Museum of Interesting Things
Online, June 1, 2013 (Newswire.com) - HOWL! Festival 2013
Tompkins Square Park, Perimeter NYC
Sat Jun 1 1 PM - 5 PM $FREE
The Museum of Interesting Things will showing in
THE ALLEN GINSBERG MAGNETIC FIELD
The mission of HOWL! Festival is to honor, develop, create and produce. With an estimated 100,000 visitors last year, the many performances celebrate local cultural icons and lionize, preserve, and advance the art, history, culture, and counterculture unique to the East Village and Lower East Side.
The Museum of Interesting Things will be exhibiting there with their popular show:
"Eureka!"
The Invention Show
Exploring the industrial revolution and mechanical era, with interactive demonstrations of such items as the steam engine, Thomas Edison cylinder phonograph, windup toys, mechanical door bells and mechanical/gear based household items such as butter churns and apple peelers.
Coinciding with the NY/NJ/PA Core Content Curriculum Standards for Science, Social Studies, Technology and STEM/STEAM
Free Admission
World science fest promo
The Ultimate Science Street Fair
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Najat Kaanache, Wendy Suzuki, Bill Yosses, and The Museum of Interesting Things
Sunday, June 2, 2013 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Washington Square Park
Roll up your sleeves and dig into science through all-new interactive exhibits, games, shows, and performances at the Ultimate Science Street Fair. Aspiring scientists of all ages investigate in "Science Centers" of biology, climate change, energy, math and technology, chemistry, and more. Earn an Ultimate Scientist certificate by logging experiences throughout the day.
The Museum of Interesting Things will be exhibiting there with their popular show:
"Eureka!"
The Invention Show
Exploring the industrial revolution and mechanical era, with interactive demonstrations of such items as the steam engine, Thomas Edison cylinder phonograph, windup toys, mechanical door bells and mechanical/gear based household items such as butter churns and apple peelers.
Coinciding with the NY/NJ/PA Core Content Curriculum Standards for Science, Social Studies, Technology and STEM/STEAM
Free Admission
Museum of Interesting Things_Trace the evolution of inventions that have made communication what it is today, including telegraphs, box wooden telephones, teletypes, crystal radios, pigeon post, cell phones, and computers. Listen to an Edison cylinder phonograph and realize that volume control is only obtained by placing a sock in the horn. You'll truly appreciate the modern features of all your devices that inventors worked so hard to create!
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