“Night of the Titanic”

100th Anniversary of the Sinking of the Titanic

Saturday, April 14, 2012

Burke Baker Planetarium, Houston Museum of Natural Science, 5555 Hermann Park Drive

Dr. Carolyn Sumners, Vice-President for Astronomy and Physical Sciences, The Houston

Museum of Natural Science

General Admission – $18.00, AIA and HMNS Members – $12.00

Cosponsored by the Houston Museum of Natural Science

Experience the Titanic’s last day – April 14, 1912 – to discover what went wrong, and learn how examining the changes in Arctic ice patterns can help us prepare for the future. Dr. Carolyn Sumners will take you back to the North Atlantic of 1912 and summarize the latest research on the sinking of the Titanic. The evening ends with a screening of the planetarium film Night of the Titanic.