The Tech After Hours!

This event sounds like a lot of fun. The Tech is opening their doors after hours for a new 21 and over experience. Tomorrow is their first attempt at this and it will include cocktails, classic Nintendo gaming in the IMAX theater, and giant-sized games. Adding some out-of-the-box ideas like this is a step in the right direction for the museum!

The Tech Museum After Hours

First Wednesday of the month
6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

After Hours is the new monthly themed event where adults only can enjoy science, technology, entertainment and cocktails together with their friends. Each month is new and different.

Game Night

presented by homefrys
Wednesday, July 6
6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Get your game face on

Play old-school Nintendo on a 25-foot screen surrounded by 13,000 watts of wrap-around digital sound in The Hackworth IMAX Dome Theater. Compete for prizes!

Sip on a glow-in-the-dark "Tech-Tini" from our no-host bar.

Try your hand at 4-foot-tall Jenga style blocks, giant Tic Tac Toe, and monster-size foam dominoes.

Explore the entire museum under moody blue lighting and contemporary sounds as you decide whether to play a bevy of board and party games from Apples to Apples to Scrabble to Yahtzee!

Limited cafe menu available for purchase.

Buy Tickets

Tickets are only $10 for museum members; $12 non-members price.

For more information or to buy tickets please call +1 (408) 294-8324. Or buy online now. (service charges may apply).

Born to be Wild is Coming to The Tech's IMAX Dome

Based on the trailer and press release below, this looks like one of the more interesting IMAX movies to come to The Tech in quite some time. I'm looking forward to this one.

For Immediate Release

March 22, 2011

BORN TO BE WILD Journeys into The Hackworth IMAX Dome Theater

Documentary narrated by Morgan Freeman premieres April 8

SAN JOSE, SILICON VALLEY, CA. – Join IMAX and Warner Bros. Pictures on a miraculous journey of second chances when Born to be Wild opens April 8 in The Hackworth IMAX Dome Theater at The Tech Museum. Follow young orphaned elephants and orangutans on the trip of a lifetime, from birth to rebirth, on the vivid screen of the nation’s second largest dome theater.

This family friendly documentary transports moviegoers to the far stretches of Kenya and Borneo and inspires them to take action to save Earth’s precious creatures. Narrated by Academy-Award winner Morgan Freeman, Born to be Wild is an inspiring story of love, dedication and the remarkable bond between humans and animals. Stunningly captured in The Hackworth IMAX Dome Theater - with its crystal clear images up to eight stories high and 13,000 watts of wrap-around digital surround sound - Born to be Wild is a heartwarming adventure that takes moviegoers into the lush rainforests of Borneo with world-renowned primatologist Dr. Biruté Mary Galdikas, and across the rugged Kenyan savannah with celebrated elephant authority Dame Daphne M. Sheldrick.

“Spending so much time among the orphaned elephants and orangutans in this film was a life- changing experience,” said Producer/Writer Drew Fellman. “And IMAX makes it possible to share that wonder with the audience in a very profound way that takes us directly into the lives and struggles of these amazing animals.” 

INSERT TRAILER HERE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDc3KSgCU1Q

For information on tickets and show times, call (408) 294-TECH (8324) or visit the website at http://tickets.thetech.org/production/imax.asp.

About The Tech Museum

The Tech Museum is a hands-on technology and science museum for people of all ages and backgrounds. The museum - located in the Capital of Silicon Valley - is a non-profit learning resource established to engage people in exploring and experiencing technologies affecting their lives. Through programs such as The Tech Challenge, our annual team design competition for youth, and internationally renowned programs such as The Tech Awards, presented by Applied Materials, Inc., The Tech Museum celebrates the Spirit 

Body Worlds Vital has been Extended!

