many more, this show will astound you with its awesome laser effects! This program is family-friendly: Inappropriate song lyrics have been eliminated or blanked. Show Playlist Where the Streets Have No Name I Will Follow Beautiful Day Sunday Bloody Sunday October The Fly Mysterious Ways Pride Zoo Station With or Without You Desire New Year’s Day Laser U2 tickets Laser Doors Time: 8:30pm Recommended: ages 15 and above The sixties are back, and they are as psychedelic as ever! Go back to the days of peace, love, and awesome music with Jim Morrison and Laser Doors. Experience hits like Spanish Caravan, Soul Kitchen, Break on Through, and many, many more with the most dazzling and intense laser effects you’ve ever seen. Laser Doors is a laser adventure not to be missed! Many of these songs contain lyrics some parents may find objectionable. Please be aware that volume levels during our Laser Zeppelin program will be high and the imagery can be intense. Show Playlist Break on Through Love Her Madly People are Strange Horse Latitudes Moonlight Drive Light My Fire Soul Kitchen The Crystal Ship Waiting for the Sun Spanish Caravan The End Peace Frog Hello, I Love You Love Me Two Times L.A. Woman Laser Doors tickets Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon Time: 10pm Recommended: ages 15 and above From the very beginning of lasers, this album has represented the ultimate in laser show experiences. And it’s still true today. Join us for the seminal laser show experience with one of the most incredible albums of all time. Considered by many critics to be the album that brought the commercial breakthrough to Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon offers a mixture of psychedelic, rock and jazz sounds. Its sonic backdrops and atmospheric soundscapes combined with a unique assortment of sound effects yield an emotional resonance. When accompanied by a diverse and unusual display of laser art, the overall feel is a dramatic and haunting atmosphere. Some of these songs contain lyrics some parents may find objectionable. Please be aware that volume levels during our Pink Floyd program will be high and the imagery can be intense. Show Playlist Speak to Me Breathe On the Run Time The Great Gig in the Sky Money Us and Them Any Colour You Like Brain Damage Eclipse Dark Side of the Moon tickets

Mazes and Brain Games

02/11/2023
9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Maneuver your way through this mind boggling collection of mind-bending adventures, 3-D puzzles and full-body games – an unforgettable adventure that’s sure to challenge, entertain and amaze visitors of all ages.

More Info

Stargazing February 2023

02/11/2023
5:00 pm - 11:00 pm

Laser Nights

Looking for some Saturday night fun? Start with a planetarium program. Then experience a sensory extravaganza as laser shows provide music to both the eyes and ears every second Saturday of the month. The museum has an incredible laser system that splashes brilliant high-color LED laser light all across the entire surface of the dome. It’s the most amazing light show you’ve ever seen! Plus, there’s music to suit every taste. Different bands are featured every month.

Cost: Members $5, non-members $8 per show.

February 11: Stargazing Night

Are you ready to see a comet? Come to the Virginia Living Museum this event as we do our best to observe Comet (E3) ZTF, known popularly as the Green Comet. Weather permitting, we’ll have our telescopes trained on the object, as well as the nearby planet Mars. Just remember – the comet will only look green in pictures. Why? Come chat with our astronomers and guests from the Wallops Island Flight Facility sharing some awesome human spaceflight information! Stargazing is FREE and open to all!

Virginia Skies

Time: 6pm

A live guided tour of the current evening sky with a staff astronomer.

Recommended for all ages.

Virginia Skies tickets

Laser U2

Time: 7pm

Recommended: ages 6 and above

The ultimate band from Ireland’s ultimate laser show! Featuring classic U2 hits like Pride (In the Name of Love), New Year’s Day, October and many, many more, this show will astound you with its awesome laser effects!

This program is family-friendly: Inappropriate song lyrics have been eliminated or blanked.

Show Playlist

Where the Streets Have No Name
I Will Follow
Beautiful Day
Sunday Bloody Sunday
October
The Fly

Mysterious Ways
Pride
Zoo Station
With or Without You
Desire
New Year’s Day

Laser U2 tickets

Laser Doors

Time: 8:30pm

Recommended: ages 15 and above

The sixties are back, and they are as psychedelic as ever! Go back to the days of peace, love, and awesome music with Jim Morrison and Laser Doors. Experience hits like Spanish Caravan, Soul Kitchen, Break on Through, and many, many more with the most dazzling and intense laser effects you’ve ever seen. Laser Doors is a laser adventure not to be missed!

Many of these songs contain lyrics some parents may find objectionable. Please be aware that volume levels during our Laser Zeppelin program will be high and the imagery can be intense.

Show Playlist

Break on Through
Love Her Madly
People are Strange
Horse Latitudes
Moonlight Drive
Light My Fire
Soul Kitchen
The Crystal Ship

Waiting for the Sun
Spanish Caravan
The End
Peace Frog
Hello, I Love You
Love Me Two Times
L.A. Woman

Laser Doors tickets

Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon

Time: 10pm

Recommended: ages 15 and above

From the very beginning of lasers, this album has represented the ultimate in laser show experiences. And it’s still true today. Join us for the seminal laser show experience with one of the most incredible albums of all time. Considered by many critics to be the album that brought the commercial breakthrough to Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon offers a mixture of psychedelic, rock and jazz sounds. Its sonic backdrops and atmospheric soundscapes combined with a unique assortment of sound effects yield an emotional resonance. When accompanied by a diverse and unusual display of laser art, the overall feel is a dramatic and haunting atmosphere.

Some of these songs contain lyrics some parents may find objectionable. Please be aware that volume levels during our Pink Floyd program will be high and the imagery can be intense.

Show Playlist