Saturday, August 3, 2024 | Member exclusive show at 10:30 a.m. | General Public shows at 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.
The National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium returns with their Ocean Odyssey Touch Tank on Saturday, August 3, 2024! Enjoy learning about the wonders of our world’s oceans and the amazing creatures that live within the waters with Sharks and Stars: A Touch Tank Experience.
Three amazing shows will take place in the Dome Planetarium! Watch fish swim above you with our amazing projections, and enjoy the live sharks swimming in front of you. Enjoy a star talk from a member of the Planetarium team, as well as an amazing lesson on sharks from Megan Hahn from the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium, then line up to meet a few of their friendly sharks.
Ticket pricing- All Patrons MUST have a ticket to enter the show
Members: $10
Non-Members: $15
Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m., July 10, 2024 | Get tickets HERE
Enjoy an educational presentation that breaks down common misconceptions surrounding sharks and rays, as well as highlighting the unique adaptations these animals have to survive. This program allows participants to explore the important roles sharks and rays that live thousands of miles away, and how people can help protect them.
Participants will have an opportunity to get their hands wet and touch some of the animals.
Sharks is organized by the American Museum of Natural History, New York. The Museum gratefully acknowledges Warner Bros. Discovery for its generous support of Sharks. A selection of footage in Sharks has been provided by Discovery's Shark Week.
Sharks is presented by CEFCU with major support from Gilmore Foundation, Ruby K. Warner Trust, Carle Health
Additional support from: Precision Planting, Simantel, Corporate Visionary Society Council
August 3, 2024 | 6:30 p.m. in the Giant Screen Theater
Silent Films from MoMA returns to the the Peoria Riverfront Museum's Giant Screen Theater!
With live piano accompaniment from Joshua Russell, this 1924 comedy featuring the hilarious Buster Keaton is bringing cinematic history to the largest Film Society screen in the nation.
Directed by Buster Keaton, Donald Crisp. Screenplay by Clyde Bruckman, Joseph A. Mitchell, Jean C. Havez. With Buster Keaton, Kathryn McGuire, Frederick Vroom. 4K digital restoration by The Museum of Modern Art and Lobster Films. Funding provided by The Celeste Bartos Fund for Film Preservation and Lobster Films. Lab work by Lobster Films. 69 min.
To Save and Project presents the world premiere of Buster Keaton and Donald Crisp’s The Navigator (1924) in a new 4K digital restoration by MoMA and Lobster Films. Derived from the world’s oldest and best surviving 35mm print, which curator Iris Barry acquired for MoMA’s collection in the 1940s, and from continuity scripts used to recreate the film’s original tinting, The Navigator will be experienced anew by passionate Keaton devotées and newcomers alike. In a series of surreal, graceful, hilarious—and risky—gags unmatched in the history of cinema, rich and pampered nitwit Buster Keaton finds himself lost at sea with his would-be bride Kathryn McGuire, parrying with feisty swordfish, bloodthirsty cannibals, and the mother of all machine props: a vast deserted ocean liner.
This film program is organized by Dave Kehr, Curator of Film, Sean Egan, Senior Producer, Film Exhibitions and Projects, MoMA The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Wednesday, August 7, 2024 at 6 p.m. in the Sharks gallery | This program is FREE to Peoria Riverfront Museum members
On loan from the American Museum of Natural History, current exhibition Sharks demystifies one of the ocean's oldest and most diverse species. Now, as part of our Museum Conversations series, the Peoria Riverfront Museum welcomes Dr. Steven Kessel, director of marine research at the Shedd Aquarium, for a discussion on the importance of sharks to our ecosystem, myth-busting of sharks' fearsome reputation, and insight from his own research projects protecting economically important species in the Bahamas.
Tickets:
Non-member: $5
Museum Member: Free
Get your tickets HERE
Dr. Steven Kessel gained his PhD in marine ecology and biology from Cardiff University, UK, conducting his field work at the Bimini Biological Field Station in The Bahamas. Following the completion of his degree in 2009, he spent two years at Cardiff University as a postdoctoral fellow, acting as the principal investigator for the Jupiter Large Coastal Shark Species Study, which investigated the biology and ecology of large coastal shark species resident off the eastern seaboard of the USA. Since then, Steven has worked for the University of Windsor Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research as the principal investigator of the Lancaster Sound Arctic component of the Ocean Tracking Network. Following a brief stint at Michigan State University studying the movements and migrations of lake sturgeon, he took up his current position at the Shedd Aquarium as the director of marine research.
Sponsored by Visionary Society, Family Fun Club
Laser Light Nights are back at the DOME featuring an all new experience!
Sit back, relax and rock out with our new laser light system from "the worldwide leader in planetarium laser light shows," Laser Fantasy! Experience the full 3D excitement! The system features a graphics laser projector with special effects, a haze machine & a new beam projector, plus a fresh playlist of 20+ performances, from Beyoncé to The Beatles! Pick up show-enhancing spectrum glasses and refreshments at concessions!
SHOW SCHEDULE
August 16
6:00 – Sgt Pepper's Laser Light Show (The Beatles)
7:15 – Laser Taylor Swift
8:30 – Laser The Weekend
September 14
6:00 – Lasers Elton John
7:15 – Laser Jimi Hendrix
8:30 – Laser Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon
$5 Visionary Society Members | $7 Members | $10 Public
Buy tickets online now
click here.