For Immediate Release

February 23, 2011

Change of Heart: BODY WORLDS Vital exhibition to keep beating through April at The Tech Museum

World-premiere blockbuster extended after solid reviews, overflowing crowds

SAN JOSE – BODY WORLDS Vital, which has sold more than 90,000 tickets in the three months since the blockbuster opened its doors to critical review and jam-packed crowds, will have an extended stay at The Tech Museum.

The popular exhibition will now remain in Silicon Valley until April 24, 2011.

The announcement comes just as Americans take stock of their health during February’s American Heart Month. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. In 2010, an estimated 785,000 Americans had their first heart attack. Nearly every 25 seconds, someone in the United States will have a coronary event, and one person every minute will die from one.

The chance of developing coronary heart disease can be reduced by taking steps to prevent and control factors that put people at greater risk. Developed specifically for the American audience to educate people on common diseases and preventive care, BODY WORLDS Vital is a specially curated collection made up of real human body plastinates and a large arrangement of individual organs – including the heart – arterial configurations and translucent slices that give a complete picture of how the human body functions. Using multi-media installations as a backdrop, the exhibit shows the body in disease and distress by comparing healthy bodies to bodies that have succumbed to a host of illnesses and medical conditions.

Physician and Creative and Conceptual Designer of the exhibition, Dr. Angelina Whalley said, “I hope that this exhibition at The Tech Museum will continue to inspire visitors by showing the body’s potential and capacity for change. My husband Gunther von Hagens and I created BODY WORLDS to show that the body is so fragile and vulnerable, and yet so resilient and forgiving.”




BODY WORLDS Vital is the latest chapter in the HUMAN SAGA project - a series of curated museum blockbusters that began with exploration of the brain and neuroscience, cardiology and the heart, human development and longevity and aging. BODY WORLDSexhibitions have been hosted by more than 50 museums and venues in North America, Europe, and Asia – and seen by more than 32 million visitors worldwide.

“This exhibition is perfectly aligned with our mission to give visitors high-quality experiences that educate, inform, provoke thought and inspire action - all in the spirit of Silicon Valley," Peter Friess, president of The Tech Museum, said. "BODY WORLDS Vitalgives visitors greater insights into the complexity of their bodies. But, even more than that, the exhibition challenges visitors to take serious stock of their health, propel them toward fuller, fitter lifestyles and, ultimately, wellness."

Body Worlds Vital is Now Open @ The Tech

Don't miss the world premiere of Gunther von Hagen's BODY WORLDS Vital at The Tech Museum. Opens November 13.Tickets on sale now.

BODY WORLDS Vital, in its first-ever showing, celebrates the potential of the human body and the body in motion. Featuring authentic human bodies, the exhibition shows the body in health, distress, and disease. These detailed anatomical studies, compositions, and representations allow visitors a penetrating gaze at what lies beneath the skin.

The human body is built for action and experience. Intricately formed for optimal functioning, the living body is designed for survival, striving, and achievement.

BODY WORLDS Vital tells the compelling story of how best to defeat life-threatening diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and heart disease through informed choices and lifestyle changes.

Physician and anatomist Gunther von Hagens’ BODY WORLDS exhibitions are the original, precedent-setting public anatomical exhibitions of real human bodies, and the only anatomical exhibits that use donated bodies, willed by donors for the express purpose of serving BODY WORLDS'mission to educate the public about health and anatomy. The bodies are preserved through a remarkable process calledPlastination enabling visitors to learn what lies beneath the skin.



Only $19 for adults.
Only $12.00 for children 17 and under
Only $17.00 for Seniors 65+ or College Students with ID.
All pricing includes admission to The Tech Museum.

Members save over 40%. Become a member today.

Audio guide rental is available for $5.00 more (English or Spanish). Add The Human Body IMAX documentary for only $5.00 more each all ages.

The Tech Awards 2010

Just a quick post to share the video feed for this year's The Tech Awards.  You can see all of the action just by clicking here. Press release below.




