EVENTS 2019
How has Delaware contributed to space exploration?
How will space exploration and advanced technology impact the future?
How do the humanities link in to this conversation?
Join Delaware Humanities as we answer these questions and more through a traveling exhibit, special guest speakers, hosted lecture events, film screenings, discussions, and more.
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EXHIBIT 2019
& EVENTS AT-A-GLANCE
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March
Event: Dr. Doug Lantry, Curator, National Museum of U.S. Air Force
“Apollo Space Suits: History, Technology and Culture”
March 27 | 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Soda House, Hagley Museum, Wilmington DE
April
Event: Oral History Workshop
April 1
Wilmington Library and live streamed to two other locations
Exhibit: Wilmington Library | Wilmington, DE
Event: DEstination: Space Exhibit Grand Opening
April 5 | 5:30 p.m. | Wilmington Library
Event: Special Space Themed Story Time
April 18 | 10:00 a.m. | Wilmington Library
May
Exhibit: University of Delaware | Morris Library, Newark, DE
Event: Planet Earth Family Day
May 11 | 1p.m. – 4 p.m.
Delaware Aerospace Education Foundation
Event: Screening of Moon Machines, Part 1, The Saturn Rocket
May 30 | 7:00 p.m. | Lewes Public Library
Moon Machines will be screened at the library throughout the summer. Follow “Learn More” below for additional dates, times, and parts.
June
Exhibit: Lewes Public Library | June, 2019
Lewes, DE
Event: Presentation on Ted Freeman by Joanne Guilfoil
June 12 | 1:00 p.m. | Lewes Public Library
Event: Spacesuit Presentation by Bill Ayrey
June 18 | 3:00 p.m. | Lewes Public Library
July
Exhibit: Brandywine Hundred Library
Event: Apollo: Safely to Earth presentation by Jack Clemons
July 12 | 6:00 p.m. | Lewes Public Library
Event: Out of this World LEGO Adventure
July 15 | 6:00 p.m. | Brandywine Hundred Library
Event: Snapshots from Space – Green Screen
July 16 | 6:30 p.m. | Brandywine Hundred Library
Event: Delaware Aerospace Education Foundation Footsteps on the Moon
July 17 | 10:30 a.m. | Brandywine Hundred Library
Event: Chasing Space Book Discussion
July 17 | 7:00 p.m. | Bear Library
Event: Astronaut Boot Camp
July 19 | 10:30 a.m. | Brandywine Hundred Library
Event: SPACE FAIRE
July 20 | 1:00 p.m. | Brandywine Hundred Library
August
Exhibit: Kent County Public Library
Event: “Ask A Scientist” Panel
August 9 | 4:00 p.m. | Lewes Public Library
Event: “Sally Ride: Reach for the Stars!”
August 28 | 6:30 p.m. | Kent County Public Library
September
Exhibit: Rte. 9 Library
Event: Lunar, Saturn, and Jupiter Viewing with Delmarva Space Sciences Foundation
September 6 | 7:00 p.m. | Lewes Public Library
Event: Chasing Space Book Discussion
September 26 | 6:30 p.m. | Kent County Public Library
October
Exhibit: Wilmington University
Event: “We Came in Peace” Lecture and VR Moonwalk Experience
October 3 | 4:00 p.m. VR opens, lecture starts at 6:00 p.m. | Wilmington Universit
Event: Leland Melvin, Astronaut
October 5 | 12:00 p.m. | Delaware State University
Event: Chasing Space Book Discussion
October 28 | 5:30 p.m. | Rehoboth Beach Library
November/December
Exhibit: Laurel Public Library
Event: Delaware’s One Giant Leap to the Moon
December 12 | 6:30 p.m. | Laurel Public Library