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Experience The Aurora

Watch the winter sky come to life before your eyes. See a stunning seven-month time lapse of the Aurora Borealis, commonly known as the Northern Lights, as it shimmers and glistens in a breathtaking display. Occurring when energized particles react with the atmosphere, this incredible natural phenomenon encircles Earth’s poles to put on a magnificent light show. This astronomy feature is followed by a live presentation that allows you to explore the stars like never before!

Want to see more? Take a sneak peek here.

Daily Schedule

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April 2018
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1

April 1

Museum Exhibits

Flight of the Butterflies

12:00 pm

Egg Drop Challenge

1:00 pm

Phantom of the Universe

1:00 pm

Dream Big: Engineering Our World

2:00 pm

We Are Stars

3:00 pm

Scientific Method

3:30 pm

Rocky Mountain Express

4:00 pm

Close

2

April 2

Museum Exhibits

Cosmic Climate Cookbook

11:00 am

Claw Challenge

11:30 am

Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk

12:00 pm

Planet Nine

1:00 pm

Cosmic Climate Cookbook

2:00 pm

Phantom of the Universe

3:00 pm

Flight of the Butterflies

4:00 pm

Close

3

April 3

Museum Exhibits

Cosmic Climate Cookbook

11:00 am

Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk

12:00 pm

Supercool

12:30 pm

Planet Nine

1:00 pm

National Parks Adventure

2:00 pm

Claw Challenge

3:00 pm

Phantom of the Universe

3:00 pm

Flight of the Butterflies

4:00 pm

Close

4

April 4

Museum Exhibits

Cosmic Climate Cookbook

11:00 am

Lunch Break Science

12:00 pm

Planet Nine

12:00 pm

Planet Nine

1:00 pm

National Parks Adventure

2:00 pm

Phantom of the Universe

3:00 pm

Flight of the Butterflies

4:00 pm

Close

5

April 5

Museum Exhibits

Rat Basketball in the Science Theater

11:00 am

Cosmic Climate Cookbook

11:00 am

Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk

12:00 pm

Planet Nine

1:00 pm

National Parks Adventure

2:00 pm

Wild Africa

3:00 pm

Flight of the Butterflies

4:00 pm

Close

6

April 6

Museum Exhibits

Cosmic Climate Cookbook

11:00 am

Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk

12:00 pm

Radical Reactions

12:00 pm

Dream Big: Engineering Our World

1:00 pm

Soaring Satellites

1:30 pm

National Parks Adventure

2:00 pm

Phantom of the Universe

3:00 pm

Flight of the Butterflies

4:00 pm

Rocky Mountain Express

5:00 pm

Close

7

April 7

Museum Exhibits

Rat Basketball

11:00 am

Cosmic Climate Cookbook

11:00 am

Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk

12:00 pm

Planet Nine

1:00 pm

Rat Basketball

2:00 pm

National Parks Adventure

2:00 pm

Phantom of the Universe

3:00 pm

Flight of the Butterflies

4:00 pm

Rocky Mountain Express

5:00 pm

Close

8

April 8

Museum Exhibits

Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk

12:00 pm

Planet Nine

1:00 pm

Rat Basketball

2:00 pm

National Parks Adventure

2:00 pm

Phantom of the Universe

3:00 pm

Flight of the Butterflies

4:00 pm

Close

9
10

April 10

Museum Exhibits

Wild Africa

11:00 am

Rat Basketball

11:00 am

National Parks Adventure

12:00 pm

Wild Africa

1:00 pm

Rat Basketball

2:00 pm

Wild Africa

2:00 pm

Phantom of the Universe

3:00 pm

Flight of the Butterflies

4:00 pm

Close

11

April 11

Museum Exhibits

Live Universe Exploration

10:00 am

Wild Africa

11:00 am

Lunch Break Science

12:00 pm

Wild Africa

12:00 pm

Great White Shark

1:00 pm

Radical Reactions

1:00 pm

National Parks Adventure

2:00 pm

Phantom of the Universe

3:00 pm

Flight of the Butterflies

4:00 pm

Close

12

April 12

Museum Exhibits

Great White Shark

11:00 am

National Parks Adventure

12:00 pm

Planet Nine

1:00 pm

Rat Basketball

2:30 pm

Bobsled Challenge

3:00 pm

Close

13

April 13

Museum Exhibits

Eco Lab

Art Lab

Animal Lab

Cardboard City

5:00 pm

Ready Row Homes

5:00 pm

Cardboard Pinball

5:30 pm

Cosmic Expedition

6:30 pm

Cosmic Expedition

7:15 pm

Science on a Sphere

8:00 pm

Wall-E

8:00 pm

Close

14

April 14

Museum Exhibits

Eco Lab

Art Lab

Animal Lab

Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk

12:00 pm

Carl the Crab Goes Golfing

12:00 pm

Planet Nine

1:00 pm

Bulls Eye! Cow Eye Dissection

1:30 pm

National Parks Adventure

2:00 pm

Cooking Demonstration

2:30 pm

Phantom of the Universe

3:00 pm

Supercool

3:30 pm

Flight of the Butterflies

4:00 pm

Rocky Mountain Express

5:00 pm

Close

