Our Seasonal Exhibition Returns!
Kiewit Luminarium’s annual exhibition GLOW returns, exploring the many wonders of light. From immersive art installations that embrace light as a medium to fascinating science programming, the Luminarium is once again brightening the long nights and cold days of winter.
GLOW programming for all ages explores the broad spectrum of light’s influence on human culture and its significance as a source of scientific inquiry in disciplines ranging from biology to astrophysics.
GLOW is free with a daytime member ticket or general admission ticket.
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Featuring Light Art from Local and International Artists
GLOW transforms the Luminarium into an immersive, interactive experience as the museum is filled with light art from local and international artists. In addition to partnering with Amplify Arts to facilitate a call for local artists to exhibit during GLOW, multiple large installations from national and international artists will illuminate the space.
Meet the ArtistsIlluminating Programs for All-Ages
How do fireflies create their own light and use it as a tool for communication? How does the darkest time of the year affect human biology and inspire culture? What can we learn from the deep scientific and cultural history of the moon? Explore all of this and more at the events listed below!
Night Light: GLOW Opening
GLOW, the Luminarium’s seasonal celebration of light, art, and science opens with a special adults-only Night Light! Meet Exhibiting GLOW…
GLOW: Conversation with Taylor Dean Harrison
Meet Taylor Dean Harrison – California based mixed-media sculptor and installation artist – over breakfast at Fig. Harrison’s work…
GLOW: Life in a Different Light
Explore the fascinating world of bio-fluorescence in animals! Learn what bio-fluorescence is — including how certain organisms absorb and…
Night Light: GLOW
Join us for a special adults-only Night Light presented as part of GLOW, the Luminarium’s seasonal celebration of light,…
GLOW: Fireflies and Their Flashy Behavior
Biologist Dr. Ted Burk will lead a conversation on fireflies. In this program, the biology and behavior of these…
Night Light: GLOW
Moon Talk: Connections to our Past in the Light of the Moon (8PM) Scientific astronaut candidate and Luminarium Program Manager…
GLOW: Magic Ball Folding Fun
Discover origami folding techniques and the magic ball pattern used to create the Shrumen Lumen. This special program for all…
GLOW: Magic Ball Folding Fun
Discover origami folding techniques and the magic ball pattern used to create the Shrumen Lumen. This special program for all…
Night Light: GLOW
GLOW: Exhibit Deep Dives: Explore our new in-house light exhibits, with our Luminators: the Theroscope & Kinetic Sand Table….
GLOW: Kaleidoscopes Family Fun
Guests can create their own kaleidoscopes and discover how the principle of multiple reflections brings them to life. This special…
GLOW: Kaleidoscopes Family Fun
Guests can create their own kaleidoscopes and discover how the principle of multiple reflections brings them to life. This special…
GLOW: Fire & Ice Night Light (18+)
Celebrate the final weeks of 2024 with Kiewit Luminarium as we illuminate the opposing forces of fire and ice….
GLOW: Magic Ball Folding Fun
Discover origami folding techniques and the magic ball pattern used to create the Shrumen Lumen. This special program for all…
things that move at night – a performance by tbd. dance collective
A special performance from Omaha’s tbd. dance collective, presented as part of the Luminarium’s seasonal exhibition, GLOW. Upon discovering various…
GLOW: Magic Ball Folding Fun
Discover origami folding techniques and the magic ball pattern used to create the Shrumen Lumen. This special program for all…
Night Light: GLOW
This special adults-only Night Light is presented as part of GLOW, the Luminarium’s seasonal celebration of light, art, and…
GLOW: Kaleidoscopes Family Fun
Guests can create their own kaleidoscopes and discover how the principle of multiple reflections brings them to life. This special…
GLOW: Kaleidoscopes Family Fun
Guests can create their own kaleidoscopes and discover how the principle of multiple reflections brings them to life. This special…
Night Light: GLOW
Magic Ball Folding Fun: Foxes, Boxes, and Balls: Discover origami folding techniques and the magic ball pattern used to create…
GLOW: Magic Ball Folding Fun
Discover origami folding techniques and the magic ball pattern used to create the Shrumen Lumen. This special program for all…
GLOW: Magic Ball Folding Fun
Discover origami folding techniques and the magic ball pattern used to create the Shrumen Lumen. This special program for all…
Night Light: GLOW
GLOW Artist Spotlight: Lumeweaving with Buck Christensen. Dive into Lumeweaving with exhibiting artist Buck Christensen. Learn about his process…
GLOW: Kaleidoscopes Family Fun
Guests can create their own kaleidoscopes and discover how the principle of multiple reflections brings them to life. This special…
GLOW Artist Spotlight: Buck Christensen
Dive into Lumeweaving with exhibiting artist Buck Christensen. Learn about his process of using light pendulums in his photographic…
GLOW: Kaleidoscopes Family Fun
Guests can create their own kaleidoscopes and discover how the principle of multiple reflections brings them to life. This special…
Night Light: GLOW
This special adults-only Night Light is presented as part of GLOW, the Luminarium’s seasonal celebration of light, art, and…
GLOW: Magic Ball Folding Fun
Discover origami folding techniques and the magic ball pattern used to create the Shrumen Lumen. This special program for all…
GLOW: Magic Ball Folding Fun
Discover origami folding techniques and the magic ball pattern used to create the Shrumen Lumen. This special program for all…
Night Light: GLOW
GLOW Artist Spotlight: Motion Prisms with Ken Hill. Join us for an interactive performance with Motion Prisms and learn…
GLOW Artist Spotlight: Ken Hill
GLOW Artist Spotlight: Motion Prisms with Ken Hill. Join us for an interactive performance with Motion Prisms and learn…