Museum of Life and Science has big plans for 2019 with opening of massive Earth Moves exhibit, indoor activities

Visitors will especially notice work inside both the museum's main building and at its Butterfly House. In both buildings, several new experiences and exhibits will pop up from late winter through spring, Kelly Marks, the museum's exhibits developer says.

Here's what to look out for:

"Sun, Earth, Universe," an exhibit produced by NASA and the National Informal STEM Education Network will run from May to July inside the museum's main building. It's part of a series of programs and activities that will mark the 50th anniversary of the Apollo lunar landing this year. The museum will have more details about the series in the coming weeks.

Crews also have started to upfit a space next to its Butterfly House for a new experience that's focused on how insects are beneficial.

Two other experiences are actually impacted by the federal government shutdown. Marks tells me that she hopes those installations are complete this spring, but it's hard to nail down any kind of timeline at the moment.

Finally, Earth Moves, the museum's newest outdoor exhibit, is scheduled to open in early summer.

This major exhibit will explore geomorphology—the study of how human and natural forces shape Earth’s surface. In the exhibit, visitors will experience the forms and forces that shape the Earth through natural processes, according the museum. They'll get to mimic powerful natural forces, including erosion and moving water, as they carve their own river and experiment with the flow of water; test real world applications of natural materials in an authentic setting; and work with real rock to build structures, while learning about human dependence on earth materials for survival.