15

April 15

Museum Exhibits

Eco Lab

Art Lab

Animal Lab

Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk

12:00 pm

Science on a Sphere

12:00 pm

Scientific Method

1:00 pm

Soaring Satellites

1:00 pm

Planet Nine

1:00 pm

Meet a Beekeeper

1:30 pm

National Parks Adventure

2:00 pm

Supercool

2:30 pm

Phantom of the Universe

3:00 pm

Science on a Sphere

4:00 pm

Flight of the Butterflies

4:00 pm

Close

16
17

April 17

Museum Exhibits

Eco Lab

Art Lab

Animal Lab

Dream Big: Engineering Our World

10:00 am

National Parks Adventure

11:00 am

Humpback Whales

12:00 pm

Planet Nine

1:00 pm

Bulls Eye! Cow Eye Dissection

1:00 pm

National Parks Adventure

2:00 pm

Phantom of the Universe

3:00 pm

Science on a Sphere

3:30 pm

Flight of the Butterflies

4:00 pm

Close

18

April 18

Museum Exhibits

Eco Lab

Art Lab

Animal Lab

National Parks Adventure

10:00 am

Wild Africa

11:00 am

Lunch Break Science

12:00 pm

Wild Africa

12:00 pm

Planet Nine

1:00 pm

Scientific Method

1:30 pm

National Parks Adventure

2:00 pm

Phantom of the Universe

3:00 pm

Flight of the Butterflies

4:00 pm

Close

19

April 19

Museum Exhibits

Eco Lab

Art Lab

Animal Lab

Twyla Meets a Monster

10:30 am

National Parks Adventure

11:00 am

Rat Basketball

11:00 am

Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk

12:00 pm

Twyla Meets a Monster

12:00 pm

Blackbird: Legacy of Innovation

12:00 pm

Planet Nine

1:00 pm

Science on a Sphere

1:00 pm

National Parks Adventure

2:00 pm

Rat Basketball

2:00 pm

Twyla Meets a Monster

2:30 pm

Soaring Satellites

3:00 pm

Phantom of the Universe

3:00 pm

Planet Nine

4:00 pm

Blackbird: Legacy of Innovation

4:00 pm

Close

20

April 20

Museum Exhibits

Eco Lab

Art Lab

Animal Lab

National Parks Adventure

11:00 am

Great White Shark

12:00 pm

Great White Shark

1:00 pm

National Parks Adventure

2:00 pm

Phantom of the Universe

3:00 pm

Flight of the Butterflies

4:00 pm

Rocky Mountain Express

5:00 pm

Close

21

April 21

Museum Exhibits

Eco Lab

Art Lab

Animal Lab

Cosmic Climate Cookbook

11:00 am

Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk

12:00 pm

Planet Nine

1:00 pm

National Parks Adventure

2:00 pm

Phantom of the Universe

3:00 pm

Flight of the Butterflies

4:00 pm

Rocky Mountain Express

5:00 pm

Close

22

April 22

Museum Exhibits

Eco Lab

Art Lab

Animal Lab

Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk

12:00 pm

Planet Nine

1:00 pm

National Parks Adventure

2:00 pm

Cosmic Climate Cookbook

3:00 pm

Flight of the Butterflies

4:00 pm

Close

23
24

April 24

Museum Exhibits

Eco Lab

Art Lab

Animal Lab

Cosmic Climate Cookbook

11:00 am

Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk

12:00 pm

Live Universe Exploration

1:00 pm

National Parks Adventure

2:00 pm

Phantom of the Universe

3:00 pm

Flight of the Butterflies

4:00 pm

Close

25

April 25

Museum Exhibits

Eco Lab

Art Lab

Animal Lab

Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk

10:00 am

Dream Big: Engineering Our World

11:00 am

Lunch Break Science

12:00 pm

Humpback Whales

12:00 pm

Dream Big: Engineering Our World

1:00 pm

National Parks Adventure

2:00 pm

Phantom of the Universe

3:00 pm

Flight of the Butterflies

4:00 pm

Close

26

April 26

Museum Exhibits

Eco Lab

Art Lab

Animal Lab

Live Universe Exploration

10:00 am

Humpback Whales

11:00 am

Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk

12:00 pm

Wild Africa

1:00 pm

Humpback Whales

2:00 pm

Phantom of the Universe

3:00 pm

Flight of the Butterflies

4:00 pm

Close

27

April 27

Museum Exhibits

Eco Lab

Art Lab

Animal Lab

Back to the Moon for Good

11:00 am

Wild Africa

12:00 pm

Planet Nine

1:00 pm

National Parks Adventure

2:00 pm

Live Universe Exploration

3:00 pm

Back to the Moon for Good

4:00 pm

Rocky Mountain Express

5:00 pm

Close

28

April 28

Museum Exhibits

Eco Lab

Art Lab

Animal Lab

Cosmic Climate Cookbook

11:00 am

Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk

12:00 pm

Planet Nine

1:00 pm

National Parks Adventure

2:00 pm

Phantom of the Universe

3:00 pm

Flight of the Butterflies

4:00 pm

Rocky Mountain Express

5:00 pm

Close

29

April 29

Museum Exhibits

Eco Lab

Art Lab

Animal Lab

Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk

12:00 pm

Planet Nine

1:00 pm

National Parks Adventure

2:00 pm

Phantom of the Universe

3:00 pm

Flight of the Butterflies

4:00 pm

Close

30

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