Join the Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science on its Museum Plaza for “Take Flight with Kites” during Art Days 2017 and learn about the history of kites and how they fly. Make a kite and then flex your creative muscles alongside local artist Kerry Phillips to decorate your kite and make it your own. Launch your kite with friends and family in Museum Park after your visit to Frost Science.

Guests will also get to experience Florida Power & Light Company’s Cooling Station. Take a moment to “chill” out by walking into a larger-than-life ice cube that refreshes with music and a cold blast of CO2, along with a video souvenir of your experience.

Did you know? In the 18th and 19th centuries, kites were used as vehicles and tools for scientific research. Men like Benjamin Franklin and Alexander Wilson used their knowledge of kite flying to learn more about the wind and weather. Sir George Cayley, Samuel Langley, Lawrence Hargrave, Alexander Graham Bell and the Wright Brothers all experimented with kites and contributed to development of the airplane. The US National Weather Service flew kites designed by William Eddy and Lawrence Hargraves to raise meteorological instruments and cameras.

The Miami Downtown Development Authority, along with the cultural institutions, galleries and artists in Downtown Miami, are coming together to present fun-filled days of special programs and free events for the sixth annual Art Days. For more information on Art Days 2017, please visit www.dwntwnartdays.com.

PLEASE NOTE: Kite workshop and cooling station is free. Admission rates apply for museum entry. Each family will receive one kite making kit per child with instructions on how to prepare the kite. Frost Science ambassadors will help guide the activity while allowing guests to learn more about the museum’s exhibition, Feathers to the Stars, which explores the past, present and future of flight.

This event takes place outside. Sunblock is highly recommended.

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