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Family Performance: Mary Walton, Science of Sound

  • Event Date Saturday, August 19, 2023

  • Time: 10:30am-12pm ET

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Family Performance: Mary Walton, Science of Sound
Saturday, August 19, 2023

10:30 am, 11:00 am, 11:30 am (3 repeating 20-minute performances)

In-person program – Platform, Lo-V Subway Car

Recommended for all ages

 

Meet Mary Walton, a 19th-century citizen-inventor, and help her conduct an experiment to make elevated steam trains less noisy as they rumble overhead.

 

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