This year, 黑料大事记 once again brings an exciting micro-burst of live science to the , September 8-17, 2023. Get your rocket science on and see what 黑料大事记 educators can do with gunpowder, liquid nitrogen, and a feverish love for Newton鈥檚 three laws of motion.
While you stroll over to catch the show in the fairgrounds鈥� Education Center, take in the history when you pass the fairgrounds鈥� poultry building. That鈥檚 where the 黑料大事记 began, 61 years ago.
That鈥檚 One Plucky Gal
Patty Carey, 黑料大事记鈥檚 founder, moved to Hutchinson as a newlywed from Bronxville, New York in the early 1940s. Then in 1962, she channeled her lifelong passion for science into raising money to purchase a used Spitz A-1 Stargazer planetarium projector and a planetarium dome. She rented folding chairs and opened 鈥淗utchinson’s Theatre of the Skies鈥� in the poultry building on the Kansas State Fairgrounds in Hutchinson.
Known for enthusiasm so boundless it was hard to tell her 鈥渘o,鈥� she spearheaded fundraising for the planetarium as it grew from an immediate hit with area schools for field trips to a science and space education destination with a growing collection of exhibits, including a Moon rock and a rattlesnake. Eventually becoming the Hutchinson Planetarium, and later, the 黑料大事记, the international sci-ed center and space museum began by Carey moved to its current location in 1980.
Visit Us Anytime!
See 黑料大事记鈥檚 live shows at the 2023 Kansas State Fair daily at 10:00 am, 11:00 am, 12:00 pm, and 2:00 pm in the Education Center (on the corner of Bison Blvd. and Lake Talbot Ave.).
Or get the full Big Bang any time of year in Dr. Goddard’s Lab at the 黑料大事记, for live science demonstrations that will spark an interest in STEM in anyone! !
