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“Glow Wild” Lantern Festival - Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo

GLOW Wild Lantern Festival at Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo returns! GLOW WILD returns to Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo! Journey through a wonderland of illuminated larger-than-life lanterns inspired by our wild world. Back by popular demand, this illuminating festival of lights is coming back for its third year! Spanning the width and breadth of Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo’s 30 acres, guests are invited to walk through glowing corridors. Displays of flora and fauna will light up the night sky, dazzling guests of all ages! The Glow Wild Lantern Festival is designed for everyone to enjoy –whether a family outing, romantic date, or coworker get-together.
Dates: 
11/02/2024
11/03/2024
11/07/2024
5:30 pm - 9:30 pm
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Location:

1875 Noble Avenue
Bridgeport, CT, 06610
United States

Phone:

203-394-6565

2024 Corn Maze at Lyman Orchards

The 2024 corn maze opens on Saturday, August 31st at 10am. We will be celebrating opening day with our annual ribbon cutting ceremony! As part of the experience, each visitor receives an official Corn Maze Map to help guide them through the twists and turns along the one-mile stretch of pathways and hundreds of decision points. Corn Maze travelers are issued a Corn Maze Passport featuring ten trivia questions related to the corn maze theme. Answering each questions correctly will help in choosing the right direction at each of ten main crossroad stations within the maze. Additional passport trivia categories include music, movies, health, and sports, to name a few. Corn Cops are also positioned within the maze for extra guidance and assistance if needed. The average time needed to navigate the entire maze is 30-40 minutes. The maze is approximately 4 acres in size with over a mile of pathways. The average time to make it through the maze is approximately 30-40 minutes. Signage throughout the pathways feature educational content and trivia related to the corn maze theme. Starting in 2000, the maze is in its 25th year of operation.
Dates: 
11/02/2024
11/03/2024
The maze is open 1-5:30pm Monday-Friday and 10am-5:30pm on Weekends and Holidays. Last maze entry is 5:30pm.
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Organization:

Lyman Orchards

Location:

32 Reeds Gap Road
Middlefield, CT, 06455
United States

Phone:

(860) 349-6000

Blue Whale: The World’s Biggest Animal at Liberty Science Center

Discover the world’s biggest animal in our brand-new premium exhibition, Blue Whale, making its United States premiere at LSC! The exhibition tells the story of the 60-ton whale that washed ashore in Trout River, Newfoundland in 2014. This created a rare chance for scientists to study a blue whale up close and turn a tragedy into an opportunity for education and research. In this immersive exhibit, you’ll see the enormous skeleton of a recovered blue whale and discover how whales evolved, the size of their heart, how they communicate, and more of the mind-blowing biology of Earth’s largest animal...ever. Gain insight into the decline of blue whales, what's being done to protect them, and how scientists are using DNA to unlock some of the secrets of these elusive creatures.
Dates: 
11/02/2024
11/03/2024
11/04/2024
10 am
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Location:

222 Jersey City Blvd
Jersey City, NJ, 07305
United States

Phone:

(201) 200-1000