Upcoming Member Events
Exclusive Membership Parties
Come to the West Coast Premiere!Members' Party celebrating NASA's New Exhibition
NASA's Destination: Station
Saturday, March 3, 2012
6:30 - 9:30 p.m.
- NASA exhibition will be here through April 4 only! Learn more about the International Space Station and its impact on our everyday lives.
- Come check out the Space Palette, Tim Thompson's Kinect-based instrument that lets you play music and graphics by waving your hands.
- Have you tried the Jet Pack chair simulator? Challenge yourself or your family to see who can get all 3 lights in the time allowed.
- See Hubble free in The Hackworth IMAX Dome Theater. 2 show times 6:45 and 7:45 p.m. Limited seating, first come first served. Pick up IMAX tickets in the lobby at check in.
- Hands on Science - Space projects.
- Purchase tasty space menu picks in the Space Lounge, or see our menu and prices online.
- Plus complimentary Space Snacks.
Bring your Family and Friends. Members can bring up to 5 additional guests.
For tickets and to RSVP go to: tickets.thetech.org/memberevents Sign in with your member email and password.
Your reply is appreciated by February 27, 2012
Discounts on Special Museum Events
Lecture Series
Carpets and ComputersSunday, February 19, 2:00 p.m.
Lecture by Prof. Minoo Moallem
Carpets and Computers: The influence of weaving and carpet looms on the development of computers in the West.
Buy tickets now.
Minoo Moallem is Professor of Gender and Women's Studies at UC Berkeley challenges the mainstream stereotypical representation of Islam and Muslims as backward, fanatical, and pre-modern by showing how Islamic nationalism and fundamentalism are by-products of modernity. Using magazines, novels, and films, she offers a feminist transnational analysis of contemporary Iranian culture that questions dominant binaries of modern and traditional, West and East, secular and religious, and civilized and barbaric.
She is the author of "Between Warrior Brother and Veiled Sister. Islamic Fundamentalism and the Cultural Politics of Patriarchy in Iran". Her on-line project "Nation-on-the Move" was recently published in "Vectors Journal of Culture and Technology in a Dynamic Vernacular". Among other projects Professor Moallem is currently working on a book manuscript on the commoditization of the nation through consumptive production and circulation of such commodities as the Persian carpet.
The Tech Museum After HoursNext After Hours: March 7, 2012
6:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.
After Hours is the monthly evening event where adults 21 and older enjoy science, technology, entertainment, and cocktails together with their friends.
Each month provides an exclusive and fun setting of music, games, hands-on exhibits, and more.
Explore the entire museum with other adults under moody lighting and music as you play a bevy of giant games, discover more about science and technology, or just relax and have fun with friends!
- GIANT GAMES like 4 Foot Tall Jenga-Style Blocks, Over-Sized Chess, and Giant Four in a Row.
- Live music and dancing.
- Sip on a glow-in-the-dark Tech-tini from our no-host bar.
- Limited cafe menu available for purchase.
Enjoy our new bar menu with tasty appetizers now only $5 per item!
Buy tickets now here. Members service charges waived.
For more information and dates of After Hours program.
Now Playing at The Hackworth IMAX Dome Theater
Members get 50% off on educational films!Born to be Wild
An inspired story of love, dedication and the remarkable bond between humans and animals. This film documents orphaned orangutans and elephants and the extraordinary people who rescue and raise them, saving endangered species one life at a time.
View Trailer | Buy Tickets
Tornado Alley
Join Storm Chasers star Sean Casey and the VORTEX2 researchers as they experience the relentless strength of natures elemental forces when they surround tornadoes and the supercell storms that form them to gather the most comprehensive severe weather data ever collected.View Trailer | Buy Tickets
Arabia
Travel to the exotic and fascinating land of Arabia. Explore the ancient tombs of a lost city, dive through the reefs of the Red Sea, and experience the largest gathering of people on Earth. Discover an extraordinary culture and experience modern day Arabia.View Trailer | Buy Tickets
Magic of Flight Take a technological thrill ride faster, higher, and wilder than modern science or even your imagination! Relive the historical first flight of the Wright Brothers in 1903, then soar with the world-famous Blue Angels as they defy the laws of gravity with their most breathtaking maneuvers. Narrated by Tom Selleck.View Trailer | Buy Tickets
Coming in FebruaryFor February 11 and 12 only
Rocky Mountain Express Ride the rails along deep river canyons and over high mountain passes to discover some of the most stunning and rugged landscapes on Earth! This magnificent steam train adventure weaves spectacular IMAX aerial cinematography of the forbidding terrain of the Canadian Rockies with lovingly restored archival images from the historic, continent-shaping engineering of the nation's first transcontinental railway.
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Member's receive $2 off Hollywood IMAX films at The Hackworth IMAX Dome TheaterLimited Engagement
Mission Impossible 4 When a bomb destroys the Kremlin, the IMF is blamed and its members labeled as terrorists intent on inciting a global nuclear war. Ethan Hunt and his team must unravel the conspiracy. View Trailer | Buy Tickets
Special Offers:
The Tech Challenge 2012: Shake, Rattle, and RescueCome to the Information Clinics
February 11, 25, at 10:30 a.m.
For 25 years The Tech Museum's annual team design engineering challenge for students in grades 5-12, The Tech Challenge, has introduced and reinforced the scientific process with a hands-on project geared to solving a real-world problem.
This year's challenge is to create a solution to help earthquake survivors! After an earthquake severely damages a bridge, your device will reach and rescue stranded people.
We provide lots of Support for teachers, students and advisers. Student workshops and adviser training follow the Info Clinic. Check our site for a complete list of dates.
Learn more about this amazing program visit our web site.
Silicon Valley Reads 2012
A Panel Discussion:
What it is Like to be the Muslim Next Door?
Moderated by Barbara Marshman.
Thursday, February 16, 6:30 p.m.
Free
A panel discussion with Muhammed Chaudhry, President of Silicon Valley Education Foundation, author Sumbul Ali-Karamali, and Raania Mohsen, Executive Director of the Cities Association of Santa Clara County, moderated by Barbara Marshman, Mercury News Editorial Pages Editor.
Co- sponsored by Commonwealth Club Silicon Valley and The Tech Museum. This event will be recorded for broadcast in March on KLIV Radio. Free admission - tickets to the museum not required.
Information: 408-294-8324
The Tech Summer CampsThe ultimate summer camp for aspiring young scientists, engineers and inventors returns! Brought to you by the creators of Camp Galileo, The Tech Summer Camps provide kids entering grades 4 - 8 with an ideal mix of learning and fun.
Registration is now open! Register before March 1 to save up to $200!
Cirque du Soleil - TOTEM Cirque du Soleil's latest touring production TOTEM is hitting San Jose on March 2, and friends of The Tech Museum can receive 15% off select performances! Cirque du Soleil is pleased to announce that it will return to San Jose with its latest big top touring production, TOTEM, starting Friday, March 2nd, 2012. TOTEM will perform for a limited engagement under the trademark blue-and-yellow Grand Chapiteau (Big Top) at Taylor Street Bridge.
TOTEM traces the fascinating journey of the human species from its original amphibian state to its ultimate desire to fly. TOTEM illustrates, through a visual and acrobatic language, the evolutionary progress of species. Somewhere between science and legend TOTEM explores the ties that bind Man to other species, his dreams and his infinite potential.
Click here to take advantage of our 15% discount offer.
