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This Month's Events

Sun 05

Birmingham Baseball Rickwood Field Blowout 12:00am @ Rickwood Field

This tournament features 16U and 18U team play.


Sun 05

Art Show: Southern Institute of Photography 08:00am @ Birmingham Botanical Gardens

This is a two month long art show featuring the work of students from the Southern Institute of Photography.


Sun 05

Animation Station 12:00pm @ McWane Science Center

Visitors can learn about the skills required to crack a safe's code.


Sun 05

Aeolian Landscape Exhibit 12:00pm @ McWane Science Center

The Aeolian Landscape Exhibit demonstrates what happens to sand dunes in the desert and on the shores.


Sun 05

Bernoulli Stations 12:00pm @ McWane Science Center

Learn about pressure, using either the air or water pressure stations. Try to balance a ball with air pressure and guide it through a hoop or make weighted objects appear to float in water using water


Sun 05

Cloud Rings 12:00pm @ McWane Science Center

This exhibit lets visitors create their own cloud and learn about how clouds are formed.


Sun 05

Self-Guided Tours of Sloss Furnaces 12:00pm @ Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark

Take a self-guided tour of Sloss Furnaces. Start with a ten minute video that gives visitors information on the history of Sloss and Birmingham. Then visit the furnace, the underground railroad tunnel


Sun 05

Chaotic Pendulum 12:00pm @ McWane Science Center

Winding up this pendulum creates a much more complicated motion than expected when first viewing it.


Sun 05

Alabama Dinosaurs 12:00pm @ McWane Science Center

In the entire United States, Alabama is the best place east of the Mississippi River to find the remains of dinosaurs. The Alabama Dinosaurs exhibit displays actual dinosaur fossils discovered around


Sun 05

Anti-Gravity Mirror 12:00pm @ McWane Science Center

An example of physical science, this exhibit demonstrates symmetry of mirror reflections. If someone stands with the edge of the mirror bisecting their body, they can make it appear as if they can lif


Sun 05

Folk Art Gallery 12:00pm @ Birmingham Museum of Art

The museum's Arrington gallery will feature an array of American folk art. Most of the items are from the permanent collection, with some on loan from private collections.


Sun 05

Cahaba River Tank 12:00pm @ McWane Science Center

This exhibit attempts to recreate the ecosystem of the Cahaba River, Alabama's last major free-flowing river. It combines environments of the water and the land around the river to show how they


Sun 05

Challenge the Robot 12:00pm @ McWane Science Center

The IRB-340 FlexPicker Robot, used in the food industry, is the fastest robot in the world. Visitors can attempt to beat this speedy machine.


Sun 05

Bed of Nails 12:00pm @ McWane Science Center

Learn about pressure and weight distribution on the bed of nails.


Sun 05

Dino Race 12:00pm @ McWane Science Center

In this video game-like exhibit, there are stationary bicycles set up for visitors to race away from a chasing Appalachiosaurus. There is a view screen so you can see how you're doing and you get


Sun 05

Mary Lucier: the Plains of Sweet Regret 12:00pm @ Birmingham Museum of Art

This 18-minute video installation explore the changes taking over the American Great Plains as agri-business gradually supplants family farms.


Sun 05

Air Cannon 12:00pm @ McWane Science Center

Visitors tap the Air Cannon and this act compresses the particles of air inside. When this happens, air inside the cannon looks for a way to relieve the pressure and rushes out the hole on the other s


Sun 05

Balance 12:00pm @ McWane Science Center

You can learn about how your body balances by testing it on a constantly moving surface in this exhibit.


Sun 05

Dig Pit 12:00pm @ McWane Science Center

Little visitors to this exhibit can look for fossils by digging in this replica of an Alabama chalk gulley.


Sun 05

A Collision of Art and Science 01:00pm @ Vulcan Park and Museum

This event will show you the latest trends in green products and services for your home, office and garden.