June 1 | All About Science!

First Sunday Science at the Seaside Center  This Sunday, June 1   Sunday, June 1, 1:30 - 4 pm   Horseshoe Crabs are Coming:  Project Limulus Learn more about Project Limulus, an ongoing study of the Horseshoe Crab, on the beach and in the Bruce Museum Seaside Center in the Floren Family Environmental Center at Innis Arden Cottage, located at  Greenwich Point Park, Old Greenwich.   Spot and tag Horseshoe Crabs on the Greenwich Point beach, discuss the research project with the people involved, and hear a presentation on the ecology of this often seen but little known creature. There is a chance that participants will get wet during some segments of this program, please dress accordingly!    Presented by Sacred Heart University in cooperation with Friends of Greenwich Point, Town of Greenwich, and the Bruce Museum.   No reservations required. Program is free; beach pass is required for Park entry.  For Park entry information, see Town of Greenwich website.   For more information, email Cynthia, or call 203-413-6756 weekdays.     First Sunday Bird Walk at Greenwich Point This Sunday, June 1 Sunday June 1, 9:00 - 11:30 am   Bring binoculars. Meet near the flag pole by the main concession stand in Greenwich Point Park. Held in collaboration with Bruce Museum, Wild Wings and Audubon Greenwich.    Program is free; beach pass is required for Park entry. For Park entry information, see Town of Greenwich website.  For more information, email Cynthia or call 203-413-6756 weekdays. Artists' Talks Celebrate World Science Festival         This Sunday, June 1           Lin Yan,City View #3, 2012; xuan paper and ink; Courtesy of the artist and Amy Simon Fine Art, Westport, CT; Photo courtesy of the artist Sunday, June 1, 1:00 - 4:00 pm   We will be hosting artists' talks in the exhibition Tale of Two Cities: New York & Beijing throughout the afternoon.   Enjoy the opportunity to hear directly from three of the artists whose work appears on view, including Lin Yan, Wei Jia, and Michelle Fornabai.   Watch Michelle Fornabai create an additional piece for her Synesthesia Series.   These artists are inspired by and employ engineering skills in the engineering of their art works.   Talks are free with Museum admission, will begin just after the hour at the gallery entrance, and will last approximately 45 minutes.   Artist Michelle Fornabai discusses her Synesthesia Series at the Bruce Museum's exhibition opening.  The artist will be completing her series (see blank piano roll in back) on Saturday.  Photo by Cynthia Ehlinger. Welcome Daniel Ksepka, Curator of Science! Daniel Ksepka looks into a glass case holding a 27-million-year-old fossil of an extinct giant penguin, which he described with colleagues in a 2012 research paper. Welcome to Daniel Ksepka, our newest Curator of Science here at the Bruce Museum.  We are delighted he has chosen to join our Museum.     As curator, Daniel will be in charge of science exhibitions, our science collections, the Seaside Center at Greenwich Point, and science education.   Read all about Daniel in last Saturday's Greenwich Time! Click to Find Out What Else Is New and On View at the Bruce Museum