Join us for OMSI After Dark: Life In Miniature
JANUARY 29 2025, 6-10PM | $27 Per Person | 15% OMSI member discount
Zoom in and take a closer look at life on the micro scale – from insects to tardigrades, and the microorganisms that helped craft your beer. What will you discover, under the microscope?
OMSI After Dark is for guests 21 and over, where you can have a drink while you roam the museum. We have science demos, performances, DJs, artisan food and beverage vendors offering samples, and more.
21+ Only | A valid government issued ID is required for entry for all attendees.
Tickets include access to all of OMSI’s exhibit halls, activities, performances, Planetarium shows, lectures, and vendors taking part in the event.
Activities Happening All Night
Exhibits
No food or drink is allowed into the exhibit halls and access ends at 9:30pm.
Exquisite Creatures Revealed | Experience how awe-inspiring the natural world can be through the intricate design of its inhabitants. Oregon artist Christopher Marley reveals the connection between art, science, and nature by creating stunning three-dimensional displays of rare specimens from all over the world. Exhibit begins with a 5 minute introductory video.
All subjects have been reclaimed or sourced in an environmentally sensitive manner.
Knowing Nature: Stories of the Boreal Forest | This exhibit focuses on the biodiversity and global importance of our northern-most forests through first-person stories, commissioned objects, interactive experiences and exquisite photography and videography. The boreal forest stores more carbon than most tropical forests and plays a significant role in stabilizing our climate. It is also home to hundreds of Sovereign Indigenous Nations and communities.
Attractions
Vendors | See below for a full list of artisan food and beverage vendors, as well as themed vendors that will be tabling around the museum.
OMSI Photo Booth | Main Lobby
Live DJing by Freeform Portland Radio | Turbine Hall
Timed Activities
Science Lectures – Auditorium*
6:45 PM | A lecture on human immune cells, with Thea of UofO
7:30 PM | Yeast: From Beer and Bread to Biomedical Discoveries, with Dr Chris Curtin of OSU
8:15 PM | Cellular Tools: How Scientists Engineer and Visualize Life at the Nanoscale, with Sam Fernandez-Ortiz, PhD Candidate, Hansen Lab, University of Oregon Biology Program
*Seating is limited.
Kendall Planetarium Shows*
6:45 PM | Solar Superstorms
7:30 PM | Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity
8:15 PM | Laser Beyonce
9:00 PM | Laser Prince
*Seating is first come, first served. No food or drink allowed.
Science Demonstrations
Bug Out | Most insects can be seen with the naked eye. But the smaller features on their bodies need a microscope to view. Let’s check out some bug body parts.
Miniature Building | How fast can you build a simple house out of blocks? How about when the blocks are much smaller than your hands? Come try this mini challenge.
Powers of Ten | Dive deep into the nano world and beyond while identifying some of our universe’s smallest things.
Shrink Art | Come draw and color a picture on a piece of shrinking plastic. Then watch it shrink down to less than half its size though the power of science.
Our Vendors
Food + Beverage
Our Theory restaurant will be open from 5-10pm! Grab dinner or a drink before the event begins at 6pm. Enjoy wine, beer, cider, and non-alcoholic beverages. Our bars will close at 9:30pm, and alcohol samples given by vendors will end at 9:45pm.
Questions? Email events@omsi.edu.
Ticketing questions call 503.797.4000 x0
Thank you to our Sponsors
Our partners help us propel science learning into the future. Thank you for being part of our mission to engage, inform and inspire curiosity!
Presenting Sponsor
Event Sponsor
