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The Philadelphia Science Festival will return in 2019 to educate, inspire, and engage the region with the science and technology that surrounds our everyday world. Organized and led by The Franklin Institute, in collaboration with 200 of the region’s premier science, cultural, and educational establishments, the Philadelphia Science Festival offers events for families and adults all across the Delaware Valley. The 2019 Festival will take place April 26—May 4.

The 2019 Philadelphia Science Festival culminates on Saturday, May 4 in a super-charged, super-fun celebration of science! The Science Carnival on the Parkway promises to be the ultimate daylong science extravaganza!

Museum-wide
Families Public Members
Ring in the New Year early this year as The Franklin Institute counts down to an explosive pre-launch to 2019. Celebrate with fiery live science shows, magic milk firework experiments, make-and-take noisemakers, plus live shows on the Science of Fireworks, and other surprises — all well before midnight on New Year’s Eve. Plus, when the clock strikes NOON, what better way to close out 2018 and welcome in the New Year than with a massive ball pit explosion!

NOON Year’s Eve Bash at The Franklin Institute includes:

NOON! Explosive countdown to the (early) New Year with a ball pit explosion!
“The Science of Fireworks” Live show
Astronomy-related activity to mark the Earth’s rotation
Make-and-take noisemakers
Solar observing in the Joel N. Bloom Observatory (weather permitting)
3D printing demonstrations in the Tech Studio
Magic milk fireworks
Ticket Prices:

Included with General Museum Admission