Ottawa 
Events Description
Join us in the museum to celebrate the partial solar eclipse. Receive free eclipse viewing glasses (while supplies last) with your museum admission and learn all about this celestial event!
Throughout the day we will be offering programming on eclipses and how to view them safely including a make-your-own pinhole viewer. During the eclipse we will be facilitating safe viewing for participants. We will invite visitors to bring their glasses acquired at the admission desk and their pinhole creations out on the grounds to safely view the eclipse. We will have staff on the grounds offering additional viewing through solar filtered binoculars and as well as magnified solar projectors. In case of inclement weather, we’ll be streaming the eclipse live in our theatre.
Sun-Earth-Moon craft (9 a.m. – 5 p.m.)
Colour and assemble a functional representation of the Earth/Moon/Sun to better understand how these celestial bodies move in relation to each other.
Make Your Own Pinhole Viewer (9 a.m. – 5 p.m.)
Create your own pinhole viewer to view the eclipse indirectly, as it’s projected through the pinhole and onto a piece of cardstock. A great activity for all ages and stages!
HOW MUCH
Tickets:
Regular Admission
We recommend booking tickets ahead of time as parking on site will be limited.
How to get tickets?
WHEN & WHERE
Date & Time:
Monday, April 8, 2024
Eclipse Science and Safety Presentations
10 A.M. – 10:30 A.M.
10:45 A.M. – 11:15 A.M.
11:30 A.M. – 12 P.M.
12:15 P.M. – 12:45 P.M.
Eclipse Livestream (2 p.m. – 4:35 p.m.)
Starting at 2 p.m., a live stream of the eclipse in the path of totality will be playing in our theatre. (Note there will be no audio, and text may appear in English only).
In Ottawa, the Moon will start obscuring the Sun at 2:11pm ET, will reach a maximum coverage of a whopping 98% totality at 3:25 pm and finish at 4:35 pm ET.
Venue:
Canada Aviation and Space Museum, 11 Aviation Parkway, Ottawa, Ontario
Public Transit Accessible
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