09 May 2013
Posted in Events

May 13, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.

May 13 is this month's Member Monday!

Join our friends from Canine Companions for Independence as we discover our newest exhibition "Adventures with Clifford The Big Red Dog"! Learn how these highly-trained assistance dogs help children and adults with disabilities. Plus, enjoy hands-on activities.

This is a free member-only event. For more information, call 407.514.2000. Reservations are not required.

09 May 2013
Posted in Events

Saturday, May 25, 1:00 p.m.

Join us when we host Ann Micklos as she presents “Our Orlando Skies from a NASA Point of View.” Her presentation will examine night sky photographs taken from space during various NASA missions.

Micklos is currently a Mission Assurance Engineer on NASA’s Launch Services Program. The program provides space transportation utilizing Delta II and IV as well as Atlas V, Pegasus and Falcon 9 rockets for NASA’s scientific payloads, such as the Mars Rover and Radiation Belt Storm Probes. During the Space Shuttle Program, Micklos had worked in, on and around the Space Shuttles during ferry flights, Orbiter processing, launches and landings for 110 Space Shuttle missions at the Kennedy Space Center.

26 April 2013
Posted in Events

June 1, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

You’re invited to Orlando Science Center’s Summer Camp Open House. Get all the latest information on one of Orlando’s oldest and best summer camp programs, including:

• Details on all the camps available this summer, including our newest offerings
• Meet the camp’s staff and volunteers
• Opportunity to register for the camps of your choice
• Register to win a free week of camp

We’ll see you there!

10 May 2013
Posted in Events

Saturday, June 8, 8:00 – 11:00 p.m.

It’s Orlando Science Center reserved only for adults at Science Night Live!

An “adult swim” of the science variety, the event features everything great about the Science Center. Experience all four floors of exhibits, films and hands-on programming aimed specifically for grown-ups, while enjoying adult food and beverages available for purchase. Must be 21 and older.

10 September 2012
Posted in Cocktails and Cosmos

This past Saturday, we hosted the “adult swim” version of the Science Center with Cocktails & Cosmos. The event featured everything great about the Science Center including all four floors of exhibits with some added surprises: the giant screen film premiere of Space Junk, a Q&A with former NASA astronaut Bob Springer, and exclusive, hands-on programming – all just for grown-ups! Check out the photos of this one-of-a-kind offering.

23 August 2011
Posted in Cocktails and Cosmos

Check out the photos from the recent Cocktails & Cosmos event on August 20, 2011.

23 June 2011
Posted in Cocktails and Cosmos

Check out the photos from the recent Cocktails & Cosmos event on June 18, 2011.

18 January 2011
Posted in Cocktails and Cosmos

Check out the photos from the recent Cocktails & Cosmos event during Otronicon on January 15, 2011.

22 September 2010
Posted in Cocktails and Cosmos

Cocktails & Cosmos Presents The Big Top for Big Kids

Cocktails, Magicians, Stilt Walkers, Comedians, Film Premieres and More!

It was some serious circus fun for the young at heart during Cocktails & Cosmos on Saturday, September 11. The event featured live entertainment and the premiere of Forces of Nature in the Dr. Phillips CineDome. Performers better known for big top antics than science demonstrations overtook the Science Park exhibit for Downtown Orlando’s most scientifically unique and socially inclined experience.

Guests enjoyed Corey Alexander, a stilt walking- balloon artist, who kept his audience smiling as he twisted balloons into crazy and colorful creations ten feet off the ground. They were amazed by the mind-boggling mystery of magician and mentalist Joshua Stenkamp and thrilled to the top-notch juggling and witty charm of master juggler “Cool Hands” Luke.

From 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., guests enjoyed Happy Hour drink specials with full service cash bars and light hors d’oeuvres provided by Ember and Tuxedo Catering. They also sampled scrumptious cotton candy by the Candy Clouds Cotton Candy Company of Winter Park. Cloud spinners designed custom treats for guests while they grooved to the distinctive sounds and music of DJ Nigel John.

Following Happy Hour, guests experienced the premiere of Forces of Nature on the giant screen. In between films, they checked out the comedic stylings of the Droll Academy. This two-man improv variety show starred Adam Scharf and Dan Collins and featured honest and witty scene work intermingled with spontaneous music and fun characters.

Guests were also treated to the unique artistic vision of Painter Veronika Tuskowski and trips to the top of the Science Center for stargazing in the Crosby Observatory. Don’t miss the next Cocktails & Cosmos event, which will take place in January 2011.

08 November 2012
Posted in Neanderthal Ball

Did you attend the sixth annual Neanderthal Ball? Reminisce in the video below. And for those who didn't attend, check out what you missed!

07 November 2012
Posted in Neanderthal Ball

It was an event 65,000,006 years in the making as Orlando Science Center held the sixth annual Neanderthal Ball on Nov. 3, 2012!

Guests partied like cavemen as they examined real fossils, chiseled out their mark in the silent auction and witnessed the latest in prehistoric fashion in the first-ever Harriett Lake Caveman Couture Contest! This annual gala benefits youth education programs at the Science Center.

Check out photos from the greatest event this side of the Stone Age!

Photo Credit: Michael van Gelder of Gelderland Productions