Blossom Bash

March 20, 2026

🌸 Bloom Into the Festival Season! 🌸

Friday, March 20 • All Timed Entry Sessions

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Celebrate the start of cherry blossom season at the Blossom Bash! This special value-add event is free with your timed entry ticket, and includes special activities available for one day only! Experiment with magnetic levitation, gather threads to weave a kumihimo cord, fold paper into origami innovations, engineer a flying fish kite, and get your very own 3-D printed cherry blossom. Plus, be the first to experience all the new fun available at the Lab during the Cherry Blossom Festival!

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Northern Virginia Science Center Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that operates the Children's Science Center Lab at Fair Oaks Mall and STEM programs traveling to schools and other community venues across the region. The Foundation is also developing the Northern Virginia Science Center in Dulles, VA, a world-class, interactive regional science center for families, students and learners of all ages made possible through a pivotal public-private partnership. Learn more about our mission today at childsci.org and our vision for the future at novasci.org.

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