Evening for Educators: Speakeasies and Space Invaders

5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Refreshments in the Grand Lobby

Featured Activities

5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Explore the fall exhibitions:

• Pong to Pokémon: The Evolution of Electronic Gaming
  • Become a “gamer” for the night as you play new—and old—games. Try your hand at “programming” by creating touch pad controllers from unique objects.
• American Spirits: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition
  • 6:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Be a fly on the wall at Maizie O’s Longhorn Lounge  and watch sassy speakeasy owner Maizie O struggle with the woes of Prohibition at this in-gallery theater performance
  • 6:45 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Take Prohibition back to your classroom, and explore connections to women and the temperance movement.

7:30 p.m. Prize Drawing

Exhibits will be open for free exploration until 8:00 p.m.

Step back in time to an era of flappers and suffragists, bootleggers and temperance workers, and real-life legends like Al Capone and Carry Nation. This exhibition from the National Constitution Center is the first comprehensive exhibition about America’s most colorful and complex constitutional hiccup, spanning from the dawn of the temperance movement, through the Roaring 20s, to the unprecedented repeal of a constitutional amendment. Experience the Prohibition era through over 100 rare artifact and multi-media exhibits highlighting the 18th Amendment, fashion, music, and culture of the Roaring 20s.

Learn more about American Spirits: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition.

Players are central to video gaming. This exhibition explores the nostalgia, evolution, and future of video games through the player experience. Play the games and see the behind-the-scenes talent that revolutionized the world. Get an exclusive glimpse inside the gaming industry through dozens of rare artifacts — brought together for the first time from extensive collections throughout the globe — that feature the art, music, design, and technology that forever intertwined video and games.

Learn more about Pong to Pokémon: The Evolution of Electronic Gaming