Join us in celebrating Pride Month! This youth and family day invites LGBTQ+ people and allies of all backgrounds to explore the world through science, art, and human perception.
Wigs, Makeup, and Math: A Virtual Exhibit Tour!
With Kyne
10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Osher Gallery 1
Want to learn more about math but don’t know where to start? World-class drag queen, YouTuber, TikTok star, and mathematics communicator Kyne is here to help! You’ll find Kyne on screens around the museum. Through a virtual tour, she’ll explain math concepts related to exhibits including: The Bell Curve; Big Chair, Little Chair; Binary Adding Machine; Catenary Arch; and Pi Has Your Number.
In 2020, Kyne took to TikTok (@onlinekyne) to make short-form math videos where she tells riddles, gives lessons on history’s greatest mathematicians, and teaches her followers how to spot misleading statistics in media—all while dressed in high-glamor drag. Now with an audience of over one million followers across platforms, Kyne spreads her passion for math education and scientific literacy, and brings STEM education to the queer community and queerness to STEM.
Math, Myself, and I
With Kyne
10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Osher Gallery 1, Microcinema
Get to know Kyne through a fabulous recorded interview. You’ll learn how the world-class drag queen, YouTuber, TikTok star, and mathematics communicator got her start, how she discovered her love for math, and how her background informed the person she is today.
Custom Pronoun Button Making
With the Visitor Experience Facilitators
10:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.
Crossroads
Create your own button showcasing your amazing pronouns! Use a template or blank slate to design, color, and embellish a free button. Then wear it proudly to let everyone know about you and to help normalize introducing your full self to everyone you meet. Our Visitor Experience Facilitator team will be there to help you get your beautiful buttons made.
The Visitor Experience Facilitators are a cohort of informal educators who help guests understand, question, and experience the museum on a deeper level.
Gender Euphoria Wall
With the Visitor Experience Facilitators
10:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.
Osher Gallery 1
Show us what makes you feel comfortable in your skin! Take a picture of your fresh haircut, new shoes, fancy earrings, stunning arms, or whatever else makes you, you. Show the world what you love about yourself! Let’s take this moment to embrace what we love about ourselves, instead of picking at what we don’t. The Visitor Experience Facilitators will help showcase your best you!
