Children enjoy Noon Year’s Eve celebrations in SLO, Santa Maria
By KSBY Staff Children on the Central Coast are getting in on the New Year’s Eve fun a little early. The Santa Maria Valley Discovery Museum is hosting its annual Noon Year’s Eve celebration Monday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Admission is $6 per person and includes 2019 capsule making and other art, cookies and […]
Central Coast celebrates InSight landing on Mars
Melissa Newman November 26, 2018 Monday was a day of excitement for people of all ages. Kids and adults across the Central Coast packed into viewing parties to watch the InSight spacecraft land on Mars. “Going back in time when Neil Armstrong landed on the moon, I was watching it on television in Beirut, Lebanon. […]
Astronaut Jack Fischer visits Santa Maria Valley Discovery Museum
Col. Jack Fischer, a NASA astronaut, visited with families at the Santa Maria Valley Discovery Museum on Wednesday. Fischer talked to the kids about the experience of space travel, plus what it was like to live on the International Space Station for six months and take part in spacewalks. Fischer has more than 3,000 flight […]
Mars InSight Roadshow arrives in Santa Maria
NASA’s InSight Mars Mission Team has made its arrival to the Santa Maria Valley Discovery Museum in its last trip before heading to Vandenberg for the main event. For complete story go to: http://www.ksby.com/story/38101746/nasa-team-talks-upcoming-mars-mission-in-santa-maria
Interactive launch exhibit opens at Santa Maria Valley Discovery Museum
By Janae Sargent Officials unveiled the Vandenberg Launch Experience simulator at the Santa Maria Valley Discovery Museum Monday Night. The interactive exhibit has been a project in the works for more than two years. It is designed to get children excited about space and entering the STEM field. “We want to spark imaginations and create […]
Kids, parents ring in the “Noon Year”
By KSBY Staff About 50 eager kids and parents got a head start on celebrating the New Year. They went to the Discovery Museum in Santa Maria to celebrate the New Year early and instead ring in the “Noon Year” at 12:00 p.m. The museum showed a scene from the movie Madagascar that led the crowd […]
Central Coast Living: Santa Maria Style BBQ
By Scott Daniels Santa Maria style barbecue was granted a copyright to the Santa Maria Valley Chamber of Commerce in 1978. KSBY.com | San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Area News
Discovery shuttle exhibit opens at the Santa Maria Valley Discovery Museum
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Makerspace Weekend in Santa Maria encourages kids to create
KSBY.com | San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Area News By KSBY Staff Local children and their families are invited to work together this weekend with “maker” activities. The Santa Maria Valley Discovery Museum, Allan Hancock College, and the Santa Maria Public Library have joined forces to create “makerspaces” in the community. A “makerspace” is […]
Windy weather provides flight for kites at festival
By Selena Alvarado KSBY.com | San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Area News The wind in Santa Maria provided perfect weather for kite fliers. The Santa Maria Valley Discovery Museum hosted their Free Family Kite Festival Sunday afternoon. Kites filled the sky at Rotary Centennial Park. There were professional kite-flying demonstrations, contests, food, vendors, and music. […]
Kids enjoy egg hunts across the Central Coast before Easter
By KSBY Staff We’re less than 24 hours away from the Easter holiday, and Easter means egg hunts! Families gathered at Dinosaur Caves Park in Shell Beach Saturday afternoon to hunt for candy-filled eggs. There were games, bounce houses, face painting and even a balloon artist. The fun continued at another egg hunt at Laguna […]
Children honor life of Central Coast artist and teacher Nat Fast
Children in Santa Maria honored the life of Central Coast artist and teacher Nat Fast Sunday at the Discovery Museum. It was part of the the sixth annual Nat Fast Children’s Art Day. Children and their families came to try their hands at a number of different art projects including painting, drawing, singing and even dancing with professional […]