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Silver Spring/Takoma Park

| Educational | Family Fun | Free | Special Interest

Oct 20

Microscopy Day Open House: Magnify Your World visit website

Presented by National Museum of Health and Medicine

Saturday, October 20, 2012
01:00 PM - 04:00 PM

Microscopes give people an opportunity to investigate what cannot be seen with the naked eye. Join National Museum of Health and Medicine staff and local microscopists for a series of hands-on activities and demonstrations that will inspire you to observe your world more closely. Learn about early microscopes and lenses, magnification, the staining process, fluorescing microscopy and more. For students in grades 5 and up. This is a drop-in family program, no reservations required.

Silver Spring Civic Building, Fenton Room
1 Veterans Place
Silver Spring, MD 20910
(facility is accessible to the disabled)
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Phone: 301-319-3303

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