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New Year’s Eve 1940s Hangar Dance w/ Live Big Band
Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum 500 NE Captain Michael King Smith Way, McMinnville, OR, United StatesSwing in the new year with a 1940s Big Band Hangar Dance at Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum! All proceeds will benefit the Museum.Got Your Six Aviation and Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum proudly present the 2023 New Year's Eve Big Band Hangar Dance beneath the Spruce Goose at Evergreen Aviation Museum!All proceeds from this...
Storytellers Series: OSIRIS-REx: To the Asteroid Bennu and Back Again
Presenter: Donn Anderson NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security - Regolith Explorer) is the first U.S. space mission to orbit a near Earth asteroid and return a sample from it safely to Earth. This seven year mission to Bennu successfully landed its capsule last September. Analyzing the on board sample will help scientists...
The Life & Times of Bessie Coleman – The First Black Female and First Native American Pilot
Join us as we explore Bessie Coleman’s pioneering journey to become the first Black woman and first Native American to earn a pilot’s license. Coleman’s inspiring life story, related through a live theatrical performance by her great-niece Gigi Coleman, encourages individuals to achieve their dreams. WHEN: Feb. 15th 6:00PM - 7:00PM and Feb. 16th 10:00AM...
The Life & Times of Bessie Coleman – The First Black Female and First Native American Pilot
Join us as we explore Bessie Coleman’s pioneering journey to become the first Black woman and first Native American to earn a pilot’s license. Coleman’s inspiring life story, related through a live theatrical performance by her great-niece Gigi Coleman, encourages individuals to achieve their dreams. WHEN: Feb. 15th 6:00PM - 7:00PM and Feb. 16th 10:00AM...
1-Day Barnstormer Camp
Aviation Museum 500 NE Captain MIchael King Smith Way, McMinnville, OR, United StatesJoin the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum as we explore Bessie Coleman’s pioneering journey to become the first Black woman and first Native American descendent to earn a pilot’s license. Coleman’s inspiring life story, related through a live theatrical performance by her great-niece Gigi Coleman, encourages individuals to achieve their dreams. Come along with us...
Snapology’s Planes, Trains, & Automobiles
Join Snapology at the iconic Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum to explore the world of transportation in this engaging and fun class! Children will build models of their favorite forms of transportation as they learn about energy, wheels and axles, air resistance, and more. In this session we will focus on airplanes; those teams which...
Storytellers Series: NASA’s Amazing Mission to the Asteroid Belt
Presenter: John Jennings NASA’s innovative DAWN spacecraft studied the conditions and processes of the solar system’s earliest epoch by investigating in detail two of the largest protoplanets in the Asteroid Belt still remaining intact since their formations: the giant asteroid Vesta and dwarf planet Ceres, two main asteroid belt worlds that followed very different evolutionary...
The Nighthawk Experience: Desert Storm
Evergreen Space Museum 510 NE Captain MIchael King Smith Way, McMinnville, OR, United StatesIn commemoration of the 33rd Anniversary of Desert Storm, the Museum is hosting a Desert Storm-themed, “The Nighthawk Experience.” If you were not able to make the first "The Nighthawk Experience" or you would like to learn more about Operation Desert Storm, this event is for you. The event will feature Major General Gregory Feest,...
Snapology’s Combat Robots
**NOTE CLASS TIMES! Saturday, 3/9 from 10am - 1pm AND Sunday, 3/10 from 1 - 4pm.** Can you build the strongest and most agile robot? Can your robot win a head-to-head combat mission? Join Snapology at the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum to learn engineering strategies for building sturdy structures using LEGO® bricks and then...
Snapology’s Planes, Trains, & Automobiles with Robotics
Join Snapology at the iconic Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum to explore the world of transportation in this engaging and fun class! As they build models and robots of planes and fighter jets, students will learn about energy, wheels and axles, air resistance, and more. Students will have the opportunity to visit the Aviation Museum...
Science Fest 2024
Save the date for Saturday, March 16th, for a FREE day of hands-on science demonstrations from Carlton Observatory at Science Fest 2024. Held at the Space Museum from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Science Fest is a daylong event that celebrates all things science! We create 20+ hands-on science demonstrations and place them around the...