Gibbes Planetarium Lights Up Columbia Audience
Gibbes Planetarium at the Columbia Museum of Arts and Sciences hosts weekend sky programs led by director Bill Lazarus. Public shows run Saturdays and Sundays at 2:30 and 4 pm with Thursday night sessions at 8 pm, admission 75 cents for adults and 50 cents for children.
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Columbia Museums of Art and Science host evolving exhibits
The Columbia Museums of Art and Science complex features the Gibbes Planetarium, the Art Museum and the Science Museum. Currently on display are the Reeves Collection of Chinese Export Porcelain and Louise Herreshoff paintings through this weekend, plus David Coolidge watercolors running November 26 through December 30.
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Star of Bethlehem show at Gibbes Planetarium blends science and astrology
The Gibbes Planetarium presents The Star of Bethlehem detailing how ancient astrologers, historians, and astronomers approach the Wise Men’s sighting. It explores possibilities like a Saturn Jupiter Mars conjunction, a meteor, a nova, or a comet while noting science may not fully explain the biblical event.
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