Museum of History and Culture

Upcoming Events

EventDateDetails
SMV Skywatch9/22Canceled for tonight, due to cloudy forecast. Held on the front lawn of the Science Museum, 2500 W Broad, Richmond. Start time is around 8pm.
RAS monthly meeting10/10Our monthly meeting will be held at the Science Museum of Virginia (in the Thalhimer Theater) and online The meeting starts at 7:30 PM. We will open the video conference at 7:00 PM at this link for people to chat if they like and keep it open after the meeting. Please join us if you can – everyone is welcome in-person or online.
Partial Solar Eclipse10/14Starting at noon, RAS will have telescopes set up in front of the Science Museum for safe viewing of the Sun. The eclipse is partial, with about a third of the Sun being covered. You can buy solar glasses in the museum gift shop.

You can find a full list of venues on the Venue Page


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