Science and technology innovators from around the globe recognized
for their groundbreaking work
Live webcast to announce The Tech Awards laureates 2010

SAN JOSE - Via live webcast, The Tech Museum will introduce 15
technology innovators who have developed or applied technology
toward the common goal of improving our world and its people.
The webcast will include a brief overview of each laureate
project, details on The Tech Awards, an appearance from a
former laureate and an opportunity for a virtual Q&A.

WHEN:

Tuesday, September 21, 2010
11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. (PST)

WHERE:
Live Webcast – http://www-
waa-akam.thomson-webcast.net/us/dispatching/?
event_id=78a4893aac2d554ad74281ef1633e7cf&portal_id=fc99
82d27a02c2490a53aed0ac754b6f

LAUREATES: For more information on The Tech Awards,
The Tech Awards Laureates and their projects, go to http://
www.techawards.org/.

The Tech Museum established The Tech Awards in 2000 in
partnership with presenting sponsor Applied Materials to
celebrate technology and innovation benefiting humanity.
Since then, the program has recognized 230 laureates whose
creative applications of technology tackle crucial issues in the five
following areas: environment, economic development, education,
equality and health. A major corporation or foundation sponsors
each category: Environment (Intel); Economic Development
(BD Biosciences); Education (Microsoft); Equality (The Swanson

Foundation), and Health (Nokia).

The laureates will be honored at The Tech Awards 10th
Anniversary Gala on November 6, at the Santa Clara Convention
Center and will be joined by keynote speaker Her Majesty Queen
Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan, this year's James C. Morgan Global
Humanitarian Award recipient.

Genghis Khan @ The Tech - Discount Tickets

The Genghis Khan exhibit at The Tech will only be available until October 24th. I've been hunting for some promotional codes, and the best one I've been able to find so far is LEXUS, which brings a $25 adult ticket down to $20 (just enter this code when you log in or create a Tech account). Member of the museum only pay $15 for an adult ticket. If anyone out there has a better discount code, please don't hesitate to post it in the comments! Details on the special exhibit below.

Genghis Khan is Coming to The Tech!

A new exhibit is heading over to the Tech to replace Star Trek later this month. This will be the first and only west coast appearance of this exhibit featuring over 200 artifacts from Genghis' reign as well as a touch of Mongolian culture (just writing the word Mongolian is making me hungry for some Mongolian BBQ). For all the details, take a look below! If I find any available discounts, I'll post a link here.




Genghis Khan
Opens Saturday, May 22!
Tickets on Sale Now!

Discover the innovation, technological mastery, engineering marvels, the treasures and culture of the world's greatest and most misunderstood conqueror in this one-of-a kind exhibition. 

First and only West Coast appearance opens Saturday, May 22, for a limited engagement at The Tech Museum in San Jose in partnership with Team San Jose.

Learn about the two faces of Genghis Khan: Conqueror. Statesman.

Khan's infamous brutality is well known, but there was another side to the man - that of a gifted, innovative leader who brought stability and unity to his people who would form the first united Mongol nation. Genghis also brought us passports, the pony express, printed money, hamburgers and even pants.

View more than 200 13th century artifacts from Genghis' reign - including gold, silver jewelry and authentic clothing - never before seen outside Mongolia including a 13th century Mongolian princess mummy and her treasures.

PLUS Enjoy live cultural performances, featuring Mongolian singers, contortionists and musicians performing traditional folk arts. 

Prices
Adults: $25.00
Seniors (65+) / College Students with ID: $22.00
Children (ages 3-17): $15.00 

Includes admission to the exhibition and admission to all the galleries of The Tech Museum. Pricing does not include IMAX. 

Order Tickets Now!

Star Trek Leaving Town Soon

The Star Trek exhibition at The Tech is just in town for a few more weeks. If you want to check this out, here is your last chance. You can pick up tickets at http://www.thetech.org/StarTrek/, and be sure to use the checkout code "spock" for a 20% discount on the tickets!