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Imagining Insects exhibition at North Museum. Now through Summer 2026. Rare pinned specimens. Live beetles and roaches. 13 ft mantis!

northmuseum.org/exhibits/imagining-insects/

#Insects #Entomology #NorthMuseum #BugHuggers

Something exciting is in the works at the museum!

Over the next couple of weeks, we’ll be refreshing one of your favorite exhibits with updated experiences, new elements, and fresh opportunities for discovery.

Can you guess which one? Stay tuned for more details!

4th place animal science category award at ISEF- Emily S.

4th place animal science category award at ISEF- Emily S.

Thank you to the team at Lancaster County Motors Subaru for stepping up to support STEM Education for children in our community as the Automotive Sponsor at the 2026 Cosmic Bash!⁠
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@lancastercountymotorssubaru @subaru

𝗔 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘂𝗺!

Get ready to make a forecast for fun at the North Museum! Our upcoming Weather Theme invites curious minds of all ages to explore the exciting world of weather through hands-on activities, interactive experiments, and engaging discoveries throughout the museum. It’s a whirlwind of learning, exploration, and family fun you won’t want to miss!

This weekend's Planetarium shows:

💫 Accidental Astronauts
💫 Out There: Quest for Extrasolar Worlds
💫 Night Sky Tour - Our LIVE Astronomy Show

For showtimes and tickets: northmuseum.org/planetarium/

#northmuseum #planetarium #space #astronomy

This weekend's Planetarium shows:

💫 Accidental Astronauts
💫 Out There: Quest for Extrasolar Worlds
💫 Night Sky Tour - Our LIVE Astronomy Show

For showtimes and tickets: northmuseum.org/planetarium/

#northmuseum #planetarium #space #astronomy

MOTHER'S DAY SPECIAL–MOM'S ENTER FREE!
This Mother’s Day, May 10, moms enter with FREE ADMISSION to North Museum. PLUS enjoy some delicious pastries and a nice cup of coffee. Happy Mother's Day!

#MothersDay #NorthMuseum #ThankYouMom

A (dino) star is born! 💫 Team ATOMIC took a trip back to prehistoric times to bring this Dinos & Diamonds vision to life at @northmuseum’s annual Cosmic Bash 🦖💎

Custom fabrication + our modular systems + custom printed photo-op graphics = a vibe that was juuuust right from start to finish!

A (dino) star is born! 💫 Team ATOMIC took a trip back to prehistoric times to bring this Dinos & Diamonds vision to life at @northmuseum’s annual Cosmic Bash 🦖💎

Custom fabrication + our modular systems + custom printed photo-op graphics = a vibe that was juuuust right from start to finish!

A (dino) star is born! 💫 Team ATOMIC took a trip back to prehistoric times to bring this Dinos & Diamonds vision to life at @northmuseum’s annual Cosmic Bash 🦖💎

Custom fabrication + our modular systems + custom printed photo-op graphics = a vibe that was juuuust right from start to finish!

A (dino) star is born! 💫 Team ATOMIC took a trip back to prehistoric times to bring this Dinos & Diamonds vision to life at @northmuseum’s annual Cosmic Bash 🦖💎

Custom fabrication + our modular systems + custom printed photo-op graphics = a vibe that was juuuust right from start to finish!

A (dino) star is born! 💫 Team ATOMIC took a trip back to prehistoric times to bring this Dinos & Diamonds vision to life at @northmuseum’s annual Cosmic Bash 🦖💎

Custom fabrication + our modular systems + custom printed photo-op graphics = a vibe that was juuuust right from start to finish!

A (dino) star is born! 💫 Team ATOMIC took a trip back to prehistoric times to bring this Dinos & Diamonds vision to life at @northmuseum’s annual Cosmic Bash 🦖💎

Custom fabrication + our modular systems + custom printed photo-op graphics = a vibe that was juuuust right from start to finish!

A (dino) star is born! 💫 Team ATOMIC took a trip back to prehistoric times to bring this Dinos & Diamonds vision to life at @northmuseum’s annual Cosmic Bash 🦖💎

Custom fabrication + our modular systems + custom printed photo-op graphics = a vibe that was juuuust right from start to finish!

A (dino) star is born! 💫 Team ATOMIC took a trip back to prehistoric times to bring this Dinos & Diamonds vision to life at @northmuseum’s annual Cosmic Bash 🦖💎

Custom fabrication + our modular systems + custom printed photo-op graphics = a vibe that was juuuust right from start to finish!

𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿 𝗴𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝗚𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘆 𝗢𝗯𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱. All other Astronomy Day activities at North Museum are still happening!

Join us for 𝗔𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆 𝗗𝗮𝘆!

Saturday, April 25 from 10am–3pm at North Museum.

Activities include:
✨ Liquid nitrogen demos
✨ Moon slime
✨ Moon lander building & a moon lander competition
✨ Solar Observing (weather permitting)

Planetarium shows:
✨ One World, One Sky: Big Bird's Adventure at 11am & 4pm
✨ Night Sky Tour at 1pm focusing on Moon Facts and the Artemis mission
✨ Night Sky Tour at 3pm focusing on moon lore

https://northmuseum.org/events/astronomy-day/

🦖What a JOY to help North Museum fundraise for their facility and programming by emceeing during their “Dinos and Diamonds” 2026 Cosmic Bash! Yes, I bought a dinosaur dress for the occasion 🦖
Congrats to Charlie, Scott, Andrea, their entire team, and to the KIDS that will benefit from amazing programs as a result of this bash 🌟

Thank you to every sponsor, donor and guest who made Cosmic Bash 2026 possible!

