Museum Store Sunday - December 1, 2019
Wed, Nov 20, 2019
Make plans to shop on December 1, 2019 from [11AM-5PM] at the Museum Stores within the Museum of Arts & Sciences and the Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art!
Museums foster ongoing appreciation and knowledge of art, nature, culture, science, history,... Read More
Conjunction of Venus and Jupiter
Wed, Nov 13, 2019
Save the Date! Be sure to join us for the outdoor FREE event - Night Sky Viewing Party - Conjunction of Venus and Jupiter on Saturday, November 23 [5-8PM]. *Weather Permitting*
Additional programming will include "The Sky Tonight" show in the Lohman... Read More
Pirate Myths and East Coast Florida Pirates
Wed, Nov 06, 2019
People have always been fascinated by pirates, but what most people think they know comes from movies, television shows, plays, and novels. Pirate lore is a very fragmented history and one that is overrun with ridiculous myths. Things like peg legs, ... Read More
Over and Out: Mercury on the Move this Fall 2019
Tue, Oct 29, 2019
Monday, November 11, 2019 From 8:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., MOAS will be celebrating the transit of Mercury. Weather permitting, a special solar telescope will be in the MOAS courtyard for safe viewing throughout the event. In the Planetarium, a live stre... Read More
Creepy Crawly Critters - Florida Spiders and Fun Facts
Wed, Oct 23, 2019
Did you know that spiders are not actually considered insects? Or, that they are often predatory, and even cannibalistic? Learn more about these creepy crawlers and the webs they weave in our list of Florida Spider fun facts! Read More
FANtastic! Decorative Fans from a Private Collection
Tue, Oct 08, 2019
Beginning April 18 and running through January 12, 2020 - FANtastic Decorative Fans from a Private Collection will be on display in our North Wing. A collection of over 50 fans from the 18th to the early 20th centuries including mourning fans, hand-c... Read More
Rhea Fontaine and Pam Paulson of Paulson Fontaine Press
Mon, Sep 23, 2019
Opening August 31 and running through October 27, MOAS will be showing Personal to Political: Celebrating the African American Artists of Paulson Fontaine Press in the Karshan Center of Graphic Art. This exciting exhibition features works by African ... Read More
Fossil Collecting 101
Mon, Sep 09, 2019
One of the great aspects of studying fossils is that it is the story of past life on Earth. If it were not for the science of paleontology, we would know nothing of the tyrannosaur rex, the wooly mammoth, the giant ground sloth, or other past life on... Read More
To Choose Our Destiny: The Lasting Legacy of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing
Wed, Jul 31, 2019
As a species, we have an innate desire to explore. This urge to push into new frontiers is fueled by an everlasting curiosity that is a defining attribute of humankind.
Throughout our history, there are countless of when this curiosity launched u... Read More
Florida: A Sportsman's Paradise
Wed, May 15, 2019
Since Florida became a territory in 1821, the state's reputation as a tourist paradise began to grow. At first, the territory was advertised to invalids seeking refuge from what was called the graveyard cough (tuberculosis). St. Augustine became a me... Read More
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