Only a few days until blast off! This Monday, July 18th, 2022, the From Our Town to the Moon, Mars, and Beyond exhibit will launch at the Coloma Public Library, and will run until Friday, September 2nd. The public is invited to attend the opening ceremonies at 8:45 a.m, just outside the main entrance to the library.
Light refreshments from Biggby Coffee of Coloma and Soulard’s will be served. Following the brief ceremony, attendees will enjoy the first opportunity to interact with the exhibits when the doors open at 9 a.m. There will also be NASA swag giveaways available throughout the day, (while supplies last).
This traveling exhibition will be available at only eight libraries nationwide, and the community is ecstatic that one of those is right here in Southwest Michigan!
This hands-on exhibit, meant to educate and excite the community about human spaceflight, the International Space Station, and NASA’s next big step to land the first woman on the Moon, will offer displays, STEAM activities, and will coincide with the library’s Summer Reading Program: ‘Take Me To Your Reader’ (June 20 – August 19). This learning experience will explore the differences and similarities between Earth, the Moon, and Mars, how we’re getting there, how we’ll live there, what we’ll learn, and more.
The Moon, Mars, and Beyond exhibition is offered by the National Center for Interactive Learning (NCIL) at the Space Science Institute (SSI) in partnership with Education Development Center (EDC), and is supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. For more information on this out-of-this-world exhibit and other events offered at the library, please visit colomapubliclibrary.net.
By Jocelyne Tuszynski, MOTM contributor
