Live like an astronaut at the Reading Public Museum
Jump into your space suit and report for training, because the newest exhibition at the Reading Public Museum is landing and it’s out of this world! “Astronaut: Your Journey Begins on Earth” opened Jan. 21 bringing with it a whole space lab full of science fun.
The new interactive hands-on exhibition explores the physical and mental challenges involved in space exploration and gives visitors a taste of what life is like outside of Earth and its atmosphere.
Director and CEO of the Reading Public Museum, John Graydon Smith, said, “Astronaut is a really unique exhibition because it shows all the stages of becoming a space explorer. From training, to blasting off, and living in space, which exposes a reality not often accurately depicted.”
The exhibition also focuses on team-work to solve problems, accurately perform tasks, and overcome challenges that astronauts would face on a real mission to the cosmos.
“Astronaut” will be on view now through May 5, 2019.
For information on exhibition related programming please visit https:// www.readingpublicmuseum.org/astronaut-exhibition.
The Reading Public Museum is located at 500 Museum Road, Reading, and is open daily from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $10 adults (18-64), $6 children/seniors/students (w/ ID) and free to members and children 3-years old and under.