Tickets & more info also available at the Museum or by phone at 309.686.7000.
(Note: These shows contain lyrics to popular songs and some may not be suitable for all ages.)
This program is presented by Sun Collectors with additional support from the Visionary Society and the Planetarium and Science Club.
Saturday, August 17, 2024 | 11 a.m. Mineral and Rock Identification | 2 p.m. Conversation about minerals, research, and collection
All the way from the American Museum of Natural History in New York, New York, the Peoria Riverfront Museum is thrilled to be hosting two of the American Museum of Natural History's curators! Denton Ebel, curator in charge of the department of Earth and Planetary Science and chair of the division of Physical Sciences and Kate Kiseeva, assistant curator of the division of Physical Sciences.
These two exemplary scientific minds will be on-hand to identify rocks and minerals from our local community! If you think that you have a meteor, an otherwise special or significant mineral, but haven't had it identified, now is the time! Join us in the museum lobby at 11 a.m. on Saturday, August 17, 2024 for a rock and mineral identification with Ebel and Kiseeva.
Then, join us at 2 p.m. in our Giant Screen Theater for a talk with both curators on minerals, research and collecting.
Reserve your free ticket HERE
Dr. Denton Ebel serves as the curator of the American Museum of Natural History's meteorite collection. He uses this collection to better understand early solar system processes such as planet formation. Part of their mission is to make meteorite samples available for research by sciences across the world! Ebel considers collections-based research vital to the exploration of space and a better understanding of our origins.
Dr. Kate Kiseeva Kate Kiseeva is an experimental petrologist and mineralogist with a strong background in geology and geochemistry who studies processes that occur so deep within the Earth that they cannot be observed directly. Dr. Kiseeva uses laboratory experiments and natural samples to explore these otherwise hidden processes, with a focus on mineral inclusions in diamonds brought to the surface by a special type of volcano known as a kimberlite.
Generous Support for this program provided by Visionary Society and Planetarium and Science Club
Wine and Cheese Under the Stars
Amazing Science from the James Webb Space Telescope: Year Two!
Friday, August 23 | 7-9 PM
Dome Planetarium
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has completed its second year of operations, and releases wonderful images monthly! Learn about the technology that enables the science done with the JWST, and marvel at stunning images in this fun evening in the planetarium.
Your evening will also include a tour of the night sky, and a flight to the edge of space and back.
Each guest receives an individual Canterbury Creations charcuterie box featuring cheeses, fruits, nuts & more; up to three servings of wine; and an entertaining evening under the stars.
Doors open at 6:50 PM
The program will be in two parts, allowing time to socialize and refill your wine glass between the shows.
Ages 21+
$45 members | $55 public
Tickets can be purchased here.
This program is presented by Sun Collectors with additional support from the Visionary Society and the Planetarium and Science Club.
Music inspired by FRESH: New Directions in Contemporary Art
Saturday, August 24, 2024 | Doors open at 6 p.m. | Performance at 7 p.m.
Join us for another incredible performance in the museum galleries, with Joe George Shadid: Live at the Museum. Enjoy music inspired by the Peoria Riverfront Museum's current exhibition FRESH: New Directions in Contemporary Art and spend a night with friends and family experiencing the unique sound of this accomplished, Peoria born musician in a live concert!
Doors open at 6 p.m.
Performance begins at 7 p.m.
Joe George Shadid is a songwriter, film composer, and video host of music YouTube channel, REVERB .
Joe’s debut record, Beautiful Dreams, was signed to German indie label, Eternal Sound Records, in early 2019. The release was followed by a European tour. Joe supported this record on a solo tour in Japan later that year. Joe’s songs encompass a range of color, from folk and Americana, to cinematic and spacious. His tasteful use of string quartet on recordings adds a breath and emotion to his music.
Joe’s work with REVERB has been featured in The New York Times, Consequence of Sound, Guitar Player Magazine, and People Magazine. And a number of the videos he has hosted/performed in have gone viral, earning him global notoriety amongst music and gear lovers.
Tickets:
Member Adult: $40
Member Child: $20
Non-Member Adult: $50
Non-Member Child: $30
Visionary Society Member: $35
Get tickets HERE
Sponsored by Vicky and Doug Stewart, Friends of Performance, and Visionary Society
Laser Light Nights are back at the DOME featuring an all new experience!
Sit back, relax and rock out with our new laser light system from "the worldwide leader in planetarium laser light shows," Laser Fantasy! Experience the full 3D excitement! The system features a graphics laser projector with special effects, a haze machine & a new beam projector, plus a fresh playlist of 20+ performances, from Beyoncé to The Beatles! Pick up show-enhancing spectrum glasses and refreshments at concessions!
SHOW SCHEDULE
September 14
6:00 – Lasers Elton John
7:15 – Laser Jimi Hendrix
8:30 – Laser Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon
$5 Visionary Society Members | $7 Members | $10 Public
Buy tickets online now
click here.
Tickets & more info also available at the Museum or by phone at 309.686.7000.
(Note: These shows contain lyrics to popular songs and some may not be suitable for all ages.)
This program is presented by Sun Collectors with additional support from the Visionary Society and the Planetarium and Science Club.
