Curious Histories Fest: Color Your World
Curious Histories Fest is the Science History Institute’s free annual celebration of science, history, exploration, and experimentation will feature free hands-on activities and family-friendly fun, as well as exciting talks, tours, and highlights from our special collections.
Visit our museum; talk to curators and experts; take part in performances, story times, and special events; and immerse yourself in curiosity! Plus, the first 150 visitors will receive a free serving of Siddiq’s Water Ice (limit one per person).
Color Your World
Curious Histories Fest highlights a new theme each year. Inspired by the current BOLD: Color from Test Tube to Textile exhibition, this year’s “Color Your World” theme explores the color in your life.
Have you ever wondered about the color of your clothes? Or your food? Does color have a taste? How do we perceive color? Where do natural and synthetic dyes come from, and how do they work? Do you love tie-dye? And rainbows?
Join us for family activities, hands-on crafts, engaging talks, and live dyeing demos! Then visit our museum and see special collections showcasing strange and wondrous color and dye histories. Enjoy food trucks, special guests, live music, and so much more.
Participating Vendors and Partners
• arts & crafts with Fleisher’s Color Wheels
• sustainable clothing and fabric painting activity with Touch Threads
• vibrant pop-up displays from our special collections
• hands-on dyeing and sun printing activities—crafts to take home!
• presentations on the history of natural dyes and fibers
• colorful herbal tea tastings with Oma Herbal Teas
• Bonjour Crêperie food truck
• Siddiq’s Water Ice
• La Llamita Vegana food truck
• beer tastings
• music by Vinyl Tap 215 founder DJ DuiJi Mshinda
• and much more!
Curious Histories Fest is open to all ages. Admission and programs are free; beer and food trucks are pay-as-you-go. No reservations are necessary.
Event Links
Website: https://go.evvnt.com/2404728-0
