Name: Skywatching: Partial Solar Eclipse
Start: 2024-04-08T14:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-04-08T16:30:00-04:00
Location: Observatory Park

Skywatching: Partial Solar Eclipse

Local history full steam ahead at the Gaithersburg Community Museum! Located in the B&O Railroad complex in Olde Towne, the museum’s indoor/outdoor interpretive spaces provide hands-on learning centers for children that spark the. With any luck, during your visit you’ll be treated to the sights and sounds of the CSX, Amtrak and MARC trains that frequently rumble past the Museum. Changing weekly activities and monthly programs make the museum an interactive space for children and families.

City of Gaithersburg - Community Museum

View the 2024 Solar Eclipse (at 90% totality)at Observatory Park with hands-on activities and free solar glasses while supplies last.

Observatory Park

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:PARKING: Parking is in the St. Martin's Field at the intersection of Route 35 and DeSellum Avenue (enter on DeSellum). We are expecting a lot of people, so overflow parking is at the Activity Center at Bohrer Park, 506 S. Frederick Avenue (Rt 355). You can walk around Gaithersburg High School to get to Observatory Park. Very limited accessible parking is available at the park.VIEWING: We will have solar glasses while supplies last. We recommend you bring chairs or a blanket for more comfortable viewing.The park does not have any facilities. We will have port-a-johns, but there is no running water.The 2024 Solar Eclipse will be visible in Gaithersburg with near totality at 90%. Observatory Park will be open with solar related activities and free solar glasses while supplies last. An eclipse is the universe at its most dramatic and they don’t often cross the continental U.S. so please join us for this exciting.Many thanks to our sponsors for making this program possible: AstraZeneca Holy Cross Health Kiddie Academy

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