On Thursday, March 21, from 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm leave the kids home and come in and take a simulated trip to a far-away location while exploring our new Virtual Reality set. Enjoy a glass of wine and some light refreshments while you check out the museum’s exhibits, which include our butterfly and fossil displays, as well as our newer attractions during our first museum open house. Our current offering of virtual reality programs are; “Apollo 11”- during which you actually experience entering the Saturn V and take off to the moon!, Claude Monet’s “Waterlilies”, during which you are immersed in the painting while listening to Monet’s correspondence during which he explains what he was feeling while painting this extraordinary work, and “Everest”- a very realistic experience which allows you to attempt to “climb” the mountain. We also have VR Google Earth, within which you are able to visit a tropical island, stand on a street in Paris, or visit the Grand Canyon. All of our programs have a scientific and/or educational theme and offer a unique experience for everyone, including adults. Come in, relax and become familiar with your local natural history museum.