“The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness”-John Muir On August 25, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed an “organic act” creating the U.S. National Parks Service. Although Yellowstone National Park had already existed for 44 years, this act created a Federal Agency whose purpose was to “protect and regulate the use of […]
Last week’s featured #HMNSBlockParty creation is by Charlie (age: 9): Want to get your engineering handwork featured? Drop by our Block Party interactive play area and try your own hand building a gravity-defying masterpiece. Tag your photos with #HMNSBlockParty. Now Playing! Wild Africa 3DFrom the highest snow-covered mountains in Kenya, along great rivers, into steamy rainforests […]
by Mark Burns If you were to ask most Americans to name significant historical occurrences of 1864, most answers would probably involve the Civil War. But in fact it was in that same year that President Abraham Lincoln signed the Yosemite Grant protecting the land that formally became Yosemite National Park in 1890. This action […]
Last week’s featured #HMNSBlockParty creation is by Jeff (age 28): Want to get your engineering handwork featured? Drop by our Block Party interactive play area and try your own hand building a gravity-defying masterpiece. Tag your photos with #HMNSBlockParty. Block Party, Too Now open at HMNS at Sugar LandEnter the Block Party construction zone and engineer […]
Bust out your planners, calendars, and PDAs (if you are throwback like that), it’s time to mark your calendars for the HMNS events of this week! Last week’s featured #HMNSBlockParty creation is by Paul (age 10). Want to get your engineering handwork featured? Drop by our brand-new Block Party interactive play area and try your own […]
Bust out your planners, calendars, and PDAs (if you are throwback like that), it’s time to mark your calendars for the HMNS events of this week! Last week’s featured #HMNSBlockParty creation is by Tarum (age 8). Want to get your engineering handwork featured? Drop by our brand-new Block Party interactive play area and try your own […]
Bust out your planners, calendars, and PDAs (if you are throwback like that), it’s time to mark your calendars for the HMNS events of this week! Film Screening – The Northern Lights: Nature’s Spectacle with Pal BrekkeMonday, Nov. 167:00 p.m.Imagine what it must have been like for the first northern inhabitants to raise their eyes […]
Bust out your planners, calendars, and PDAs (if you are throwback like that), it’s time to mark your calendars for the HMNS events of this week! Film Screening – Making North Armerica with Dr. Robert T. BakkerTuesday, Nov. 36:00 p.m.Join Dr. Robert T. Bakker for the premiere event of NOVA’s Making North America television series […]
Bust out your planners, calendars, and PDAs (if you are throwback like that), it’s time to mark your calendars for the HMNS events of this week! Spies, Traitors, Saboteurs: Fear And Freedom In America Opens Friday, September 25SPIES, TRAITORS, SABOTEURS reveals nine major events and periods in U.S. history when Americans were threatened by enemies within […]
The bright colors of life on the coral reef inspire artists all over the globe. How well does your art measure up? Show off your talent through the Secret Ocean Art Contest, and you could win free museum tickets and an artist feature on the big screen! Check out some of our ideas below and […]
