Cranbrook Institute of Science

June 2016

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In This Issue

Saving the Kirtland's Warbler

Transit of Mercury

Stories from the Bones

Astronomy Day

BATS: Superheroes of the Night

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Summer Open Mondays Begin June 6

Cranbrook Institute of Science is open daily (except when noted) during the summer Monday through Thursday from 10am until 5pm, with extended hours on Friday and Saturday until 10pm, and Sunday Noon to 4pm.

Free First Friday Offers Hats Off to Science

Celebrate the start of summer with a free evening visit to Cranbrook June 3 after 5pm when we ramp up the fun with Hats Off to Science. In addition to the usual Free Admission after 5pm courtesy of the MASCO Corporation Foundation, we'll offer special Free activities from 6 until 8pm. Guests can explore the wonder of technology by watching our 3D printer in action, witness chemical reactions, observe physics in action through live demonstrations, and finish the evening with a visit to the Observatory

CIS After Dark Presents: Super After Dark!

The 2015-16 After Dark series at Cranbrook Institute of Science comes to a close with Super After Dark on June 16 at 7pm. Celebrating all things Super and Superhero, experiences will include heroic activities, talks, a costume contest and demonstrations about favorite comic characters-just for adults 21+. Cash bar and snacks. Tickets are preregistered $10 for members, $15 for the General Public, and $20 for everyone at the door. Costumes are encouraged.

The Bat Zone Reopens for Tours and Offers Evening Bat Walks

Following an extensive renovation and remodel, the Bat Zone reopens for better-than-ever tours on June 25. In addition to its namesake residents, visitors will observe flying squirrels, skunks, owls, and a two-toed sloth. Week day tours will be available starting in early July. On June 17, the first of the Friday night bat walks takes place with a walking tour of campus in search of nature's most misunderstood, but important, nocturnal animal--bats.

Book a Summer Group Program

The Institute of Science offers special rates and programs for group of 20 or more weekdays July 11 until September 2. Group programs include a discounted rate on general admission and the option of adding up to four programs for less than $20 per person, and chaperones play a flat $10 fee. Program options include choices of planetarium or bat programs, and the summer exhibition Rainforest Adventure is included at no additional charge. Explore the many options for a memorable day out.

Last chance for BATS: Superheroes of the Night

The Institute's popular Superheroes of the Night exhibition finishes its run on June 19. This 5000-square-foot bat immersion explores the benefits of, and threats to, these often misunderstood creatures. Featuring live specimens of the largest species of bat in the world, hands-on activities including the chance to meet a robot bat, and study a model of a bat skeleton as big as a human, Superheroes of the Night reveals why bats are important to humans and what we can do to help save them.