SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA CO. (WOLF) — An out of this world exhibit is landing in Scranton this week as boxes with “NASA” labels are loaded into the Everhart Museum.
With an expected opening date of January 14th, the exhibit will feature a scale model of the Hubble Telescope while showcasing its mission in space, according to James Lansing, the museum’s curator.
“It’ll fill this whole space. It will be colorful, will be interactive, and it’s something I don’t think the museum has had anything like in the past,” he said.
The large-scale exhibit was transported in nearly sixty large boxes, in a truck too large for the museum’s loading entrance, proving a technical challenge when entering the museum.
“They’re not going to see this anywhere else, especially in Scranton. They’d have to go to a major city, go to the Natural History Museum in New York. For Scranton, this is a major exhibit,” said Lansing.
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Set-up will take over a week, with work divided between a team from NASA and the Everhart staff. The exhibit will be on display for six months and will feature a variety of interactive features those at the museum say will entertain and amaze visitors of all ages.