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Local Interest
SCIENCE, GAMING, AND SPACE NAVIGATION
Museums For All. For those who want un- limited access to the museum, the area’s coolest educational activities and trav- eling exhibits, discounts in the Fly Buy Gift Shop and online at airzoostore.org, program and event pre-sale opportunities, library privileges and more, a membership is definitely the way to go! Individual memberships are only $40/year. Family and Grandparent memberships are just $100 and $120 respectively, and these also include FREE access to more than 1,200 participating ASTC and NARM science centers and museums worldwide.
Bet you can’t guess what just landed in Southwest Michigan for the summer! It’s a new, interactive, immersive, STEM- based experience your entire family will enjoy and it’s now on display at your fa- vorite aerospace and science center – the Air Zoo! If you love space exploration, this traveling summer exhibit, “Be the Astronaut,” is right up your parabola (the curved path that projectiles follow). See, you’re already learning something cool – you ARE an astronaut in training!
Looking for outdoor family fun?
Join them for FREE hands-on Summer STEAM Day events on June 19, July 24, and August 21st. Event themes and activi- ties vary!
Imagine launching from this beautiful blue planet to discover new places – like our moon, Mars, Jupiter, and asteroid belt. This new hands-on exhibit uses STEM- based tutorials and state-of-the-art video game technologies to teach you exciting concepts behind space exploration and navigation. Astronauts of all ages will learn basic concepts through digital spaceflight experts and then climb into the simulated pilot’s seat to test their skills as they fly spaceships, pilot landers, and drive rovers across unexplored landscapes.
Make sure to visit this summer and imagine, explore, and discover at the Air Zoo! Visit airzoo.org for more informa- tion on events, bomber fly-ins, education programs, exhibits and more.
iImagine, explore, and discover at the Air Zoo!
non-governmental museum, and the only one in Michigan! The SBD-2P, deemed a national treasure, is nearing completion, with more than 36,000 volunteer hours, and will journey to Pearl Harbor in time for the December 7th dedication ceremo- ny commemorating the 80th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor!
OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK TO INSPIRE
Whether you’re looking for a learning opportunity, a memorable afternoon with the family, or an engaging and inspira- tional distraction from life, this incredible aerospace and science center is the perfect destination. Admission ranges from $12.95-$15.95/person, with children four and under free. The Air Zoo offers special discounts for active military, Veterans, police, fire fighters, and groups of 20 or more, as well as a special rate of $2/per- son (age 4+) for our WIC/EBT recipients through a national collaborative called
EXPLORE MORE!
Did you know that the Air Zoo is a Smithsonian-affiliated institution that houses unique and one of a kind air and spacecraft? Within the Air Zoo’s more than 200,000 square feet of exhibit space, guests travel from around the world to
see unique and rare artifacts such as the world’s only remaining Lockheed-Martin SR-71B Blackbird and Curtis-Wright XP-55 Ascender, as well as the world’s largest hand-painted indoor mural. Guests also enjoy hands-on STEM stations, space artifacts, new Women in Air & Space ex- hibits, inspiring stories of aviation heroes throughout history, a movie theater, and even amusement park style rides (reopen- ing in phases starting the end of June)! Additionally, located in the Air Zoo’s Flight Discovery Center, is a nationally recognized restoration center with a ded- icated staff and volunteer team currently hard at work restoring three incredible aircraft. These aircraft include an FM-2 Wildcat, a Douglas Dauntless SBD-2P dive bomber, and the organization’s new- est acquisition, the first Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk to be on public display in a
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