1. A Science Museum membership is a gift that gives all year! Right now, save up to $35 on memberships!

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2. Thru Christmas Eve, members enjoy 20% savings in our museum store. Shop cool science gifts while supporting a cool cause ... us!

3. Please consider us among your year-end charitable giving. Your tax-deductible donations help us fulfill our mission of making science and technology education accessible -- and affordable -- for western Virginia.

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4. TUTANKHAMUN leaves us Jan. 4 as we make room for "Dinosaurs & Fossils!" opening Jan. 31. Give your holiday guests the "royal treatment" with a visit to King Tut exhibit.

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A REMINDER TO OUR MEMBERS

In appreciation of our members, we're giving 2 complimentary passes per household to either our Butterfly Garden or an Egyptian Nights planetarium show, to be used by Dec. 24.

No need to print anything ... your passes await at our front desk.

We appreciate your membership and wish you a wonderful holiday season!

OUR UPCOMING EVENTS

January 3 | 10:30 a.m. Storybook Science

Perfect for your preschooler, Storybook Science features a science story and take-home craft. Free for members; included in admission for non-members.

JANUARY 4 | Closing day of Tutankhamun: Wonderful Things from the Pharaoh's Tomb

Give your holiday guests the royal treatment with a visit to our King Tut exhibit. Here just 3 more weeks!

JANUARY 10 & FEBRUARY 28 | 11 a.m. Raptors LIVE!

See a live Red-Tailed Hawk fly - and learn about raptor species - inside our planetarium! Limited seating, so advance tickets are required: $2/member, $3/non-member. Purchase here or 540.342.5721.

JANUARY 14 | 5:30 p.m. STEM Tavern

What makes a talk about Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) more entertaining? Beer of course! January's topic: "History of Mill Mountain" with Nancy Dye. For each beer sold, Soaring Ridge donates $1 to the Science Museum.

JANUARY 19 | 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Let's Experiment!

Our full-day program of fun and experiments is a great way for your child to spend the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday. Members, $45/child; non-members, $50/child. Before-care starts at 8 a.m.; after-care ends at 5 p.m. (additional charges). Register here or 342.5721.

JANUARY 31 | Opening of Dinosaurs & Fossils!

Drawn from the world's foremost fossil collections, this treasury of 133 fossil casts brings together some of the most exciting finds in the history of paleontology.

FEBRUARY 16 | 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Let's Engineer!

President's Day holiday brings a full-day program of creating some cool contraptions at the Science Museum! Members, $45/child; non-members, $50/child. Before-care starts at 8 a.m.; after-care ends at 5 p.m. (additional charges).

Register here or 342.5721.