On Saturday, February 11, we continue our partnership with our friends at the State Theatre. Each month, we offer a short entertaining and informative video before the 25¢ Saturday Kids Matinee. In February we’ll open for the animated feature Rango with a special short of compiled video from animal cams, tracking the activity of animals from their point of view, including from behind the ears of a nine-banded armadillo in the desert southwest.

Made possible through the NPR radio program Science Friday and Interlochen Public Radio. Movie goers who bring a ticket stub to the Great Lakes Children’s Museum on February 11 will get half off the price of admission. (This discount is available only on the same day as the movie.)

January’s Museum Movie featured a short video called Where’s the Octopus?, showcasing the amazing science camouflage and cephalopods. If you can’t see the embedded video below, you can see the video here.

Roger Hanlon, Senior Scientist at the Marine Biological Laboratory, in Woods Hole, Massachusetts has some amazing footage of octopi transforming themselves.

This cool science video is made possible through two partners, the NPR radio program Science Friday and Interlochen Public Radio, our local NPR affiliate.

On Saturday, January 14 at 10 am we’ll be hosting another Museum Movie with our friends at the State Theatre. The 25¢ Kids Matinee is Dolphin Tale, a story centered on the friendship between a boy and a dolphin whose tail was lost in a crab trap. Dolphin Tale is based on a true story of when a bottlenose dolphin was rescued in December 2005 off the Florida coast and taken in by the Clearwater Marine Aquarium.

We’ll be exploring another side of marine life and oceanography with an astonishing Science Friday video short about the masters of camouflage—octopus, squid, and cuttlefish. Our science movie features a truly fascinating exploration of how cephalopods disguise themselves. When you see this video, you won’t believe your eyes!

Movie goers who bring their ticket stub to the Great Lakes Children’s Museum on January 14 will get half off the price of admission. (This discount is available only on the same day as the movie.)

December’s Museum Movie featured a short video called Snowflake Safari, showcasing the amazing science behind the countless beautiful forms of snow. See the video here.

Cal Tech snow scientist, Ken Libbrecht, talks about the fun of looking at snow outside under a magnifying glass and notes that Michigan is a great place to study snow flakes. All you need is a magnifying glass and a warm coat. For more awesome photos and videos on snow visit Ken’s Snow Crystal site.

This cool science video is made possible through two partners, the NPR radio program Science Friday and Interlochen Public Radio, our local NPR affiliate.

If you can’t view the embedded video, go to Snow Safari at Science Friday.

On Saturday, December 17, we begin a new partnership with our friends at the State Theatre of Traverse City. On a periodic basis, we’ll offer a short entertaining and informative video before the 25¢ Saturday Kids Matinee. On the 17th at 10 am, we’ll open for the popular holiday film, Elf, with a special video about snow.

This will be made possible through two other partners, the NPR radio program Science Friday and Interlochen Public Radio, our local NPR affiliate. Join us for an interesting and fun video followed by a morning with the earnest and charming Buddy the Elf on the big screen.

Movie goers who bring their ticket stub to the Great Lakes Children’s Museum on December 17 will get half off the price of admission. (This discount is available only on the same day as the movie.)