Kids Explorer Night at the Gateway Arch

Name: Kids Explorer Night at the Gateway Arch
Start: 2024-08-10T18:00:00-05:00
End: 2024-08-10T22:00:00-05:00
Location: Gateway Arch National Park Visitor Center

Schedule

Sat Aug 10 2024 at 06:00 pm to 10:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Gateway Arch National Park Visitor Center | St. Louis, MO

The annual popular event returns as children 5-12 can earn a Junior Ranger Night Explorer patch customized to our Park, an Eclipse Explorer Badge, and have a limited opportunity to build and bring home their own working telescope! Only those attending in person can participate as supplies are limited- no patches or badges will be mailed. The Galileoscope is a small refracting telescope similar in principle to the one the famed scientist built in the 17th Century.
The G-Scope workshop will be held in the Education Classroom at 6 pm, and all 15 telescopes are now reserved. You can e-mail [email protected] to reserve your spot on the waiting list- one telescope will be built per family. Posting that you are "going" here DOES NOT constitute a reservation for the program.
At 7 pm, Tucker Theater will host the Junior Ranger Night Explorer/Eclipse Explorer workshop (only a limited number of eclipse explorer materials will be available due to our limited remaining supply. Reservations through e-mail are recommended but not required for this part of the program.
Finally, weather permitting, free telescope viewing will be held on our Entrance Plaza from 8-10 pm, provided by the Park and the St. Louis Astronomical Society. Call 314-655-1704 for questions about the program or to check on the weather for the viewing if you are not sure.