On July 20, 1969, humans walked on another world for the first time. 50 years later, join us for a late-night celebration of the first Moon landing.
Timed Programming:
- Trivia at 8:30 pm, 10:00 pm, and 12:15 am
- "Eyewitness to Space: Art and the Apollo Program" at 9:00 pm
- Rebroadcast of Moon landing and first steps at 10:30 pm
- A special countdown at 10:56 pm ET to celebrate the exact time Neil Armstrong first set foot on the Moon
- Apollo 11-themed musical performance by electronic-duo Quindar from midnight to close
- Spacesuit Fashion Show at 1 am
Films (Get tickets below)
- Voyage Dans La Lune, with introduction by space history curator Michael Neufeld
8:15 pm - Mare Tranquillitatis episode of HBO's From the Earth to the Moon
Join the Museum and others around the country for a live tweet-along of the episode, all about the Apollo 11 Moon landing!
9:00 pm - To Plant a Flag
10:15 pm, fees apply - Apollo 11: First Steps Edition
11:15 pm, fees apply - 2001: A Space Odyssey
12:10 am fees apply
Other activities:
- Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo-themed scavenger hunts
- Astronaut costume designing
- “Lunar traverse” activity that traces the steps the astronauts took from the lunar module across on the Moon’s surface (starting from our LM!)
- Hands-on activities and science demonstrations
- Stargazing at the Phoebe Waterman Haas Public Observatory
This program is made possible by
Boeing
with additional support from