Together, we raised more than $200,000 in support of free and reduced cost STEM Education efforts in our community! We are so grateful for your generosity!

#NorthMuseum #CosmicBash #CosmicBash2026

Thank you to every sponsor, donor and guest who made Cosmic Bash 2026 possible!

Together, we raised more than $200,000 in support of free and reduced cost STEM Education efforts in our community! We are so grateful for your generosity!

#NorthMuseum #CosmicBash #CosmicBash2026

Thank you to every sponsor, donor and guest who made Cosmic Bash 2026 possible!

Together, we raised more than $200,000 in support of free and reduced cost STEM Education efforts in our community! We are so grateful for your generosity!

#NorthMuseum #CosmicBash #CosmicBash2026

Thank you to every sponsor, donor and guest who made Cosmic Bash 2026 possible!

Together, we raised more than $200,000 in support of free and reduced cost STEM Education efforts in our community! We are so grateful for your generosity!

#NorthMuseum #CosmicBash #CosmicBash2026

Thank you to every sponsor, donor and guest who made Cosmic Bash 2026 possible!

Together, we raised more than $200,000 in support of free and reduced cost STEM Education efforts in our community! We are so grateful for your generosity!

#NorthMuseum #CosmicBash #CosmicBash2026

Thank you to every sponsor, donor and guest who made Cosmic Bash 2026 possible!

Together, we raised more than $200,000 in support of free and reduced cost STEM Education efforts in our community! We are so grateful for your generosity!

#NorthMuseum #CosmicBash #CosmicBash2026

Thank you to every sponsor, donor and guest who made Cosmic Bash 2026 possible!

Together, we raised more than $200,000 in support of free and reduced cost STEM Education efforts in our community! We are so grateful for your generosity!

#NorthMuseum #CosmicBash #CosmicBash2026

This weekend in the Planetarium, join North Museum’s Resident Astronomer Cole Penkunas to explore the wonders of the night sky in our live planetarium show, 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗦𝗸𝘆 𝗧𝗼𝘂𝗿! Witness the night sky come to life as you learn about the constellations among the stars, planets currently visible, our place in the cosmos, and more. Showtimes this Saturday only!

Also showing this weekend:

𝗘𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵, 𝗠𝗼𝗼𝗻, & 𝗦𝘂𝗻
Join Coyote as he discovers the truth behind the most baffling concepts associated with the Earth-Moon-Sun system, including eclipses, lunar phases, the seasonal changing of constellations and the physical nature of the Sun and the Moon.

𝗣𝗵𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲
Journey across space and time to the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, speeding alongside particles before they collide in visually stunning explosions of light and sound, while learning how scientists around the world are collaborating to track down the constituents of dark matter.

🎟️ For showtimes and tickets: 𝗻𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘂𝗺.𝗼𝗿𝗴/𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘂𝗺/

This weekend in the Planetarium, join North Museum’s Resident Astronomer Cole Penkunas to explore the wonders of the night sky in our live planetarium show, 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗦𝗸𝘆 𝗧𝗼𝘂𝗿! Witness the night sky come to life as you learn about the constellations among the stars, planets currently visible, our place in the cosmos, and more. Showtimes this Saturday only!

Also showing this weekend:

𝗘𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵, 𝗠𝗼𝗼𝗻, & 𝗦𝘂𝗻
Join Coyote as he discovers the truth behind the most baffling concepts associated with the Earth-Moon-Sun system, including eclipses, lunar phases, the seasonal changing of constellations and the physical nature of the Sun and the Moon.

𝗣𝗵𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲
Journey across space and time to the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, speeding alongside particles before they collide in visually stunning explosions of light and sound, while learning how scientists around the world are collaborating to track down the constituents of dark matter.

🎟️ For showtimes and tickets: 𝗻𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘂𝗺.𝗼𝗿𝗴/𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘂𝗺/

This weekend in the Planetarium, join North Museum’s Resident Astronomer Cole Penkunas to explore the wonders of the night sky in our live planetarium show, 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗦𝗸𝘆 𝗧𝗼𝘂𝗿! Witness the night sky come to life as you learn about the constellations among the stars, planets currently visible, our place in the cosmos, and more. Showtimes this Saturday only!

Also showing this weekend:

𝗘𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵, 𝗠𝗼𝗼𝗻, & 𝗦𝘂𝗻
Join Coyote as he discovers the truth behind the most baffling concepts associated with the Earth-Moon-Sun system, including eclipses, lunar phases, the seasonal changing of constellations and the physical nature of the Sun and the Moon.

𝗣𝗵𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲
Journey across space and time to the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, speeding alongside particles before they collide in visually stunning explosions of light and sound, while learning how scientists around the world are collaborating to track down the constituents of dark matter.

🎟️ For showtimes and tickets: 𝗻𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘂𝗺.𝗼𝗿𝗴/𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘂𝗺/